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post #16 of 24
1/11/09 at 7:49pm
On days that my class schedule allows it, yes, I love to nap after lunch.
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post #17 of 24
1/11/09 at 7:55pm
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Originally Posted by Spatlese View Post
Lee - so how do you get away with it for even 15 - 20 minutes? Do you just close your office door and set an alarm?
Learn from the master.

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post #18 of 24
1/12/09 at 1:44am
I worked at the company where the big boss had daytime sleep for an hour or two after lunch
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post #19 of 24
1/12/09 at 3:00pm
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Originally Posted by Fatto_in_Italia View Post
I've found to be more productive when having a small or light lunch and eat the same amount later in the afternoon. And after eating not that much, I never feel like sleeping.

I use this quite often. Small meal around noon and then another small meal around 3-3:30. I don't usually feel tired at all. When I go out with co-workers and eat a larger meal is when the nap is needed...usually just get a coffee or energy drink to keep me going.
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post #20 of 24
1/12/09 at 4:16pm
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Another trick.

Prior to actual 15-20 minute nap, drink a cup of coffee. After nap, caffeine has kicked in and all is good until end of day.
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post #21 of 24
1/12/09 at 6:33pm
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Originally Posted by lizmasc View Post
Sleepiness after lunch probably comes from ancestral times where at noon time most of the food that was hunted was eaten already and it was a time to enjoy a little break. That, and if you eat a lot of carbs in your diet you'll get more sleepy after lunch, though this will vary with the individual.

A short 20 minute break is enough to get you going, and you don't even need to lose consciousness to benefit from it, as you won't enter the deep stages of sleep like when you do it at night, so you can come out of it pretty quickly. Just to be safe set your cell phone with an alarm

Right, so what did they eat in the evening?

They ate whatever they could get their hands on during the day, usually just berries and nuts. Then the men hunted some animal, ate small parts of it (think of it as an ancestral protein shake) and took the rest home to wife and kids to eat in the evening - and then go to sleep when the sun had set.
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post #22 of 24
1/16/09 at 12:02am
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Originally Posted by lee_44106 View Post
Another trick.

Prior to actual 15-20 minute nap, drink a cup of coffee. After nap, caffeine has kicked in and all is good until end of day.


I do this too!!
I wrote about this on my blog-- check it out here if you want to learn more about the caffeine nap.

-Celena
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post #23 of 24
1/16/09 at 12:08am
I've never been much of a napper. But I wish I had the opportunity to at work. 15 minutes would go a long way some days.
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post #24 of 24
1/16/09 at 12:31am
I'd love for a siesta to be a regular part of my day. Alas, I don't live in Andalucia.
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