Seven Secrets to a Great Nap

Again I thought this was about napping. I have worked as a laborer and in the office. I work as a victim advocate, which is in an office, and I am a volunteer firefighter. through out my live I have worked in both types of work enviroments, both are demanding on body and mind. To anyone to suggest the a laboerer does not use his/her mind does not realize the type of work they really do. Often the job can be dangerous and they must stay alert at all times for their own safety as well as others. I think that we all deserve a rese

Not a bad article. It has some good tips, although I think anyone with minimum common sense could write this article themselves. One section of the article I should bring up is how can someone decide when is the best time to take a nap? Cause after all don't we all go to bed, wake up, at different times? Plus it's obvious not everyone works the same hours. FATJOEYs got the idea!

Not a bad article. It has some good tips, although I think anyone with minimum common sense could write this article themselves. One section of the article I should bring up is how can someone decide when is the best time to take a nap? Cause after all don't we all go to bed, wake up, at different times? Plus it's obvious not everyone works the same hours. Yeah FATJOEY has got the idea!

I agree with 4realperson. I thought this was a discussion on napping. As for the types of jobs we do, they are all important. I myself work in an office as a victim advocate,but I am also a volunteer firefighter. Before doing these jobs I was employed in many fields both as a laborer and a office worker, which were demanding both on body and mind. To anyone who suggests that laborers do not use their brains doesn't realize that these people must always stay alert to their enviroment for safety reasons, often their jobs are dangerous and out of all of us they are the ones who deserve they rest.

I FIND A HUGE LUNG BUSTING BONG OF SKUNK WEED WORKS LIKE A CHARM!

SMOKE A HUGE BONG!! A REAL LUNG BUSTER OF SKUNK WEED! WORKS LIKE A CHARM FOR ME?

A few additional tips I've learned from my personal experience with mid-day napping in my car.

1. Pull down shades for your windows in case the sun in bright or your parking garage has lights.
2. Ear plugs - especially help when a nearby car alarm is going off.
3. If using ear plugs, set the alarm on your cell phone and put your phone on vibrate so you don't over sleep.
4. Keep a blanket in your car for those colder fall and winter days.

Sweet dreams!!!

I love my sleep. My ex-husband says my tombstone will read 'She's finally getting enough rest.' (He doesn't want to KNOW what his tombstone will read. Heh.) I work at a boring job at a postal processing plant, evening shift. I've found I benefit more from a brief nap on my half hour lunch at 6 p.m. than I would from food, which I gobble down at my 15-minute 4 p.m. break. I just go to my car, kick back the bucket seat, set the alarm on my cell, and snooze. Then I get a cup of coffee on the way back to the work floor. The main suggestion I got from this article was to drink the coffee BEFORE the nap. Good article. I pity anyone who can't nap.

What does it matter what color collar we wear. Napping and stress releasing activities are a good thing! Everybody should be able to snooze for at least 30 minutes a day, its healthy for you. For example, in some Asian countries the employer sponsors daliy yoga or stretching classes for everyone in the building so that the employees are awake and alert. In Greece and South America it is a nation wide event to take a sietsa during the day as a result, the people tend to be more productive and sharp and labor workers have less accidents. The only down side to having a national siesta time is that your day is a little longer, but if your hourly, how does it hurt. If your salary, then at least you won't have as much stress as usual.

My point is, it doesn't matter if you're a garbage person or the person who signs those checks, happy workers are more productive, therefore, if you have a stressful position whether its in or outdoors, in a blue or white collar, taking a nap can reduce your stress levels and give you some "me time" without your kids, your boss, your bills or traffic and enjoy the rest of your day. Then you can go home, or to class or to your second shift more relaxed, more rested and in a better mood.

Have a great day, people and lets try to get along!!

I am an accountant and work in a cubicle farm. Trust me I would love a nap during the day! I am a natural night owl but my profession requires that I work days. I also suffer from chronic insomnia. On top of that I am my elderly mother's caregiver. I would like to see one of these "macho" men handle my life for a week. Whether you work with muscles or brains it is still WORK. Some days you just need a lttle extra sack time to make it through. Coffe and muscles only go so far.
By the way a recent study found that lack of sleep leads to grouchiness.... Maybe most people commenting here could use a nap.

What does it matter what color collar you wear? Many other countries have techniques like this for all of their employees just becuase it lets you escape your job and unwind even if its only ofr 30 mnutes. In Greece and South America they have siestas, yet their work day is a little longer, but statistics show that they are much more productive as a people/ society with their naps. In some asian countries, the employer provides a gym, a daycare and morning yoga/ streching classes to enhance the mind and release negative tension just to work easier. My point is, no matter if you are a garbage person or the person who signs his check, any of these ideas can lower your stress and stress enduced feelings or headaches dramatically. That way, when you get home to your family, your dog or your second shift, you are more refreshed to handle anything that fate may throw you.

Now can't we all just get along and take a nap?!

boy a comment about napping turnd into a big discussion about people's jobs,their education and their personality. Every occupation and person is needed to make up this world. some make more money and others make less.some jobs are more physical and others are less, but that doesn't make anyone better than the other. So kids go to your rooms and take a nap, maybe when you wake up you will be able to get along alittle better.

A NAP at work?!?! I'll get fired. Working in NYC and taking naps at work is not doable... although we all badly need it.

Does any one have sleep disorders I do I am on a C-Pap machine every night and I get sleepy during the day even tho I sleep 7-8 hours a night

I know I work 12 hours and I need a nap

hey ek...i agree, its an unfair reality that companies don't recognize the benefits of allowing their employees to refresh and recharge during the course of the work day. i wonder how your company would feel about a 2 minute "yoga break" instead of a nap. www.omtheroadyoga.com

Comment: It's funny how an article about "napping" can turn such hateful responses.
1. If you sleep everynight, whats so incredibly wrong with taking a nap?
2. real men work....PERIOD...labor/desk whatever. get a life, quit being such a caveman
3. If you bleed...you stop it from bleeding....if your tired, you sleep. whats so hard about that concept.
whatever you do during your day will wear you out, some need a nap, some don't. just let it go and reply with something positive so the people who are actually interested in this article can take something from it.
how friggin old are you people!?!?!

This is for the person who thinks you have to be old to take a nap.. well my dear I hope you get old one day and write us back and tell us you don't take naps. Naps are great youg or old have a great day

When you get sleepy and you can take a nap why not. The older people have the right to nap, maybe one day you will grow old and want to nap.. so get over it