I was a terrible student and always left things until the last minute.
I pulled several all nighters at university.
I pulled several all nighters at university.
Poll: Just pulled my first college all-nighter, you ever done it?
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Never for school, but I have done it many times for work! Usually without sleeping that day either! (Don't like messing up the body clock!)
I pull all-nighters all the time, however when I was in school, I wasn't the most hardworking student, so no all-nighters because of school no.
Except that one assignment where me and my mate worked non stop for two days (well yeah, we ate).
Except that one assignment where me and my mate worked non stop for two days (well yeah, we ate).
My first memorable all-nighter was when I was forced to write 6 page long anthropology essay. It wasn't fun.
I preferred to skip class than skip sleep. I'm essentially constantly drunk after not sleeping for about twenty hours. I've never had a cram that was so bad that I couldn't finish it by skipping class.
good luck with staying awake multiple nights... did this once (2 nights consecutively without any sleep and several days with little sleep) for university where i had to write 5 essays (~ each around 20 pages meeting academic criteria not some backwater college crap) in a 14 days period.Superbeast said:
One day/night is manageable, but 2+ days and nights are total shit... even my sleepless nights during my army service were better
I pull all-nighters to get work done fairly regularly. It's not that I leave things to the last minute (my procrastination isn't quite that bad), it's just when I start to make some headway on a piece of work I tend to keep going until it's done/I'm forced to stop by something else (job, pub time, etc).
It help that I actually enjoy programming, spending that length of time doing something unengaging would be hellish. I guess I chose the right course.
It help that I actually enjoy programming, spending that length of time doing something unengaging would be hellish. I guess I chose the right course.
Thank you.Smokej said:
I'm going to try to not stay awake for multiple nights in a row (I've done this before too - 3x 2,500 word essays that all needed researching and writing to full academic criteria...I think I stayed up for 3 days and 2 nights all in a block...it was not fun at all) but rather have one night awake and then one night sleeping.
You're right about the military - back when I was with the Royal Engineers (albeit for a short time only) I was never as knackered staying up all night as I am these days at Uni. It is kinda crazy when you think about it!
I haven't really done full all-nighters, usually I try to get a couple of hours of sleep as I find myself rewriting my code every 5 minutes when I'm particularly tired/stressed.
Where is the "I do it every time" option? I just can't bring myself to start an assignment until it's too late.
I used to just get up very early. I'd wake up at like 4am and work thoughout the day to get something done. I could never concentrate enough to pull off an all nighter.
I have health issues which have really messed up my sleep schedule; I can wind up sleeping for 14 hours straight if symptoms decide to rear their heads up, no matter how well rested I am. Usually its "Fell asleep at an odd hour, passed out for over half a day, then have classes for all day the next day" and the all nighter doesn't have much of an effect.
Sometimes, though, I'm just so frustrated from being tired and sleeping all the time that I let myself get lost in art, the one thing that I can do no matter how tired I am.
Sometimes, though, I'm just so frustrated from being tired and sleeping all the time that I let myself get lost in art, the one thing that I can do no matter how tired I am.
No.
I realized in university early on that there is absolutely no way I can cover the the semesters course content in full with the time allotted. As such I simply managed my time such that if something was important, it would be done with several days if not weeks to spare. If it wasn't important, it would either never even get started, or be rushed last second to at least get some use.
That's not to say I didn't spend tons of time at study or work. Despite my delegation I recall spending a minimum of 12 hours a day focused entirely on classes/assignments/test book reading and exam prep.
I should note that I've always had to work hard to get my 'B/B+' grades. I'm fully aware that there are were plenty of people in the same courses as I that could perform better with only an hour or two spent a day outside of class if that.
I realized in university early on that there is absolutely no way I can cover the the semesters course content in full with the time allotted. As such I simply managed my time such that if something was important, it would be done with several days if not weeks to spare. If it wasn't important, it would either never even get started, or be rushed last second to at least get some use.
That's not to say I didn't spend tons of time at study or work. Despite my delegation I recall spending a minimum of 12 hours a day focused entirely on classes/assignments/test book reading and exam prep.
I should note that I've always had to work hard to get my 'B/B+' grades. I'm fully aware that there are were plenty of people in the same courses as I that could perform better with only an hour or two spent a day outside of class if that.