Lots of people feel pressure to excel and win. When you look up inspirational quotes some of them say things like “winners never sleep.” People think that in order to succeed you have to work hard 24/7. It’s okay if you think this lots of people do, even Steve Harvey said ” Rich people don’t sleep 8 hours.” Rest is important too! If you don’t rest then you won’t have energy to work hard. Think about it; would you rather have a really good practice and improve 4 days a week or have a okay practice and not do your best for 6 days a week. When you sleep and rest your body relaxes and you prepare to have a more efficient and hard working practice and school/work day. If you practice everyday without sleeping then the lactic acid in your body will build up and you will feel really sore and tired. If you don’t sleep your grades could drop which will prevent you from playing sports. In short, just because you rest doesn’t mean you aren’t a winner. Rest is good for everyone.
Rest up & work hard,
-Jazziah
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