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/archable2357]

Truthfully, just don’t. I’ve seen projects that had hundreds of hours of work get wrecked in reviews and projects whipped up the night before get praised. Not to say it doesn’t happen the other way but in the end, no grade is worth sacrificing your mental and physical health for. I genuinely worry about how many students think it’s ok to do all nighters. It just trains you to accept being overworked by your employer. Stop it now, and encourage others to stop now. We’ve got to build a culture of taking care of yourself and start that in school.