As a full-time undergraduate student at Sacred Heart University on the 3-3 physical therapy track and a division 1 athlete on the Men’s Track and Field team life can be tiring. From going to classes and doing assignments to lifting and running track I am pretty exhausted each day. This is where my routine of going to bed at 10:30pm comes into account.
My goal coming into school was to perform well academically and to strive for excellence in track. I know that to handle my busy schedule it requires that I get enough sleep to start my day. To plan out me going to bed I usually set a goal to finish all my school work by 9:30 so then I can pack my bag and get my clothes ready for the next day. At around 10:00 I will gather my shower items and towel to take a shower before I go to bed. After the shower, it is lights out so I can get my full 8 hours of sleep. If I do not get all my rest, then it greatly affects me the next day. By being tired I am not able to focus in school which will negatively impact my academic performance. Also, it will hinder me from being the best track athlete I can be. To evaluate how much rest, I got I look at the Garmin watch I have which tracks my heart rate and how much sleep I got. Based on that I will determine if I went to bed too late or if I woke up in the middle of the night. One alternative to this routine would be to go to sleep even earlier than I am right now in the attempt to always have a good night rest. A weakness of my routine is that I will stay up later when I am stressed with school work or if I have a big meet the next day. I hope that I can stick with my routine and continue to get the rest I need and stay healthy.
Corry in the House 
Very interesting nightly routine, Corry. Although I have seen you up at later hours during the week, I have heard that you are usually in bed fairly early. I think another alternative to this routine would be to let yourself sleep a little later on days where you don’t have to get up as early if you feel you didn’t get enough rest.
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I knew that you went to bed early, but I just thought it was because ur a loser! I didn’t know you had an actual routine you follow. now that I do, ur still a loser but just a freaky loser that needs to follow a routine lol. this was very interesting and I like how you included a weakness and an alternative. very fascinating. has this always been this way?
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