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Celebrating rest

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Fatigue: A health problem

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Tired people become inefficient

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Involuntary sleep

Sleep deprivation

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Decision making from the frontal lobe

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Sleep debt

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Sleep debt can alter metabolic state

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Sleep deprivation leads todecreased performance

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How much sleep do we need?

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Students often study most of the night

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Two major types of sleep:• Non-rapid eye movement sleep

• Rapid eye movement sleep

Rapid-eye-movement sleep

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Both types of sleep are necessary

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Steps to getting to sleep

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• Learn to value sleep

• Establish a regular bedtime

• Exercise every day

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• Establish regular time for rising and retiring

• Use a comfortable bed in quiet bedroom

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• Eat lightly in evening

• Avoid exciting or depressing TV…soon

before bedtime

• See your personal

physician if you

suspect a sleep

disorder

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• Put your trust in God

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Winston Churchill

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Weekly and annual rest

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Rest instituted by God

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LIFE APPLICATIONQUESTIONS

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How many times in

the last three days

have I fallen asleep

involuntarily?

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How many hours of nightly sleep have I had during that same time?

Do I need to reassess my sleeping habits?

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Am I staying up too late

at night?

What delays my

preparation for bed?

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Do I need to exercise more,

or perhaps earlier in the day?

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Have I had too big a meal

in the evening, or eaten too late?

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Am I worrying

about something

that is keeping me

awake?

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Am I choosing to

watch too much

TV or play too

many games?

Do I need to see

my physician about

a sleep disorder,

such as sleep

apnea?

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A husband and

wife worked late

and then went

out to dinner with

friends. The meal

was delicious,

but the couple

ate too much.

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Neither slept well

when they eventually

got to bed. The next

evening they arrived

home late again and

then watched a late-

night TV show.

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The next morning the

couple had a heated

argument about who

should fetch the dry

cleaning. Why would

they argue about such

an inconsequential

thing?

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Were they thinking

clearly? How can I

prevent something

like that from

happening to me?

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How many of the following

symptoms have I

observed in myself lately?

• lower productivity

• short attention span

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• inability to solve

complex problems,

think clearly, or

remember quickly

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How do I demonstrate

that I value my sleep?

What choices do I

have to make in order

to get adequate and

restful sleep?

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Should I choose to get

up at the same time on

weekends as I do during

the week so that I

establish good-habit

patterns?

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What arrangements in

my bedroom do I have

to change to foster

better sleep?

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What arrangements in

my bedroom do I have

to change to foster

better sleep?

How can I make a

decided choice to put

my trust in God and

leave my burdens with

Him?

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In what ways do I show

that I value the rest that

the Sabbath offers?

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In what ways do I show

that I value the rest that

the Sabbath offers?

Do I use the Sabbath

hours to catch up on my

sleep debt from a week

of bad choices?

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Or do I enjoy the same

type of rest that God

took after Creation—

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Or do I enjoy the same

type of rest that God

took after Creation—

a rest from work in

order to spend time in

growing my

relationships with God,

family, and community?

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Do I use the full

vacation time

allotted to me?

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How can I best use

this time in a

balanced way to

adequately

rejuvenate physically,

mentally, emotionally,

and spiritually?

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How can I plan

more purposefully

to gain the benefits

I need to offset the

stresses and

deficiencies I

experience during

the rest of the year?

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