Do you nap on days off?

Sometimes I nap on days on. Working from home with a half hour lunch break? Perfect time for a power nap.

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I sometimes schedule hour long "meetings" for myself and mark them as Private. It's honestly done WONDERS for my productivity when I'm stressed. The rest of the day I get twice as much done

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- Same, I’ve been doing this lately. I started noticing colleagues block off time on their calendars with events just called “Busy” and realized that’s probably what they’re doing. It’s great, and everybody seems to do it, at least at my job. We’re all remote (always have been, even pre-pandemic), and all trust each other to get our jobs done, so everybody wins.
  
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Same here. I just nap 20-40 mins about 3 days a week, especially if work has been hectic.

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No, I cannot nap. I don't fall asleep easily outside my normal bedtime and don't feel refreshed afterwards.

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Same. I used to nap in class in high school as a bad habit, but was always more tired after.

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The key to feeling refreshed is keeping them extremely short (think about 15 minutes tops), you need to wake up before hitting deep sleep or you have to wait for your next REM cycle to be over. It's admittedly pretty problematic when you have trouble falling asleep. My wife has this problem too, and she's a light sleeper on top, so naps don't work well for her. If I lay down for sleep, it happens in a matter of minutes, so a 15-20 minute power nap is easy and very efficient.

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- Everything they said, with the addition that falling asleep fast is a skill that takes practice to get good at. Even if you don’t fall asleep, laying down for 15 minutes can still be good for you. It allows your body to relax.
  
  As for your mind, I’ve found that letting it wander and not trying to control it helps me get to sleep faster. Even if I’m thinking about things that stress me, if I let my mind go on its own, eventually it’ll go off the path and start thinking dreamy things. Next thing I know, I’m waking up.
  
  No matter what works for others, it still takes practice.
  
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Yes! And midday if focus is bad at work

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Sometimes! I love naps. I love being able to dream so I can get ideas. Especially when it's cold out and the heating is on. Those nights are so comfy! 😌

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I nap any chance I get. 30 min Power Nap does wonders.

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I nap whenever I both want to do it, and can do it. Since the first child, I gained newfound appreciation for sleep time. These last couple of weeks I've been taking a quick nap in-between dropping the youngest at daycare and starting my work day lol

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Sometimes but I try not to. What's supposed to be a 20 minute snooze inevitably turns into a 4 hour dead sleep

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I can relate to this too. If I have nothing planned for the day, then I’ll keep sleeping past my alarm. But when I have something I need to wake up for, I am good about getting up. Maybe plan an important task for after your nap to help motivate yourself to wake up. Remind yourself how important it is while you’re falling asleep so it’s close to the last thing on your mind before it falls asleep. Also, multiple alarms five minutes apart so you don’t fall right back into rem so easily.

Another thing you may consider is to shorten your nap time from 20 minutes to 10 or 15 minutes. Everybody’s sleep is different, and you may be hitting rem by 20 minutes. You want to wake up before you get that far, so you may need to experiment with different times.

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Infrequently on vacation. Never on days off

I nap 3-4 times a month at work during lunch though.

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If I nap, I tend to wake up feeling more sluggish and tired than before I slept.

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I'm generally too busy trying to get my wife to take a nap, since she watches the toddler all day while I'm working and that kid can wear out anyone but when I get the chance, I do love a good nap.

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Yes, but not as often as I'd like.

I usually get the urge to nap sometime between 1:00 and 3:00. Weekdays that's everyone's of the prime meeting scheduling window at work and on Sunday's I have D&D.

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I'm fully remote now but when I was in the office it was only 3 miles from my house. Many days lunch was a quick bite, 20 minute power nap, and head back to the office.

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I do it a lot due to my sleep being off and due to there not being a lot to do.

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No. I couldn't fall asleep on my own anymore no matter what. Sad but true. I do lie down sometimes but my mind jumps endlessly.

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Sometimes I try, but I'm very bad at napping. It takes me more than an hour to fall asleep unless I'm absolutely exhausted. If I just happen to nod off on the couch naturally, my wife or dog wakes me within minutes, so I never get to enjoy that either.

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I mean, if I could nap on days on, I would.

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I am borderline narcoleptic, so I am always tired. To help with that, I typically take naps on slow days — regardless of whether it’s a workday or a weekend. It’s good for you.

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Hell yeah. Love naps. Sometimes when I’m having that feeling of “oh man, it’s getting to be ___ o’clock on my day off and I still haven’t really done anything and haven’t decided what I want to do,” a nap is a great answer (when I’m feeling a nap). I think of it kind of as “well, I guess I need some sleep! What a healthy, productive way to spend my day off. I’m so responsible.”

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I don't always nap on my days of but when do...

Its against my will

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No, I am not good at napping, it leaves me more tired, rather than refreshed. If possible, I do sleep in, though, stay in bed longer.

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Sometimes. It seems to depend on the day. If I'm up doing a lot, definitely not, but if I'm taking a complete lazy day, just do what needs done and relax? I'll end up taking a mid-day nap. Especially if one of the cats decides to get snuggly, a relaxed purring cat on my chest is bound to knock me out for at least 30 minutes.

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Love a nap, one of my favourite things to do - 12 to 15 minutes seems to be the optimum time in order to wake up and get back to it.

Afternoons are the best time, usually shortly after lunch.

As many others have said, this applies for work days and for non work days.

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I have a baby now. So no. But she naps on my days off at least. Sometimes

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