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"  Photo: Getty Images It happens every night without fail: I decide I&amp;#039;m tired and ready to go to bed, and then I bring my laptop with me. Before I know it, it&amp;#039;s two hours later and I&amp;#039;m still squinting at the screen, awake. (And ironically, many times during this technological witching hour, I&amp;#039;ve come across countless articles that tell me to SHUT MY COMPUTER OFF ONE HOUR BEFORE BED. I know.) I know that in our tech-centric world, I am hardly alone, and now, scientists are ready to give our plight an actual label: sleep procrastination. Related: Your Tough-Love Guide to Getting Enough Sleep According to The Daily Beast, researchers at Utrecht University have found that mismanaging time before bed is detrimental enough to deserve its own diagnosis. Scientists surveyed 177 people to see just how sleep procrastination can impact not only the quality of their shut-eye but also their general health the next day. Interestingly, they hypothesize that because we&amp;#039;re so tired at the end of the day, we lack self-control, and therefore resist our sleepy pangs. Of course, the most obvious outcome the experts found the next day was fatigue, but they also discovered that the participants were less able to establish a routine the next day, in addition to reports of poor concentration and an increased risk of impulsivity. (Maybe those who tend to play it safe would benefit from some good old-fashioned sleep deprivation? I jest.) Related: Sleep FOMO Is a Thing and I Suffer From It As everyone from scientists to Arianna Huffington will have you know, there has long been too little emphasis on the importance of sleep in our culture, something that has certainly not been alleviated with the dawn of modern technology. So add these time-wasting habits to your checklist of what not to do\u2014I know I will. We all complain about how tired we are all the time, so how about we, um, actually go to bed? Related: How to Get the Most Energy Out of Your Day Even If You Didn&amp;#039;t Get Enough Sleep "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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