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Not just feels. Definitely worse, it puts me off-beat for the rest of the day and I always feel like I suddenly desperately need a shower.
Yeah, I'm not sure where the sensation of needing to shower comes from...perhaps from sweat?
Has anyone ever used phone apps that purport to wake you up at the right time by using the accelerometer to detect how much you're moving in your sleep? Example: http://www.sleepcycle.com/ I've used this but only for a few times because it requires the phone to be activated all night, which makes it quite warm in the morning. But it seemed to make me less groggy...but I can't tell if that's just confirmation bias...…
I cannot overstate how much power naps have improved my life. I started doing them regularly about seven years ago and have been recommending them to everyone I can since. Napping makes me happier, more alert, and way more productive. A shameless plug: I wrote a post about how I learned to nap here: http://unschooled.org/2011/05/how-i-nap
Can you and other nappers here explain how you are able to find somewhere to nap in a busy office environment (and your car isn't available)? For me, lying on the floor would be far too noisy with hundreds of PCs humming away and I would be at constant risk of being stepped on by my colleagues.
In general, I've found the biggest obstacles are social (i.e., people think you're lazy), not logistical. But these are largely gone for me now that I'm running my own company. My cofounder and I have vowed to not just tell any future employees that napping is acceptable, but to actually keep doing it, so they see that we're serious and feel comfortable napping themselves should they want to.
I'd recommend telling your coworkers/boss that napping makes you more productive, and that you only take one 20-minute nap a day. If they're silly and care about exact minutes worked, just show up a few minutes early or start a bit later.
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I just have an incredibly hard time imagining how I could nap on a yoga mat in my cubile without everyone else stopping to watch it like a circus, and my manger wanting to discuss why I am literally sleeping on the job.
Would he not understand it if you just told him the truth? "I'm doing it because, overall, it makes me more productive."
- Obviously you can set a radio between channels, but I often don't have a radio in the room but do have a computer, so...
- In linux, if you have ALSA installed, you can type
cat /dev/urandom | aplay -f cd
cat /dev/urandom > /dev/dsp
- On the internet, there's http://simplynoise.com/
The lark and owl distinction has been driving me crazy since I thought about my sleeping habits. I spent about 2 years with completely self-determined sleep (I even collected sleep data) and do not even approximately fit into those schemes. I alternate between a lot of sleep and no sleep over the course of 10 days continually shifting my waking hours into the night until I reset. Some people claim that this would be…
I cannot overstate how much power naps have improved my life. I started doing them regularly about seven years ago and have been recommending them to everyone I can since. Napping makes me happier, more alert, and way more productive. A shameless plug: I wrote a post about how I learned to nap here: http://unschooled.org/2011/05/how-i-nap
I've tried this so many times but I just can't fall asleep in the middle of the day unless I'm seriously exhausted. Anyone out there able to beat the "can't fall asleep unless conditions are perfect" curse?
Also, as you do it every day at the same time, your body gets used to it and you nap faster.
Finally! I was wondering how to do this! On a real note, napping changed my life. And when I had my own business, it really helped productivity to have a nap in the middle of the day. Now I work for the machine, and naps are unfortunately not allowed.
Now I work for the machine, and naps are unfortunately not allowed. OK, here's a crazy idea! I work for the machine, MOST of us work for the machine. Unions are in our past. But government might just be the way to force the machine to support naps for its workers. If we start lobbying for a law to allow naps, how realistic is it for that to pass? Sure it's silly, but silly laws usually have a better chance of passing…
A better approach is to start your own business, and incorporate naps into the company culture.