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Ever since I read "Brain Rules" by John Medina (which advocates taking an afternoon nap) about a year ago I've been wanting to 'implement' it, but I have failed

by kilian 16y ago

Ever since I read "Brain Rules" by John Medina (which advocates taking an afternoon nap) about a year ago I've been wanting to 'implement' it, but I have failed to do so yet. 3PM is just not a convenient time for a nap at all. Is there anyone that does take naps in the afternoon?

katovatzschyn 16y ago
I was raised on essentially this. My (Russian) family and I all (when possible) take ~1 hour nap around afternoon and sleep (all incredibly lightly) for ~3-5 hours at night. If I do not take this nap I feels very tired for the ~2.5 hour window ~5-7 hours after I wake from my ~3-5 hour sleep, and the following night I will require 7-10 hours of "sleep" to feel "fully rested". During these 8-10 hours I will not sleep soundly and spend ~1-3 hours of that time lying in bed unable to sleep but fully weary and exhausted. Personally I prefer this polyphasic sleep, because I have more functionally active waking hours and I experience very vivid and memorable dreams which, though rarely "pleasant," are always incredibly moving and feel critically important to me I do not know if this is universal or if it is genetically unique to my lineage, as again, I've noticed many in my family are the same way as me in this regard. I assume others must then be this way as well, though they may not have been raised thinking this behavior is normal or desirable. The issue comes with scheduling, and this is not always possible. Luckily most of my family is well-off enough to demand whatever they so wish in their vocation. I think most startup founders might be this way also.
etal 16y ago
It's easier for students. When I'm on that schedule, I wake up around 7 a.m. (naturally), nap around 4:30 or 5 p.m., and go to bed around 1 a.m. It's maintainable when I don't have regular late-afternoon meetings, and very helpful during "death march"-type projects because it feels like having two days in one. As a side effect, dinner shifts later in the day. This is noticeable in places where siestas are common, like Spain -- early breakfast, nothing happening in the mid-afternoon, and then everyone emerges for dinner and night life around 8-10 p.m.

by kilian 16y ago

katovatzschyn 16y ago

I was raised on essentially this. My (Russian) family and I all (when possible) take ~1 hour nap around afternoon and sleep (all incredibly lightly) for ~3-5 hours at night. If I do not take this nap I feels very tired for the ~2.5 hour window ~5-7 hours after I wake from my ~3-5 hour sleep, and the following night I will require 7-10 hours of "sleep" to feel "fully rested". During these 8-10 hours I will not sleep soundly and spend ~1-3 hours of that time lying in bed unable to sleep but fully weary and exhausted. Personally I prefer this polyphasic sleep, because I have more functionally active waking hours and I experience very vivid and memorable dreams which, though rarely "pleasant," are always incredibly moving and feel critically important to me I do not know if this is universal or if it is genetically unique to my lineage, as again, I've noticed many in my family are the same way as me in this regard. I assume others must then be this way as well, though they may not have been raised thinking this behavior is normal or desirable. The issue comes with scheduling, and this is not always possible. Luckily most of my family is well-off enough to demand whatever they so wish in their vocation. I think most startup founders might be this way also.

etal 16y ago

It's easier for students. When I'm on that schedule, I wake up around 7 a.m. (naturally), nap around 4:30 or 5 p.m., and go to bed around 1 a.m. It's maintainable when I don't have regular late-afternoon meetings, and very helpful during "death march"-type projects because it feels like having two days in one. As a side effect, dinner shifts later in the day. This is noticeable in places where siestas are common, like Spain -- early breakfast, nothing happening in the mid-afternoon, and then everyone emerges for dinner and night life around 8-10 p.m.