Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Find a pot to use. Get the right size balloon.

Answer: Find an old pot to use as the body of the drum. A pot with a diameter of less than 12 inches works best. The balloon is going to be the head of the drum so it needs to be tight but large enough to fit around the top of the pot. If the balloon is too small, it might be too tight ad break when you drum. A 24 inch balloon works best for pots 10 to 12 inches in diameter. A 16 inch balloon works best for pots under 10 inches in diameter.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Gather supplies. Hold the almond in the tweezers and burn it. Scrape the soot into the dish. Dip your eyeliner brush into the almond soot. Experiment with different textures.

Answer: This method is a great alternative if you don't have activated charcoal on hand. The soot from a burned almond creates a rich, black liner that looks just as good as store-bought liner. All you need are a few household supplies: A raw almond that has not been roasted or salted A pair of tweezers A lighter A small container or dish Butter knife Use the tweezers to hold the almond steady (and protect your fingers from getting burned) and hold the lighter up to the almond. The almond will slowly burn and smoke. Keep going until about half of the almond has turned to soot. It should be black and smoky. If the tweezers you're using are all-metal, they may heat up and burn you if you use the lighter for too much time. Put on a glove to protect your hand. Try rotating the almond in a circle so it burns evenly on all sides. All that nice black soot is what you need to create eyeliner. Use a butter knife to scrape it off the almond and into the dish. If you need more soot, keep burning the almond or start on another so you collect a good heap of it in the dish. As you scrape, make sure not to scrape off chunks of unburned almond. You want the soot to have a fine, dusty texture, with no big pieces. Examine the soot afterward and pick out any larger chunks. You can use plain soot as eyeliner without mixing it with anything else. It will naturally mix with the oil on your skin to stay in place once you apply it. Dip your eyeliner brush into the container and apply eyeliner in your favorite style. If you like your eyeliner to have more of a paste or gel consistency, you can mix the soot with water or oil to make it a little damp. Start with just one or two drops, and keep mixing more in until your eyeliner reaches the consistency you want. Try mixing in one of the following ingredients: Water Jojoba oil Almond oil Coconut oil

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Binge-watch a TV show or movies. Play video games to keep your mind active. Browse social media on your phone or computer. Talk to your friends by texting or video chatting with them. Stock up on snacks to eat during the night.

Answer: Keeping your brain occupied will help you not fall asleep. Choose a TV show with a lot of episodes to binge-watch or pick out a couple of movies that you've been meaning to see and keep them on as you try to stay awake. Turn the volume down low so that you don't wake up anyone else in your house. TV shows that are binge-worthy include Riverdale and Stranger Things. Binge-worthy movies include Jurassic Park and Black Panther. If you have a streaming service like Netflix or Hulu, you can easily watch a ton of episodes of TV. Video games keep your brain engaged. Play your favorite ones throughout the night to keep your brain awake. Try playing online ones so that you are interacting with other people, since this will make it harder to fall asleep. Your friends might be posting things on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook late into the night if they are awake. You can also browse YouTube and watch a variety of videos to keep you entertained. Keep your volume down low or use headphones to avoid waking anyone else up. Even if you are not physically with your friends, it can be much more fun to stay up all night if you have someone to talk to. Text or video chat with your friends to see how long they can stay awake. You can even make a competition out of who can stay awake the longest. Make sure your phone volume is down low so you don't wake anyone up with your ringtone. Since you are staying up for the entire night, you will probably get hungry at some point. Bring some snacks into your room to eat throughout the night. Avoid sugary snacks, since those can cause you to have a sugar crash and fall asleep. Fresh fruit, crackers, and trail mix are all filling snacks that don't have too much sugar in them.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Plan your nap to minimize grogginess. Nap for 20 minutes at a time for a quick "power nap". Nap for 30-60 minutes to slip into slow-wave sleep. Nap for 60-90 minutes to reap the benefits of REM sleep. Try not to oversleep.

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An average sleep cycle lasts from 90 to 110 minutes, in a flux from light sleep to deep sleep. Consider the stages: Stage 1 is the first and shallowest stage of sleep it lasts anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes. Your eyes are closed, but it's easy to wake you up. You probably won't feel terribly refreshed if you nap for five minutes, but you shouldn't feel too groggy, either. Stage 2 is a slightly deeper stage of shallow sleep. Your heart rate slows, your body temperature drops, and you begin to sleep into deep sleep. This may last 5-10 minutes. Stage 3 is the "deep sleep" stage. If you're awoken during deep sleep, you will feel groggy and disoriented for a few minutes. Set an alarm for about 25 minutes from now: 20 minutes to sleep, and 5 minutes to fall asleep. A short "power nap" ends before your brain sleeps into deep or slow-wave sleep; you will wake feeling rejuvenated, and you shouldn't feel groggy. If you nap for longer than 20 minutes, you may slip into a deeper sleep phase and if so, you may find yourself groggier if you wake before the end of the full sleep cycle. The 20-minute power nap, sometimes called the stage 2 nap, is good for alertness and motor learning skills things like typing and playing the piano. Research shows that longer naps help boost memory and enhance creativity. When you nap for 30-60 minutes, you slip into slow-wave sleep, which is the deep phase that comes between REM "dream" sleep. A 30-60 minute nap is good for decision-making skills e.g. memorizing vocabulary or recalling directions. Be aware that you may wake up groggier, at first, if you are awoken during the deepest part of the sleep cycle. REM (rapid eye movement) sleep is the final phase of the sleep cycle; it is when dreams happen, and it is when your brain restores itself. REM sleep plays a key role in making new connections in the brain and solving creative problems. The purpose of a nap is to rejuvenate your body, so it's important that you give yourself plenty of time. Set an alarm to make sure that you stick to your desired naptime. If you want to get very precise, add several minutes to your "nap time" to allow yourself plenty of time to fall asleep.