Monday, September 21, 2015
Afternoon Naps (6)
Today has been one of those days where I really needed a nap. I didn't have the best weekend, which resulted in a lack of sleep. Needless to say, I'm already sleep deprived to start this week off! Because of how exhausted I've felt, I decided to take a nap this afternoon. Typically when I nap, I'll sleep for an hour or two at a time, and then continue my day. When I do this, I don't always feel better, and sometimes I even feel worse. Well when I decided to nap today, I planned on napping for an extended amount of time like I usually do. However, because of certain outside factors, I ended up sleeping in a twenty minute segment, and then in another thirty minute segment. At first, when I woke up after the first twenty minutes, I felt terrible. I must have already been in a deeper sleep or something because of how hard it was for me to wake up fully. After I slept for the second time, I woke up much easier and actually felt refreshed. I've always heard that shorter naps are better than longer ones, and after today, I can now attest to that! Maybe from now on I will only take shorter naps to see if I'll feel better.
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Don't nap! Stick it out until bedtime so you can get a better night's rest!
ReplyDeleteBut if you do have to nap, I think less than an hour is the way to go. I usually shoot for about 30 minutes if I ever take a nap. Just enough time for my brain to reboot.
I know I hardly ever nap, but when I do, I'm usually sick. I try to stay underneath an hour so that way I don't throw off my cycle and end up staying up all night long!
ReplyDeleteI agree! The shorter naps always seem to make you feel better when you wake up, maybe because you don't allow yourself to fall into deep sleep so when you wake up you can still feel refreshed.
ReplyDeleteLong naps sound so satisfying! I do agree though, short naps feel way more satisfying.
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