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For my first wellness experiential I decided to research how important getting enough sleep is and how much sleep should people my age be getting every night and do a comic about how important it is to get enough sleep. I learned that I should get 8 ½ to 9 ½ hours of sleep a day and also learned that while teenagers sleep, growth-promoting hormones, such as testosterone are produced. One other thing I learned was that when you don't get enough sleep you can't work physically and mentally as well as you could if you did get enough sleep. This is obviously wellness-related because not getting enough sleep affects your health. I think I spent a couple hours on this project. I worked on it little by little over a long period of time. However,

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