Napping
Being properly rested is an important step towards accomplishing your goals in the business world; on the other hand, having a high pressure, high stress job can make deep sleep elusive or even impossible. Happily, using the Speed Sleep techniques can alleviate stress by making high quality sleep possible every night, as well as giving you the means to grab brief and intense power naps. After all, enthusiasm and a high energy level are of the key ingredients of success.
8 Ways to Get the Perfect Nap:
- Recognize that you are not being lazy. Napping has been proven to make people more productive and alert.
- Nap in the morning or just after lunch. Late afternoon naps will often make you more groggy.
- Avoid caffeine and foods that are high in fat and sugar.
- Eat foods high in protein and calcium.
- Find a clean, quiet place where you aren’t likely to be disturbed.
- Darken your nap zone or wear an eyeshade.
- Use a blanket. Your body temperature drops when you are sleeping.
- Set your alarm for 20 to 25 minutes. This has been found to be the ideal nap tune duration.
There are 3 kinds of naps:
1. Planned naps- naps that you schedule and take even if you don't feel sleepy
2. Emergency naps- naps that you take because you just can't stay awake
3. Habitual naps- naps that you take at the same time every day
Naps can be an efficient way to recover from sleep deprivation.
Feeling sleepy is a common experience. In our 24/7 society we often don’t allocate enough time for sleep. Working nontraditional schedules can also cause sleep deprivation because our bodies never really adjust to a shift schedule. This is especially true for those on rotating shifts. For these folks it is more important than ever to find a way to create the optimum environment for sleep. Napping to catch up a bit can also benefit those on erratic schedules.
Daytime snoozing is an important part of fitness. A nap should be considered an essential part of your fitness regime. Napping allows you to recharge your brain, relax and cool down. The ideal gym of the future will have a nap room.
Some of history’s most important people napped regularly. Napoleon, President Kennedy, Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison and many more were all productive nappers.
Napping is a natural part of staying healthy. It has been only since the industrial age that people haven’t valued an afternoon nap. The siesta has been practiced for thousands of years and is based on common sense. As companies realize that napping make employees feel better they are recognizing it as a way to boost productivity. Every other animal on the planet naps and humans have not evolved past this basic need. People aren’t getting enough sleep at night and it is causing them to be less happy, less healthy and less effective. In the past, companies have wrongly assumed that napping on the job costs them money. Recently, however, they have woken up to the fact that allowing employees a few minutes of sleep, actually saves them cash. Workers who are allowed a brief siesta are more productive, make less mistakes, and get along better with fellow employees. Some businesses are actually encouraging naps by provided nap rooms with white noise or headphones with sleep inducing recordings.
There are 3 kinds of naps:
In spite of the mid-night trip to the bathroom, drinking water before you go to bed is good for you. For the 6 to 9 hours you are sleeping your body is deprived of water. Your body needs water to function properly so it's a good idea to have a glass before bedtime and another upon wakening.
