Afternoon Naps: Classic or Dud?

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Sensible way of preserving yr energy before a long evening out, or sign of approaching middle-aged burnout? When does a nap become a sleep? And do you really feel better for having one?

― Andrew L, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

A substantial part of my work involves falling asleep on trains. The fact I get paid for doing so gives me a warm glow inside.

― Trevor, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It'll be Gout: Classic Or Dud? next.

If I've stayed up too late arsing about I will often rationalise it by saying hey, tomorrow I will have a nap. Then I never do and just end up exhausted. I like the idea but I find it incredibly difficult to sleep unless it's dark.

― Tom, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

nothing to do with age: my sister can catnap anytime anywhere and has done so since a small child; my dad even as a young man always had an afterdinner snooze; me, no chance, unless the sun is also gone to bed...

― mark s, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

In my early twenties I could fall asleep on demand. This was a pretty useful skill cos it meant I could catch up on sleep anywhere that I'd missed out on the previous night(s). I seem to have lost the ability now, and when I do succeed in napping I usually feel even more tired when I wake than I was pre-nap. Bother.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I call it a Disco Doze.

― suzy, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I too find that it merely serves to make me even drowsier. I am a very good sleeper anyway so it seems greedy to have naps, like if you have 3 proper meals a day but insist on snacking. On the other hand afternoon 'naps' when you and your wuvved one have to have a bit of a lie down in the middle of the afternoon are totally classic.

― Emma, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If you mean eating a quick lunch then going to the toilets to sleep and setting the alarm on your phone then absolute classic if you've been out the night before. Otherwise I can't relate.

― Ronan, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

As some know, I never sleep during the day. Even if I have a night out, I will still get up at around 9.30 am. I can't help it. Maybe it's the fact I work six days a week so I am used to getting up early?

― nathalie, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Afternoon naps are classic. I often sleep from around 2-3, always feel sleepy just after lunch. When I was working I felt really tired at this time of day. I usually kick myself for having a nap, as it just turns into an afternoon wasted. Still classic though. Ideal afternoon nap music = Windy & Carl, Olivia Tremor Control, Built to Spill's Perfect From Now On, and Smashing Pumpkins Melon Collie.

― jel, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dreams are much weirder in the afternoon. Bizarre semi-awake ones.

― jel, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I almost never sleep in the afternoon. If I just can't stay on two feet, I slump on to the couch and drift off to "Daydream Nation". Incidentally, the first time that DN sounded really good to me was in this context.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I used to do nothing but come home from work and sleep, since I was about 16. It's awful. But I will never do this again as a girl at my workplace, her boyfriend took an afternoon nap and never woke up. No one knows what happened to him, there was nothing wrong and he wasn't on drugs, prescription or illicit. He just died. I will never take a nap again.

― Ally, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am notorious for having a good lunch and then getting sleepy at work midday, usually when team meetings are held (thankfully not very often). After the 2000 Champions League final I settled into the meeting sitting next to the boss in a very mellow mood, and the next thing I remember was him asking me how the game was while everyone laughed at my predicament, some five minutes having elapsed while I quietly dozed.

Then one time my horrible 1997 era supervisor -- now since gone -- and my coworker Lisa and I had a meeting of just the three of us. I thought little of him and though I have no memory of this I proceeded to go right ahead and doze. Supervisor noticed, was puzzled, but barrelled on ahead. Was I crazy or him?

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have an 80 minute long history class directly after lunch. Lights out, projector putting words on the wall, and a lecture. It's not possible NOT to sleep.

I always feel a bit floaty after a long nap.

― maria, Friday, 7 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two weeks pass...

I say bed at 2, up at 7, hour nap at 5pm. Eh?

― Pennysong Hanle y, Wednesday, 26 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I believe in naps. So strongly so, in fact, that I've been known to sneak off into empty offices and doze. The boss doesn't like that, though, cause I can't bill that time.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Saturday, 29 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i took a four hour one today. so classic it hurt. then i got a bit of nookie

― anthony, Saturday, 29 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eight years pass...

So classic, really. (Having just had a three hour one after what's been a pretty full weekend.)

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 31 May 2010 23:23 (fifteen years ago)

Just woke up, so classic.

― Adam Bruneau, Monday, 31 May 2010 23:25 (fifteen years ago)

So beautiful. I think I slept 2 hrs today on the couch, trying not to move so as not to disrupt perfect balance between hot weather and cold beer, happening in my body.

― the soul of the avocado escapes as soon as you open it (Laurel), Monday, 31 May 2010 23:37 (fifteen years ago)

Funny, when I get a four-hour night of sleep in, it feels like a nap sometimes. Like it wasn't *really* necessary, but I'm probably better off for it. When I take a three-hour nap in the afternoon, I often feel like I finally got some proper sleep.

― Eighteen straight. I think that's a record. (kenan), Monday, 31 May 2010 23:39 (fifteen years ago)

IF you can do it, then i strongly endorse napping. i don't do 3/4-hour naps (which would be excessive), but even a half-hour can do wonders for the mind (or my mind anyway). i see it as a sort of poor man's meditation -- and i think that it's a damn shame that American employers look down on napping as a legitimate activity.

― No Guru, No Method, No Teacher (Eisbaer), Monday, 31 May 2010 23:43 (fifteen years ago)

Thought there were a waste of time until my chin started slapping against my chest on my bus rides home, while I'm trying to read a dusty tome.

― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 31 May 2010 23:44 (fifteen years ago)

After a really stressful morning yesterday, I took an hour-long nap at 11! Total deep sleep with dreams and everything.

― kkvgz, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 00:16 (fifteen years ago)

Absolutely classic, haven't worked for a while now and dread getting a job that'll stop me having my little siesta!

― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 00:40 (fifteen years ago)

dud for me, I wake up feeling groggy more often than not and want a coffee

― pokám0n (dyao), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 00:41 (fifteen years ago)

Classic, esp since I can drop off almost instantly. If I start to nod at work, I can put my feet up on my desk, get a 15 minute refresher and be back at full strength pretty quickly.

― Grisly Addams (WmC), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 00:45 (fifteen years ago)

Oh man napping is probably one of the things I both enjoy most and do best. Took an hour and a 1/2 one earlier today.

― Aqua Backrat (ENBB), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 00:45 (fifteen years ago)

you guys must all be vikings at napping

― pokám0n (dyao), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 00:50 (fifteen years ago)

If I have a super power, that's it.

― Grisly Addams (WmC), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 01:00 (fifteen years ago)

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