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 This is a million dollar question faced by all those individuals who work late in office or are
burdened with loads of work and responsibility. This question is also of great significance to all the IT professionals
who spend most of their time sitting and staring their computer monitors! The work of an IT professional primarily
comprises more of mental labour as compared to physical labour which is minimal. But this lack of physical acitivity
in the work is countered by the intellectual exercise that they perform everyday!
Thus, an activity such as sleep becomes very important for people in this field.


  
Sleep becomes more than a simple biological activity and acquires greater significance, something on which depends
the health of an individual- both physical and mental.
Some of the ill-effects arising out of loss of sleep could be :

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Ôn individual requires somewhere between 6 -10 hours of sleep but on an averag e 6 hours of sleep should
be enough for an individual. Ô normal sleep relieves a person from the stress and tensions that he / she
gets during the course of the day from work and other spheres of life.

The way people sleep could be categorised into three t ypes

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asleep. This is primarily due to the fact that they are too tired and their mind is tired after handling a full
day͛s work and tensions. So, such people sleep the instant they lie down on the bed. Most professionals
sleep this way and such a person requires 6 -7 hours of rest to recharge his weary senses!! Many IT people
professionals too qualify in this category wherein they f all asleep the moment the lie down on the bed. But
the concern arises with the number of hours of sleep. When the body gets less than 6 hours of sleep,
he/she does not get adequate rest to refurbish the energy drained from the body. Ôs a result of which
there is a certain fatigue that looms in the mind of the individual.



Many IT professionals qualify as rajasic when it comes to sleep. Rajasic person does not get peaceful sleep
and sleeps in a disturbed manner. The mind of such a person is laden w ith worries and tensions just like
that of many IT Professionals whose mind is plagued with „
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 ! Such things run at the back of the mind of individuals and get carried forward even in
their sleep cycle as a result they find it difficult to sleep peacefully.
Ôpart from these, many professionals are so used to staring at the monitor or handling the mouse or
keyboard that their arms, wrists or even fingers get the brunt of it. The hands, wrist s, fingers, the nerves
from these parts do the bulk of the work and as a result professionals often complain of stress or pain.
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  for such individuals from such strain and when it doesn͛t come in
adequate amount, the individuals feel uneasy and stressed out.

Sleep well, sleep sound is the mantra of professionals in the present age,for, a healthy sleep holds the key
to success and fame along with hard work!

So, how did you sleep today - Tamasic or the Rajasic way..??