Permies Poll: Do you take regular naps?

Growing up, I was not a napper. It was go-go-go until bed time. This lasted until I met my wife who comes from a family of nappers. I have now become a napper!

In general, I feel really slow and cruddy after a nap. If I'm sick or had a run of more than three bad nights of sleep, I might nap anyway because staying awake is worse than what the nap will do to me, but I prefer not to. On the other hand, I sit at a desk for a living and I get really sleepy every early afternoon at work.

only in the past decade but more recently this breathing thing when reclining or laying down has interfered.   Steve is a regular after lunch napper now that he is not working away from home.
We never had really comfortable daytime napping chairs until recently...we got some old, seventies style lazy boy recliners a few years ago and now see the attraction...then we can feel like we have not gone to bed in the middle of the day to nap.

In the afternoons, I watch Bewitched.  I sometimes fall asleep and have to "rewind" the show.

I accidentally found the show "Catfish" so sometimes I might watch that one, instead.

I take a 20 minute nap every afternoon when I'm working or have the time (on non-working days). Usually if I'm working I need to reset my focus, if I'm not working I'm in the garden or something where I don't need this mental reset so I skip it. The busier my work is, the more important the nap becomes-- I prefer to wake up early instead of skip my nap.

My nap is a quick routine that works like a charm: a few minutes doing DuoLingo practicing the language of the day, plus the quick Wordle puzzle (together, maybe 11 minutes), then bam, nap, I'm out like a light. I often wake up 30 seconds before my alarm goes off and bounce out of bed, works better than coffee for a pick-me-up.

I really appreciate my mid day nap on work days.  Not so important when I am at home.

Yes. Maybe about 2:00 pm I nap for about an hour +/- 1/2 hour.  It seems to refresh me.

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