So, it looks like my wife’s sleeping habits have been the healthy thing to do. J’s favorite thing to do is nap. Nothing long, mind you…Just a few minutes to shut down and recharge. Ever since we met, she’s been a napper. Loves the naps! If we’re at a family get-together, she’ll eventually find her way to a couch and it’s “J out!†When she used to work at a hotel in the city and when we lived in Philadelphia, she would nap during lunch – just for 10 minutes or so.
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Me? Not a napper. It’s not that I hate sleeping during the day, it’s just that I can’t get a good night’s sleep if I take an afternoon siesta.
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When I started my current job and had to get up at 4am, and boy was I wiped (still am!). Usually on Mondays after work, I conk out for about 20 minutes to recharge. By Friday, I’m pretty much spent as well, so I’ll do a “shut down†so I can actually go out and do something on Friday nights without falling asleep at 8pm.Â
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While I was getting ready to leave for work this morning, I glanced at the SF Chronicle and they had a story on a Harvard study that says that napping reduces your chances of a heart attack by something like 37%. Since heart disease runs in my family, I guess I’d better start doing that 20 minute nap more often.Â
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How ‘bout you? Getting much sleep lately?
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–PK
9 thoughts on “Nappy, nap, nap”
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I get up at 4:00 a.m. as well which usually means I’m in bed by 8:30 every night. I don’t usually nap because I can’t do that at work, but if I happen to snooze at home, then it screws up my sleeping at nights.
Ha! I wrote about the same thing today! Too funny. Remember to take your nap when you get home…
I do nap on the bus ride home. I get about 20 minutes. Or I just read on the bus, which eventually leads to a nap.
Oooh…hate the groggies after the nap. I’ll go to bed at 7:30 instead of staying up late and having to take a nap. Anything to avoid it.
I nap every afternoon for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. It works well for me because it gives me energy for the evening. I love naps! 🙂
Eric naps whenever he’s home, which usually leaves me feeling frusterated because I think we should be doing things with our day and not just sleeping (since his naps are usually along the lines of 2-3 hours). Perhaps I have been too hasty in my jealousy, and should lay down with him.
This is so funny — my Care-A-Van driver and I were just talking about naps this morning! I usually get between 15 minutes and half an hour after work every day, and then go to be around 11.
Just like you can’t nap or I don’t sleep at night. I ‘d rather sleep at night.
I nap for about 5-20 minutes a day in the afternoon. And I sleep 7 hours at night.