Problem: Article: Every person’s needs are different.  There are published guidelines available based on age, which is a great place to start, but you may need to take additional steps to determine your exact needs. Perform a simple sleep test. It will likely take more than one night to determine the results of this test. The next opportunity that you have to sleep in for a few days — a long weekend or a vacation — is your chance to perform this test. You may need several nights in a row to get the best results. Go to bed at a time you would like to be your normal bedtime. Resist staying up late even though you can sleep in the next day. Get accurate results from the test by sticking with a routine bedtime each night. Do not set an alarm clock. Sleep until you wake up naturally. The first night you will probably sleep for a very long time, maybe even 16 hours or more. This is because you are likely experiencing "sleep debt." Once your sleep debt is taken care of, continue to go to bed at the same time each night, never setting an alarm. After a few days, you will naturally wake up at about the same time each morning. By calculating how long you slept (if you fall asleep at 10 pm and wake up at 7 am, then you slept for nine hours), you know how much sleep you need each night. Sleep debt occurs when you fail to get the amount of sleep your body needs (going to bed early and waking up early, etc.). It accumulates over time, putting you deeper and deeper into debt.  You are adding minutes or hours to your sleep debt every time you cut your night’s sleep a little short. This can occur in both the short term and over months. You can repay your short-term sleep debt by adding an hour or so to each night’s sleep (going to bed early or sleeping later if possible) or by taking a nap. This means that you need to keep track of the hours of sleep you lost, therefore you need to know how much sleep you need. Longer term sleep debt accumulations may take several weeks, or even longer to pay back and get back on track.  Take a vacation with nothing on your schedule, then go to bed at the same time every night and sleep every morning until you wake up naturally. Don’t beat yourself up for sleeping a lot during this vacation. Just pay back your sleep debt and get back on a regular schedule. Once you have repaid your debt and you stick to a regular bedtime, you will reach a point where you no longer need that alarm clock in the mornings. This is provided that your bedtime is early enough to allow your body to get the exact amount of sleep it requires. Not everyone fits in the standard eight hours of sleep. Your body may require a little more sleep or a little less. If you have caught up on your sleep debt and you still feel fatigued during the day and have trouble waking up and getting out of bed, then you may have an underlying medical problem or medication that is contributing to the problem. Make an appointment with your doctor to figure out what is causing your fatigue.
Summary: Determine the number of hours of sleep you need. Pay back your short-term sleep debt. Take a vacation for long-term debt.

Problem: Article: You might feel a little nervous to just go up to your crush and have an entire conversation, so start small. Make a comment if he passes you on your way to class or your office. You can say something like, “Nice shirt, Jim!” if you see him in the hallway.  Keep these comments to once or twice daily. Try to put yourself in a position where you might need help from your crush.  This might be after a staff meeting when you need clarity on something your boss said or if you need to borrow a pencil in class.  You might say, “Hey, did our supervisor want us to use Excel for those documents?  I’m not really familiar with that.  Can you show me what he means?” You might also say, “Nolan, I can’t reach this book from the shelf.  Can you help?” Things might be a little tense around you two now that he knows you like him, but break the ice with some humor.  If something funny happens in a class or meeting the two of you are in, make a joke about it. You can also show your crush funny memes or videos on your phone. For instance, perhaps you found a hilarious video online.   Say, “Hey, Summer, have you seen this video?  I laughed at this all night.” Maybe you’re friends with your crush or maybe you’ve noticed that you two have a lot in common. Use that history or those similarities to make conversation with him and avoid awkward chats.  You might say, “Hey, I remember you said you like Game of Thrones.  Did you watch the finale?  It was epic!” You could also say, “I noticed that you were wearing a Kendrick Lamar t-shirt.  I really like his music.  I’m thinking about going to his concert.” When you’re nervous, you might ramble on and on about absolutely nothing.  Asking your crush questions is a great way to avoid this and get him to open up. Ask him questions that require more than a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. You might say “Hey Brian, I noticed that you did really well on that report our boss gave us.  What strategies did you use?  I wanna improve my next one.” Maybe someone told your crush that you like him or maybe you told him yourself, but he didn’t respond as you had hoped.  If you really want to talk to him, this awkwardness may need to be addressed.  Talk to him about your crush and let him know that you want to be cool with each other. Say, “Hey, Josh, I know that Tasha told you I like you.  Even though I can’t say it’s a lie, if you don’t like me back, it’s okay.  I still want to be friends with you no matter what."
Summary:
Start off by making comments in passing. Ask for a favor. Make jokes with him. Talk about things you’re both interested in. Ask him open-ended questions. Address any awkwardness between you.