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CaliforniaPeggy

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7. My shortest is about 30 minutes; my longest maybe 1 to 2 hours.

Reply to a kennedy (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2020, 01:12 PM

Sep 2020

I almost always take one after lunch. It makes me more energetic for the later hours of the day and it doesn't seem to interfere with my sleep.

I've been taking naps daily or nearly daily since my kids were babies! It makes my life much easier.

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What time frame do you consider a nap.......from 15 minutes to 2.5 hours..... [View all] a kennedy Sep 2020 OP

20 minutes. I rarely get to take one, but it can make the difference. hlthe2b Sep 2020 #1

This! Anything longer and i get groggy and it ruins my sleep later soothsayer Sep 2020 #2

Agree. LakeArenal Sep 2020 #3

20 minute nap (30 is ok) afternoon like 2 pm is really sweet soothsayer Sep 2020 #4

Mr Lake naps every day at 2pm. LakeArenal Sep 2020 #5

If Mr. Lake also makes large sandwiches, can we call him Dagwood? A HERETIC I AM Sep 2020 #9

Not the worst thing he has been called. LakeArenal Sep 2020 #10

When I still worked ... GeorgeGist Sep 2020 #6

My shortest is about 30 minutes; my longest maybe 1 to 2 hours. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2020 #7

For me, a.m. sleep is sleep, p.m. sleep is nap. unblock Sep 2020 #8