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The key takeaway is this: > The research is overwhelming that the vast majority of us require seven to eight hours of sleep to feel fully rested, and only a small percentage require less than seven. I'm sometimes envious of people I meet that can function well with little sleep, but I resign myself to the fact that I wasn't dealt that particular card. You can't compete with those folks by simply trying to ape their h…
Has anyone tried polyphasic sleep cycles as a way to get less sleep without losing cognitive function?
I'm a big fan of naps. I take one around 2PM or so, usually for about 15-20 minutes.
I can never take short naps. I always end up wanting to sleep the rest of the day.
Sometime around 40 that changed. I take a nap almost every day, (sometimes 2, esp if doing something mentally taxing...I can do this since I work from home), but it's been years since I have been able to take a nap exceeding 20 minutes. I simply wake up, no alarm or stimuli needed. Even if I was up all night the night before. Sometimes, (like on Sunday afternoon), it's annoying. I would like to be able to enjoy a long nap again occasionally.
I've wondered about this, and would love a solid physiological explanation.
I can't nap, because I literally can't sleep anything less than 4 hours. Friends and relatives have tried yelling/shaking/banging pots and pans, but the only thing that will wake me is cold water to the face.
However, I've found taking a few moments to meditate can do wonders when I'm getting that run-down-man-I-could-use-a-nap feeling.
I think a lot professionals just don't get to sleep on time for the required 7-8 hours.
If you get up at 6 or 7 in the morning, that means you are deep asleep by 10 or 11 pm.
I just don't think a lot of sleep deprived people are doing that.
At least that's alway been my experience.
Too bad the body is often pretty lousy at honoring requests for quality sleep even when we make the time.
The first step is to kick a caffeine habit if you have one. That means no coffee, no tea, no caffeinated soda.
Naps save me every time. Just when my work starts flagging and quality starts dropping, a 20min nap makes me feel almost as fresh as I am coming into the office in the morning. Most others at work feel awkward about taking naps - even with me evangelising naps :o)
Where do you nap? Does your office provide a suitable place?
doesn't work w/ standing desks in open layouts :( now i often go to car.
Naps save me every time. Just when my work starts flagging and quality starts dropping, a 20min nap makes me feel almost as fresh as I am coming into the office in the morning. Most others at work feel awkward about taking naps - even with me evangelising naps :o)
Where do you nap? Does your office provide a suitable place?