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WotD: Power nap
Seeing as how we talked about taking a power walk yesterday, today may be the perfect opportunity to take a power nap.
I know that people rarely achieve the recommended eight hours of sleep a night, especially here in Japan.
Long commutes, long working hours and a penchant for staying up late seem to prevent most from achieving even six hours of shuteye each night.
Japanese, though, have perfected the art of inemuri (居眠り) or sleeping at your desk at work.
It’s totally acceptable to take a little nap during working hours.
If you’re remote working and a little shy about catching 40 winks while at work, now is your chance to build a habit of taking a power nap each afternoon.
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I’ve heard it recommended that you first drink a cup of coffee and then lie down for about twenty minutes.
Don’t sleep more than that because you’ll slip into a deep sleep and wake up groggy.
If you time it right, you will wake up just as the coffee is beginning to kick in.
You’ll wake up refreshed and with a caffeine kick as a turbo boost.
That’s one great way to kick-start your afternoon productivity.
If you wanted to take advantage of that caffeine-powered turbo boost, you’d go for a 20-minute power walk before sitting back down at your desk for an afternoon of Zoom meetings and computer-related frustrations.
Three to four times a week, I enjoy a nice power nap after lunch.
Sometimes, Sorachan will lie on the floor beneath the sofa, and both of us will drift off to dreamland for a well-earned rest.
If you’re looking for some lifehacks, remember power walks and power naps.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 71.
The easier the passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.