A midday snooze is a simple pleasure of life we coveted most. With packed schedules and stress, napping during the day is just not possible. Not to mention the stigma it carries around for adults.
For the kids and the oldies, napping is a forgiven luxury, but for adults? It is a sign of slacking.
Fortunately, we are given a leeway if we want a shut eye in the afternoon, as there are many benefits you can reap off with midday naps. You just have to be watchful of the time.
Contrary to times before, people across the globe is getting more and more chronic sleep deprived.
Working early in the morning at nine if you’re lucky (some starts at six), there are times that you the time allotted for work is still not enough. Some even have to extend past their intended shift.
Because of this, most of us become more irritable and groggy; so much as it can affect our productivity at work. A shuteye about 10 to 20 minutes or a full 90 minutes of napping can help our current situation.
Snoozing for up to 20 minutes can help us feeling refreshed and rested, as it gives a boost in energy and increasing our alertness level. The 20 minute nap is what we call the NREM (non-rapid eye movement) part of our sleeping cycle, where we experience what is known to be a light sleep. And because it is just light, waking up from this sleep prevents sleep hangover.
On the other hand, you can choose to sleep for 90 minutes where a full cycle of sleep is completed.
It helps us improve our memories, calm our nerves, and develop our creativity not to mention we don’t have to be fully dependent on coffee after this.
A full 90 minutes of sleep is where we enter a deep sleep. This is where REM part of our sleep cycle occurs invoking dreams (dreams are an important part of our sleep).
What you should just remember that those two lengths of shut eye are the most, if not, only recommended time of napping. Waking in between 20-minute and 90-minute time will make us groggy and without the mentioned benefits defeating the purpose of taking a nap in the first place.
Conversely, pass the 90-minute mark will also have the same effect, meaning you have no reason to abuse the given leeway for an afternoon nap.
So, before taking your siesta, be sure to set your alarm clocks in the RIGHT time and not just until you want to wake up. Slaking will be true, then in your case.
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