Though these tricks can help you when you're in a bind, you'd be better off if you develop a lifestyle that will help you avoid having to force yourself to stay awake because you're so incredibly tired. Here are some ways to do it:  Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day to get your body in a healthy routine. Start your day off strong with a great morning routine that will make you alert and ready for the rest of the day. Be responsible. Don't stay up until three in the morning if you know you have to be up for work or school just a few hours later. If you're tired because you had to stay up all night to study for an exam, try to set up a studying schedule that will keep you from staying up all night next time. Most people can't receive information when they are tired. If you are regularly having trouble falling asleep and feel like you're always struggling to stay awake during the day, then you should see a doctor to see if you have a sleep disorder.

Summary: Avoid the problem in the future.


In the beta phase, the program is made available to a much larger group of testers. Some developers make the beta phase public, which is referred to as an open beta. This allows anyone to sign up and participate in testing the product. Depending on the needs of your product, you may or may not want to do an open beta. As programs become more and more interconnected, there's a good chance that your program will rely on connections to other products or connections to servers. Beta testing allows you to ensure that these connections work under a larger load, which will ensure that your program is usable by the public when it releases. In the beta phase, no more features are being added, so focus can be turned to improving the program's aesthetics and usability. In this phase, UI design becomes a priority, ensuring that the users will have no difficulty navigating the program and taking advantage of the features.  UI design and functionality can be very difficult and complex. People make whole careers out of designing UIs. Just make sure that your personal project is easy to use and easy on the eyes. A professional UI may not be possible without a budget and a team. If you have the budget, there are lots of freelance graphics designers who could potentially design a UI on contract for you. If you have a solid project that you're hoping will become the next big thing, find a good UI designer and make them part of your team. Throughout the beta phase, you should still be cataloging and prioritizing bug reports from your user base. Since more testers will have access to the product, chances are new bugs will be discovered. Eliminate bugs based on their priority, keeping your final deadlines in mind.

Summary: Increase your testing group size. Test connectivity. Polish your software. Continue bug hunting.


After your hurdle and jump off the board, use your core muscles to lift your legs upward toward your chest. Keep your legs straight and extended and your toes pointed. Aim to touch your toes to the tips of your fingers, keeping your arms extended above you.  Your body should be bent at the waist. Aim to bring your thighs as close as possible to your chest. Keep your back as flat as possible. After you reach the highest part of your ascent, start extending your upper body away from your legs. “Unfold” your body downwards to straighten out the V, and to angle your head towards the surface of the water. Avoid bending your head or neck backwards. It is important to stretch your arms up as you “unfold” in preparation for the dive. As you shift your upper body towards the water, bring your arms up to the sides of your ears. Your arms should circle out to the side and then meet above your head. Straighten your body out as much as possible before you breach the water’s surface. Extend your arms and legs and point your toes.  Aim to enter the water in a straight vertical line.

Summary: Bring your legs up to achieve the pike position. “Unfold” the top of your body. Bring your arms up the sides of your head. Straighten out and complete the dive.


Begin blowing softly through the bundle while gently squeezing the tinder around the coal. As more tinder catches, you might have to turn and/or reshape it to keep the ember spreading into more and more of the tinder. Blowing will provide more oxygen to stoke the fire and transfer the energy from the coal to the tinder bundle. Continue blowing and gently squeezing with the tinder bundle until you get actual flames. Put it on the ground where you want your fire. Keep blowing if you need to keep the flames going. Add the toothpick size sticks on top of the bundle, then the pencil sized sticks, followed by increasingly bigger items until you have your campfire.  If you have prepared a teepee-type fire put the burning tinder bundle into the center. Keep blowing slowly and steadily to help spread the fire.
Summary: Blow through the tinder bundle. Build your fire.