Do you take nap in the afternoon?
By hotsummer
@hotsummer (13837)
Philippines
May 19, 2009 11:43pm CST
I have made a topic about this cause while in between of my activity in online thing i felt so sleepy and my eyes seem want to take a rest and close for a moment. and so i give in. i don't like to get up this early from my nap. but i have to get going with my activity online cause i feel so motivated to be active now.
What about you do you like taking a nap in the afternoon. or only when you feel like to.
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49 responses
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
20 May 09
Not everytime. It depends whether I had enough of sleep the night before. I don't quite like to nap in the afternoon as it makes me more sleepy and sometimes I need to attend to business matters. I do not want to make afternoon nap a habitual thing and would only nap when it is really necessary.
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@stahir45 (103)
• Pakistan
20 May 09
"After lunch rest awhile. After dinner walk a mile" is a saying that we have been used to hear. Following the same principle it is always advisable to have a little seep after having lunch. The weather in our country now-a-days is hot, humid and sultry with very little facility of airconditioners, taking a rest for a while sounds great. An hour or so of doing so will refresh you and add in you a new vigour to take up your daily chores more actively and proficiently. I will advise those who can afford little time in the afternoon to take rest for a while.
@Bethany1202 (3431)
• United States
21 May 09
Once in a while if I am sleepy or have had a rough week I may take a nap, sometimes for only a half hour or sometimes longer such as two hours. Once in a great while, I may be depressed or sick or exhausted and take a nap for 4-5 hours in the afternoon. I don't make it a habit to nap and rarely do this because usually I am not tired until the evening. On the same note, if I take an afternoon nap, sometimes it's hard for me to fall asleep in the evening and I end up not getting enough total hours of sleep for the evening, even if you count the time I napped...
@jralivio511 (480)
• Philippines
20 May 09
Well, I don't really take a nap in the afternoon. But nowadays, I don't have any activity here in my place right now so it seems that my body is having a hard time not to take a nap, lol.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
21 May 09
yeah i think that it is really good that you take your short naps every day. while you have the free time to do so.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
24 May 09
indeed, nap should only be short, a long one should be called sleep already.
@jralivio511 (480)
• Philippines
24 May 09
Most of us would say that I would just take a nap but it is called sleep not a nap. Taking a nap would only take fifteen minutes. Another minutes beyond that is not a nap and is not healthy.
@strawberrychocodahi (4818)
• Philippines
20 May 09
Before i used to take a nap when i haven't been into any online money making sites. But since i discovered Mylot, things have changed, i don't take a nap as a short break anymore and do my writings also.
Let's just see because summer is gone and it's getting rainy here now and i would be tempted to take a nap on a cold breeze of wind from an open window . Sometimes i do stretch my back by trying to lay on bed. But i don't get sleepy because my mind is energetic to continue what i am doing.
I guess things do change for some time. If i don't do much of my time here like power cut or internet connection failure, then i can say i will take the opportunity to rest a bit and take a nap.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
21 May 09
yeah me too i find myself having nap less often because of my new priority which is to be more active and productive online.
@eunixia (387)
• Philippines
20 May 09
hi hotsummer,
A big YES! I do take a nap right after lunch. I'm a mother of 2 kids and religiously I try to have a rest even for an hour in a day. Everyday is a very hectic day for like attending to my kids, doing household chores and other domestic capacity awaits for me in a day. Sleeping keeps my body energized and healthy as well.
Happy Posting!
it's me,
eunixia
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
yes that is true. sleeping makes wonder to our body. keeps up immune system strong and give us a refreshed mind. but sometimes i feel awful after waking from a short nap. so i don't always do that.
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
20 May 09
I would love to take a nap every afternoon... but sad to say that i can't because i am in the office during that time... and it is not good to sleep while at work... but even during weekends when i am at home... i still can't take a nap because i have to do a lot of chores... but i make sure that my daughter would take her nap...
@tonytt2009 (1706)
• China
20 May 09
Hey hotsummer`I will like to take a nap in the afternoon or say after lunch in the office,even for just few minutes.I remember in the past,I will not think about the nap while doing some other things like playing PC games,browsing internet or chatting online~but now,I have to face so many things a day,with different style jobs I would say,a short stop will re-inject me the energy to work fast in the rest part of a day~`BTW,I red from a paper mentioned that people shall have at least one time nap during a day,twice will be much better.~~
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
21 May 09
oh that is great then to have naps at least twice. that is why i always feel energized like you also after each short naps.
