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There comes a point when the effort to remain awake AND alert exceeds the ability to consume / understand/ comprehend the material you are studying.
I’m sitting here at my computer desk re-reading and re-typing this weeks notes and I find my brain just simply shutting off? No warning, no prompt. Just…
POOF
One minute I’m reading, typing, comprehending….. saying to myself, “uh-huh. Yep, I remember this”.
The next minute I’m in a zombie-like trance in front of my screen. I’m Carol-Ann staring at the snow on the TV screen??
Then the bobbing starts.
Oh- you KNOW what I’m talking about. Back in my military days we called it ‘doing the funky-chicken’. Your getting sleepy-tired and your head drops, chin to your chest. You realize where your head is or you feel your chin hitting your chest and you do a ‘OH Wait a minute’ moment and jerk your head up. This cycle can continue on for minutes to hours if you let it.
So this is the ‘critical mass’ I’m talking about.
In the effort to be studious and take advantage of my time, I’m not contributing to my learning just by ‘putting in some hours’. My brain has officially shut off and I can’t seem to turn it back on.
I need the quality, not the quantity of studying.
Yep – calling it a night.
