Being a professional student comes with its own special set of challenges. You're most likely not a college student, anymore, with only the responsibility of going to class and then doing whatever for the rest of the day. Professional students often have to balance class, jobs, families, and many other responsibilities that come from being a "real" adult. 

Sleep can be one of those things that professional students forgo. Medical students, law students, and many other graduate studies require so many hours of studying, class contact time, and extracurricular activities. This leaves little time for sleep, exercise, smart eating choices, and anything else that can help students be health all around. 

However, sleep is essential for optimal functioning. Therefore, it's important to create positive sleep habits so you can work at your highest efficiency. Continue reading for more tips on how to sleep as a professional student. 

Sleep and energy management

Have you ever found yourself 25 minutes into lecture, with your eyelids steadily getting heavier and heavier? It’s warm. It is likely a class that you are not particularly interested in, or one that you have to take as a prerequisite for your program. The teachers voice sounds like white noise in the background? 

For many people in college or educational programs, this struggle may happen more often than not. College life take a toll on sleep habits. Between assigned readings, paper to write, schedules to manage, extracurricular activities, etc., getting a lot of sleep is touch to manage, so realistically how is a student supposed to keep from getting a little tired and sleepy in those extraneous classes?