Not exact matches
If we go without
sleep, we accumulate a
sleep debt — that is, our bodies remember how
little sleep we've had, and each time we lose
sleep, it is added to the «score».
TRY IT:
Sleeping for as
little as an hour less than you need to each night incrementally nets a costly
sleep debt according to studies at University of Pennsylvania and the Walter Reed Research Institute.
You may think you're effectively chipping away at
sleep debt with those
little bits and pieces of «
sleep,» but you're really just fragmenting your
sleep (PDF), which leads to «sleepiness - related daytime impairment,» compulsory afternoon caffeine infusions, and less productivity.
When you understand your student loans, you can make more informed decisions about how to manage your
debt, and you might even be able to
sleep a
little better at night.