No, You Probably Can't Make up for Lost Sleep on the Weekends

By Amber Jorgenson
Feb 28, 2019 4:00 PMMay 17, 2019 10:17 PM
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There are only so many hours in the day, and when work or school sucks up eight of them, it can be hard to squeeze in time for family, friends, exercise or binging Netflix. As a result, we often don’t get those eight hours of precious sleep during the week. But catching some extra z’s on the weekend can make up for it, right?

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