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@ProudMommy22 (705)
• United States
20 May 09
I dont get to take a nap in the afternoon however some days i feel like i need too or i just want to cause im tired but with 2 small children you dont usually get that option unless they are taking a nap. My youngest takes naps but my oldest dont. And I have other things i need to do instead of taking a nap. But usually if i take a nap in the afternoon i cant go to sleep at night so i do try to aviod talking a nap in the afternoon.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
21 May 09
yeah busy moms usually w think more of their kids than to take a short nap.
@lelin1123 (15595)
• Puerto Rico
20 May 09
I only take a nap when I'm not feeling well. Thank God I'm in very good health so it someone finds me sleeping in the middle of the day something is definitely wrong with me. Once I'm up that is it.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
yeah i do that too when i feel not good in my body and like i am not feeling well i just take a nap and forget my trouble. usually i will wake up with normal body again.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
yeah once i put my head on a pillow i often get asleep though i was not planning to. so that i end taking a nap also.
@enruschew (247)
• Malaysia
20 May 09
Hi hotsummer,I like to take a nap in the afternoon.I'm from Malaysia and the wheather in Malaysia is really hot during the afternoon.This made me felt very sleepy and lazy to move around.So mostly if there is no important event,I'll take a nap on my lovely bed.I felt better each time after I take a nap,I can focus on more things compare with the days I did not take a nap.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
21 May 09
it is hot and humid here too in the philippines. i feel so sleepy too in the afternoon because of the hot weather i believe. and yes the weather are both hot. we have similar weather.
@geniustiger (1694)
• Philippines
20 May 09
I will take a nap if my eyes ask me to do that
and it suit that its a free time , I will rest.
So that back to work have more energy to do my duty
and job , not to be weak and sleepy. Its really
nice if we can rest for a while , we are so active
in doing our chores if our minds and body have rested
a while ago. I love it.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
21 May 09
yes when our eyes just feel like closing its lid we just have to lay down our head on tables or lie down on bed.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
20 May 09
I love an afternoon nap although I try and not have them as it makes it harder to sleep at night, I have anxiety attacks at night for some reason which i don't have during the day so sometimes I just like to have a nice sound uninterupted sleep sometimes...I have nice sleeps in the afternoon.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
yeah it is really hard to sleep at night when you have taken a nap in the afternoon. when i need or feel like getting awake in the evening to work online i do take a nap so i will be much awake in the midnight cause i have faster internet access at night.
@jazel_juan (15746)
• Philippines
20 May 09
yes, usually just 15 minutes for lunchbreak when i am in the office if i can, and while at home just 30 mins most..
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
well that is such a short nap. but that will be much helpful too.
@anotherxidentity (1434)
• United States
20 May 09
I'm not the type of person that takes naps on a regular basis. For me it all depends on what I've had to do for the entire day. There are points where I've gotten up really really early and have been doing a ton of work all day long, by the time 4 or 5 rolls around I'm going to want to lay down for a few but its normally only for about 30-45 minutes or so.
I did have a roommate one year that had this thing with taking a 1-2 hour nap every day at about the same amount time no matter what.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
can we consider it a nap if the person sleeps for about 2 hours. that is such a long nap.
@aakansha12 (183)
• India
20 May 09
Yes , i always take nap in the afternoon . Its just gives me a little break in middle of my day . After having lunch me and my family just go to take 1 hour sleep it really cools your mind gives more energy for the rest of the day.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
Well an hour of nap is really helpful to refresh us and get more energy to work for the whole day.
@harryt123 (327)
• United States
20 May 09
I usually don't take a nap in the afternoons for the most part because I work all day and usually I get sleepier towards the end of the day. I get home from work and after doing a few things I fall asleep. But I do like to rest my eyes after being in front of the computer for a while and I feel that it is necessary to make sure the glare from the computer and the brightness of the screen doesn't strain my eyes. On the weekend the days that I am home and don't have anything to do I will lay down and try to rest or do as little as possible if I am feeling tired. But proper rest and nutrition does help ease the tired and sleepy feeling.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
yeah when you are busy you will not feel the need to sleep at the afternoon. since i am stay home person when i am bored i do feel the need to take a nap
@socomsargent (229)
• Australia
20 May 09
i dont take a nap because i dont ever feel sleepy in the after noon, anyways you go to bed not long after, because i have to have 8 hours or more of sleep, which you need, and you need water, so i go to bed at night only.
@hotsummer (13837)
• Philippines
20 May 09
yeah 8 hours is the standard time of sleep we should at night. sometiems 8 hours of sleep is not enough for me. so i do take nap also.