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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 to decreased 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 yoususpect a sleep disorder

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• Put your trust in GodCELEBRATIONS® Rest 21

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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