[OSList] About time and napping

[Martin Roell]

Michael M Pannwitz wrote:
> Hi Artur, Harrison, Spark, Adriana and you other nappers out there,
>
> tell me what works for you around napping: time of day, length, space,
> light, naked, clothed...

Ah! I am an expert on napping! :)

What worked for me at the beginning was to always time naps to 20 minutes.

(This gives you 15-20 minutes of sleep depending how fast you fall
asleep. If you time to 15 minutes, you might just get 10 minutes which
is not enough. Or you get stressed if you realise that you are not
falling asleep fast enough, preventing you from sleeping. ;-))

With more than 20 minutes I found that I usually end up groggy.

What also works is to sleep for an hour or so, without an alarm clock.
(Depends on the circumstances of course, if this is possible. it does
happen to me that I lie down in the middle of the day, and sleep for 3
hours, even if I didn't feel so tired before. You never really know what
will happen.)

Personally, I don't mind the time of day, the light or clothing
situation. I was almost "trained" to be independent of these: I lived in
a monastery for two years: Up early, to bed late, much physical work
inbetween and an abbot that would chase you around when you were lazy. I
learnt to fall asleep pretty much at *any*time on *any* floor in *any*
situation there when there was a chance. I recommend the monastic
training: the falling-asleep-in-any-situation skill stays with you for
life. ;-)

> In my os work, I have taken naps. Once I did it in a semi-public space
> and was rudely attacked by a participant: How dare you take a nap when
> things are really chaotic here! 

How dare you! :-)


Good night.

Martin

-- 
Martin Röll, martin at roell.net, +49 1784984743
Twitter, Skype: martinroell | http://www.roell.net

Business update (July 1st): http://eepurl.com/WSamn

_______________________________________________
OSList mailing list
To post send emails to OSList at lists.openspacetech.org
To unsubscribe send an email to OSList-leave at lists.openspacetech.org
To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org