What is the daily routine of a top student, and why are they never sleepy?

A top student will not be sleepy, it depends not on physical strength but on self-management.

Divide the day into three stages. Only by regular work and rest and improving the details can you be at ease. Everyone's body is similar, the difference lies in energy allocation and time planning.

1. Morning

Three things to do in the morning: 1. Get up 2. Wake up 3. Focus

Let’s get up first.

If you go to bed late the night before, you will inevitably get up late the next day. So don't stay up late. During my three years of high school, I went from being ranked outside the top 1,000 in the province to ranking second in the province without staying up late a day. Don't stay up late if you really work hard. Staying up late is proof of laziness. (Doctoral students and corporate employees who are forced to stay up late are not included in this list... silently sympathize with each other)

Insomnia for two days a day will lead to going to bed late. Visual inspection will not affect the state of the next day. Just don't stay up late for a long time.

Let’s talk about sobriety.

You must see the sun in the morning. Without exposure to sunlight in the morning, it is difficult for people to wake up completely. Every morning when I get up, I get dressed and go out to bask in the sun for a while. Within ten minutes, I feel refreshed. This is because sunlight stimulates the brain to synthesize serotonin, which regulates our wakefulness.

Exercise moderately in the morning. The so-called moderation means that you can move your body as much as you can, just a little breathless. Don't exercise too much, otherwise overexertion will affect your condition.

Finally, focus.

Don’t be exposed to messy information in the morning, including Zhihu, Weibo jokes, TikTok, Kuaishou, Toutiao... don’t read them all. Because receiving disorganized fragments of information will confuse your mind and ruin your entire day.

I generally don’t touch my phone in the morning, and few people contact me in the morning.

In the morning, you should immediately devote yourself to intense, orderly, logical, and systematic work, and maintain a state of concentration as long as possible.

Many famous writers have the habit of writing in the morning. Maugham wrote in the morning, went shopping and reading in the afternoon, and met with guests in the evening; Hemingway stood and wrote in the morning, and read and interviewed in the afternoon and evening;

Haruki Murakami writes from morning to afternoon, staying alone in the room. Sometimes he is in a coherent state and even skips lunch. He calls himself the "canned working method";

Balzac is the most special, from 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. Go to bed at 12 o'clock, get up at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and write until 12 noon. This combines the beginning of the day with the quietest time in Paris.

I met many outstanding entrepreneurs during my lecture tour, and they are often the best at using their morning time to deal with important matters, and it is also mentioned in the biography of Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs got up at 4 o'clock and was always focused. Work without any interruption. Therefore, elites at home and abroad all know that making good use of the morning is the key to making good use of the day.

You must have breakfast in the morning, needless to say. I usually have rice balls, poached eggs and white porridge in the morning.

II. Noon

If you want to stay in good shape in the afternoon, there are still three things to do:

1. Diet 2. Lunch break 3. Exercise

Let’s talk about diet first.

Don’t eat foods that quickly raise blood sugar, and don’t eat too quickly or too full. Carbohydrates and foods rich in oil and salt will cause your blood sugar to rise rapidly and make you drowsy. It's best to have some chicken, vegetables, etc. for lunch.

Let’s talk about lunch break.

It is important to take a proper lunch break. I usually sleep for 20 to 40 minutes. After a nap, I feel full of energy. When I go on a lecture tour, I just sit in the car and squint for a while. When I'm in class at school, I just lie down on the table for a while.

I had the most complete lunch break when I was in Hengzhong, because Hengzhong forced every student to lie down for an hour at noon, and they were not allowed to talk or study. Now at Peking University, classes start at 1 noon, which I personally think is very unscientific. I won’t take the 1pm class if I can. If I have to take it, I’ll bring a small pillow with me (?▽`?)

Finally, let’s talk about exercise. Personally, I feel that the afternoon is the time when I have the most energy. Running and exercising for half an hour at this time can increase the amount of oxygen inhaled and increase the concentration of dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin and other substances in the brain, which is very helpful for clearing the mind and improving efficiency.

If there is no place to exercise, you can also climb the stairs. Singing loudly has a similar effect. I installed a door horizontal bar in my dormitory and did some pull-ups in the afternoon, which helped me adjust my condition.

3. Evening Chapter

Three things: 1. Meditation 2. Interval 3. Summary

The first is meditation. After dinner, it’s dusk. After a tiring day, it is inevitable for everyone to relax. What is important at this time is "meditation". Every time Mr. Qian Mu, a master of traditional Chinese culture, returns home after a long journey, he meditates for fifteen minutes and then works at his desk.

The meditation here does not necessarily require sitting in the lotus position like Zen Buddhism. In fact, it is more like "closing the eyes and resting the mind", observing the eyes, nose and heart, removing distracting thoughts, and collecting the mind, thereby improving efficiency and concentration. .

Let’s talk about the interval. It is difficult to be full mentally and physically at night, so you need to pay attention to intervals when doing things. The "Pomodoro Technique" is a good choice. Take a 5-minute break every 25 minutes. Now there are also apps to help. However, you still have to be careful not to follow the Pomodoro Technique rigidly. Some things cannot be completed in 25 minutes, but they are too important to be interrupted, so the time must be extended appropriately. For example, I write articles for two or three hours at a time, and I dare not interrupt, otherwise the logical framework will be incomplete.

The last is the summary. The summary can be written in a diary or drawn into a table. Summarize what you did during the day and write a few sentences of evaluation. Don’t be too complicated, be as concise as possible.

It is best to summarize before going to bed.

Do not exercise strenuously or do high-intensity mental work (such as doing math problems) within half an hour before going to bed.

In this way, you will have an efficient and fulfilling day. If you persist like this day after day, you will surely move towards excellence.

In three years at Hengzhong, I answered more than 100,000 questions, and the papers were stacked more than two meters high; while at Peking University, while serving in the student union, I gave 400 speeches across the country and wrote more than 100 papers. articles. They all rely on the rules of time management. Only by managing yourself well can you become stronger.

Come on with me!

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