Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue

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  cdvdm06/13/08 Report as spam
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  re: Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue

  I had a coworker that would take afternoon naps in her car for 20-30 minutes, and set her cell phone as an alarm. She was always more perky than the rest of us around 3-4pm.

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  fumcsecty06/13/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue

  I would love a 20 minutes and my boss would probably be OK with that (he's be joining me). But in our office (a church) there isn't any place we can get away unless we opt to camp out in the sanctuary on the pews. Seriously, just due to our schedules, it would be hard to squeeze in a power nap, but boy it sure sounds good!

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  mashjari06/13/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue

  In Islamic teaching we are asked to nap as it is very healthy for the body to rebout for the part of the day, so in Saudi Arabia a large chunck of the population take a nap and also the country operate in all the retail sector in split shift pattern.

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  jennoby06/15/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue

  It may be pretty difficult to take a nap at work. but on days that i really feel sleepy, I use 30mins of my 1hr break to nap in my car. I try to get a good spot in the parking lot always, so if i feel like napping i wont be in full view of everyone. A nap does a whole world of good you know. It is Highly Recommended.
  
  Jennifer from Nigeria

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  ariyanafshar06/15/08 Report as spam
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  Napping

  I wish i knew how to nap. It's the best pick me upper (so i hear).

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  mikegregory06/16/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue

  I have been using this method for years. As Corporate Counsel, the job can be intense. Having trained staffers that I will be in a "closed door meeting" for appx 20 minutes each day has proved invaluable over time. As I have matured over the last 35 years, it has a race of pacing rather than sprints. Now my 20 minutes are just another document to reveiw.

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  markdavidanthony06/16/08 Report as spam
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  Forget caffeine *versus* nap: Try the caffeine nap

  Well, there's also the caffeine nap. You drink your cup of coffee, or starbucks double shot (choose your own weapon), then immediately take a 15 to 20 minute nap.
  
  http://www.sleepdex.org/caffeine-nap.htm
  http://lifehacker.com/software/sleep/reboot-your-brain-with-a-caffeine-nap-306029.php
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_nap

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  Simmons-sg06/18/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue

  The older one gets, the more things come around to a fashionable 'in-thing'! This concept has lots of history with it and a number of big-names of the past who advocated it.
  
  Toughest part is to do only the 20 minutes and rouse up again to attack the afternoon.

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  dessua12/31/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Skip the Coffee, Power-Nap for 20 Minutes to Combat Afternoon Fatigue

  well, it is only a matter of the way you sleep for nap ..... you know it when you go past the napping range if you dont stop there, you know what? ... you will end up more sleepy and horse...