2010

I am almost always tired. I'm sure almost everyone at university is. Late nights out, studying with early morning lectures, lots of walking and part time work all take their toll.

Alas! It does not need to be this way. Here, I have compiled a few helpful suggestions to squeeze more time out of your day.

Firstly, you should bus rather than drive. While busing it slower, it has numerous benefits. You can sleep crouched over at the bus stop while you wait. Make sure you do not prop your head up. Every five or so minutes, your head will bounce down and act as a natural alarm clock; your body's way of ensuring you catch the bus. Once on the bus, head for the second seat on the right or left hand side after the doors near the middle. Opt for the side that corresponds to your left or right handedness.

The seat-to-window cill ratio allows you to form a tidy 90 degree angle with your arm to prop up your head. No other seat affords such opportune sleeping. You can start to get some serious sleep in, as you are tightly buttressed against the window. If you can't get this seat, you will have to sleep in the seated crouch position, or space willing, the Meccan position (detailed later.)

My other favourite is the library. You want to go to the fourth floor or higher. Security guards reportedly try to move you on if found asleep. The altitude helps to minimize the oxygen available to their disgustingly poor blood supply. Thus, you are safe. The couches on M floor are very comfortable, but in a strategically weak position. You have a lot of thoroughfare with computers being located nearby and a few offices with haughty librarians.

The optimum is to be found on floor five. Unlike the floor six, the highest and thus a cliche, floor five is scarcely populated due to the obscure research content; Asian language studies. You want to sleep in a cubicle. Assume the Meccan position, arms forward and under your forehead as you lean forward. Make sure you wear a comfortable jumper as your elbows get sore after more than an hour. The one weakness I have found is that when I spazz during my sleep, I always end up punching the front of the cubicle, making a large amount of noise. Fortunately, the secluded nature of this floor protects you from being escorted out.

I regularly gain an extra two to three hours of sleep. Whenever I hear people complain about long breaks I suggest they try sleeping. It makes the time fast incredibly fast and you catch up on extra hours lost in the evening.

Thank me later.