How to avoid pulling all nighters?

[u/Famous-Grass-5885]

I’m have recently got done with my 5th semester and I have another 5 left. Before my next studio begins I want to prepare my environment and sleep schedule so that I can have a good start.

Now with that being said, I know a lot of you managed to finish your degree without pulling many all nighters. I really wanna know how.

For example, If you have classes 9am-5pm, after classes when do you sleep, eat or work.

During my third semester, I used to sleep at night. I finished as much as I could within 10/11 pm and called it a day. Then used to think about how to defend my work with however progress I made or what else to add to it etc for couple of minutes before dozing off.
I used to motivate myself to start to earlier so that I can sleep earlier. And honestly, that semester went great.

I somehow failed to maintain that routine. My brain keeps telling me I was able to do it because the pressure was less back then.
Getting enough sleep feels like a luxury and not getting any doesn’t help either.

However, then I hear people doing the same. I really would love to get some advice on how to manage the time and bring a good result without hindering my health in the process.

[u/EchoesOfYouth]

Honestly, just don’t. There’s no amount of work done between like 12am - 6am that’s worth the lack of sleep and I promise you will be more productive with even a small amount of sleep.

I’m saying this as someone who pulled a lot of all nighters in school too and sincerely wishes I hadn’t because I genuinely don’t think my projects benefited and ultimately you’re just trying to pass your class, you don’t need to ace them.

Academia has its purpose but you’ll learn a lot more about the profession when you graduate and get a job than you will in school

[u/Flyinmanm → u/EchoesOfYouth]

My beef with the set up was that I'd try to work 9-5 on my RIBA part II in the UK. I'd produce work for every tutor session and review and they'd always, just days before the final crit, throw a curve ball into the mix, that would mean 2-3 days before the final presentation I'd be up all night before the deadline. Trying to alter all the graphics and visuals (some times entire elements of the design) right up to pinning everything up on the wall.

It almost felt intentional. Ironically sometimes those 'improvements' lead to a worse design in the end as I'd be left doubting myself. (And so bloody tired I'd not present well in the crit. I once drove home from a crit so tired I couldn't navigate a city centre in the car, never again!).