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When I was in highschool, I worked overnight shifts. Sometimes I'd do 5pm-1:30am, go home and sleep until 6, get up and go to school. That summer (after I graduated), they gave me full-overnight, which was 10pm to 6:30am. Not only were the hours like this, but the work was pretty physical (I'm a baker, was making doughnuts...it doesn't sound tough, but trust me, you have to push yourself every second to go as fast as you can). Anyways, by the time that I got to school, I was very accustomed to sleeping for 5 or 6 hours a night. Actually, 6 hours of sleep was a luxury. That, combined with the real lack of physical exertion that comes from sitting in a classroom all day, left it feeling like I was visiting a Club Med resort.
I guess what I'm saying is in agreement with everyone else - give yourself time. Train yourself to live on 5 hours' sleep. Better yet, do what I did - stay up for 36 hours and then crash for 12. And people wondered how I got so much done in college...I just never slept.
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