Go to sleep

Forgoing sleep is a bad idea. Sure, you get those extra hours right now, but you

pay in spades later: You destroy your creativity, morale, and attitude.

Once in a while, you can pull an all-nighter if you fully understand the

consequences. Just don't make it a habit. If it becomes a constant, the costs start

to mount:

Stubbornness: When you're really tired, it always seems easier to plow down

whatever bad path you happen to be on instead of reconsidering the route.

The finish line is a constant mirage and you wind up walking in the desert

way too long.

Lack of creativity: Creativity is one of the first things to go when you lose

sleep. What distinguishes people who are ten times more effective than the

norm is not that they work ten times as hard; it's that they use their creativity

to come up with solutions that require one-tenth of the effort. Without sleep,

you stop coming up with those one-tenth solutions.

Diminished morale: When your brain isn't firing on all cylinders, it loves to

feed on less demanding tasks. Like reading yet another article about stuff that

doesn't matter. When you're tired, you lose motivation to attack the big

problems.

Irritability: Your ability to remain patient and tolerant is severely reduced

when you're tired. If you encounter someone who's acting like a fool, there's a

good chance that person is suffering from sleep deprivation.

These are just some of the costs you incur when not getting enough sleep. Yet

some people still develop a masochistic sense of honor about sleep deprivation.

They even brag about how tired they are. Don't be impressed. It'll come back to

bite them in the ass.