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Step 4: Sleep at Least Eight Hours a Day

Do not underestimate the power of sleep because it ultimately decides how your
brain works for the entire day. You restart your computer when it starts to
become sluggish. You rest your car when it overheats. You sit idly when your
legs feel exhausted. This is the same with your brain.

The deletion of short-term memories and the storage of long-term memories
happen when you are asleep. Not having enough of it leads to having many
important data in your brain deleted and the storage process shortened. As a
result, recalling becomes harder and memorization takes longer.

Furthermore, brain cells are produced and repaired when you are at complete
rest. This is the time when the damaged bridges between nerves are connected
once again for a smoother passage of information from your brain's processing
region to the storage region.