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Most working class people often built up a sleep debt during the week and tried to catch u on the weekend, leading to the type of lethargy experienced when adjusting to daylight savings.   Therefore, sleeping in on weekend can get the working week off to a bad start. 

According to a research conducted by Professor Leon Lack, psychologist of Flinders University of Adelaide, “The feelings of sleepiness and fatigue the next couple of days were significant in comparison with people who maintained their regular wakeup times on Saturday and Sunday mornings.”

Delayed waking was associated with a 42-minute delay in dim light melatonin onset and an eight-minute increase in time to fall asleep compared to keeping habitual wake-up times.  This is because sleeping in on the weekend people delay the body clock by about 45 minutes.  It is recommended only sleeping in for half and hour on weekends.