Feeling Stressed....and pulled my first all nighter :(

[NDog090]

Hey all,

It's currently 7:05am and I am still awake. Tried going to sleep at 2am after studying some complex networking stuff for my IT career. So many things on my mind: still job hunting, having a hard time gaining weight (yes I'm skinny and only 120lbs), and most importantly, trying to figure out how I am going to graduate from college by 2018. I didn't cry or anything...I just laid there thinking about life and what I can do to try to better myself, to get to where I want to be. Now the worst struggle I have is dealing with my ADHD. Has anyone else pulled an all nighter?

PS...the night before, I fell asleep at 1am and woke up at 12:30pm.

 

[manni]

Hey all,

It's currently 7:05am and I am still awake. Tried going to sleep at 2am after studying some complex networking stuff for my IT career. So many things on my mind: still job hunting, having a hard time gaining weight (yes I'm skinny and only 120lbs), and most importantly, trying to figure out how I am going to graduate from college by 2018. I didn't cry or anything...I just laid there thinking about life and what I can do to try to better myself, to get to where I want to be. Now the worst struggle I have is dealing with my ADHD. Has anyone else pulled an all nighter?

PS...the night before, I fell asleep at 1am and woke up at 12:30pm.

all nighters is part of the process. you'll look back w fond memory once you've finished
w studies and land that job. enjoy the journey is all I can say and good luck w the exams.

 

[Aesthetics>all]

2 years ago, Svmf, up at 5am on Friday fell asleep 4am Sunday was back up at 8 didn't go back to sleep until 6am Monday. Was awake for 68/72 hours, it's not the same but I understand how bad sleep deprivation effects the body, I was basically in bed until Wednesday night.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

All nighters are the worst thing you can do. Your retention of important material is short term at best. That's why some people get away with them in school. You can go in a write the exam the next morning and do well but if you had to write the same exam in 2 days you'd likely fail.
In these situations the best thing for you to do, especially when your mind becomes cluttered and you start having anxiety about your career, your life, etc. is to shut it down and get some exercise and a nap. Go for a run, do some push ups, whatever. Burn off the anxiety and then have a nap. A rested mind is a productive mind. Sleep is the best thing. That's why people say "things will look better n the morning." When your brain is rested you process things much better and what seemed like the end of the world the night before is not so bad the next day.

Cheers
JB

 

[Insatiable Appetite]

All Nighters work for essays, projects and the like but not for tests or exams. After working all night you finish and hand in your assignment and then crash. Studying all night and then trying to perform without adequate sleep just doesnt work.

 

[wetnose]

Dude, focus on 1 thing at a time.

Don't worry about your weight (a long term goal) when you have to focus on tomorrow's exam (a short term goal). Write up a list, then define them by important/not-important, and urgent/not-urgent.

Important/urgent - get it done. Important/not urgent - back burner but work on it.

Not important/urgent - do what you can. Not important/not urgent - don't bother.

 

[badbadboy]

It's currently 7:05am and I am still awake. Tried going to sleep at 2am after studying some complex networking stuff for my IT career.

Has anyone else pulled an all nighter?

PS...the night before, I fell asleep at 1am and woke up at 12:30pm.

I've worked telecom / RF for years and it's truly the Pony Express of the electronics industry.

Run em til they drop is the mantra.

First thing I suggest is to get on a regular schedule ie write down when you will study, exercise, eat and sleep. You may find there are not enough hours in the day for everything. If you can at least budget 5-6 hours sleep a night; you should get through it.

When you check out employers, try to get one on one with others working there. Some employers try to run their engineers ragged being understaffed and have cots etc to keep them at work.

 

[NDog090]

I've worked telecom / RF for years and it's truly the Pony Express of the electronics industry.

Run em til they drop is the mantra.

First thing I suggest is to get on a regular schedule ie write down when you will study, exercise, eat and sleep. You may find there are not enough hours in the day for everything. If you can at least budget 5-6 hours sleep a night; you should get through it.

When you check out employers, try to get one on one with others working there. Some employers try to run their engineers ragged being understaffed and have cots etc to keep them at work.

Basically, I'll throw one word that will describe as to what I am studying, that is tedious: Cisco. Also, I had a interview for a Summer Student position for a production company. Help desk/sysadmin in a data center environment, and the guy that interviewed me said he was trying to troubleshoot the network since 5am that morning....I don't blame him.

 

[Insatiable Appetite]

I have a minor background in IT.....here is MY advice.
Get out of it and into programming or database.

 

[EuroSZabina]

Drink the big cans of Redbull I prefer the pale blue unsweetened they'll get you through the nite!

I love the taste of the redbull too and I try to drink if I drink one the light blue one.
However sometimes it backfires at me and I take a nice nap after I had one lol

 

[shyguy100]

All Nighters work for essays, projects and the like but not for tests or exams. After working all night you finish and hand in your assignment and then crash. Studying all night and then trying to perform without adequate sleep just doesnt work.

Oh yes, I've had my fair share of these all nighters composed of essays and projects... you'll look back and see how much you conquered. You'll get through it.