8-hours

sleep.

Without getting too scientific, everyone has this alarm clock inside of them that will set them up to be active or inactive during different times of the day, despite how many hours they got the night before.

In an article published by the National Sleep Foundation, it explains how this process called the circadian rhythm has certain times when you feel tired in a day.

“The circadian rhythm dips and rises at different times of the day, so adults’ strongest sleep drive generally occurs between 2-4 a.m. and in the afternoon between 1-3 p.m. The circadian rhythm also causes us to feel more alert at certain points of the day, even if we have been awake for hours and our sleep/wake restorative process would otherwise make us feel more sleepy.” opportunity to revise unacceptable letters. The Pierce College Roundup will not publish, as letters, literary endeavors, publicity releases, poetry or other such materials as the Editorial Board deems not to be a letter. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. the Sunday prior to the issue date. EDITORIAL POLICY: The Pierce College Roundup position is presented only in the editorials. Cartoons and photos, unless run under the editorial masthead, and columns are the opinions of the creators and not necessarily that of the Roundup. The college newspaper is published as a learning experience under the college journalism instructional program. The editorial and advertising materials published herein, including any opinions expressed, are the responsibility of the student newspaper staff. Under appropriate state and federal court decisions, these materials are free from prior restraint by the virtue of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Accordingly, materials published herein, including any opinions expressed, should not be interpreted as the position of the L.A. Community College District, the college or any officer or employee thereof.

This explains why when pulling an all-nighter, you feel sleepy at 2 a.m. but then start to feel more awake at 6 a.m. This is it waking you up to when you would usually start waking up in the morning.

A lot of people run on less than eight hours a day and manage to get things done. As long as students have a relatively consistent sleeping schedule where they’re waking up and going to sleep at the same times every day, and it has them feeling refreshed the next morning, then eight hours a night is not crucial to success.