I wish break rooms with sleeping facilities were more common. A quick nap would be so much more helpful than a gallon of coffee.
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not being so overworked would be nicer
No no, you can’t have any wealth afforded to the working class, that’s communism /s
For anyone who thinks this seriously go read The Gospel of Wealth and don’t @ me.
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I didn't like my old job, but the one thing I really miss was having a full hour for lunch and being located directly next door to a park
I'd go hang my hammock up between a couple trees and set an alarm on my phone to take a nap, it was pretty damn great.
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I genuinely don't understand how people can nap during a 20 minute break. I need two hours just to consider falling asleep. Unless I'm trying to stay alert, at which point I'll crash immediately, but only as long as I don't actively try to lie down and sleep.
I don't trust anybody who can shut down on command to not be an infiltrated cyborg.
I did it all the time working nights. Just close your eyes and konk out. But set an alarm.
See, that I can do just fine. I haven't heard an alarm clock in decades. Even if I have to wake up at like 4 AM for an early flight I will typically just wake up 30 minutes earlier and check the time. I still set an alarm just in case, but I can just... wake up at the same hour every day naturally (even before sunrise) and fairly reliably early at unusual times.
But falling asleep on command? That's science fiction.
When I worked nights I actually ended up having to create some buffer time before falling asleep. Otherwise it was all work-related nightmares every time, all the time. Sure, I was working from home as well, so people who commute back from their night jobs may get that for free, but still.
You have Hyperactive-type ADHD and Anxiety. (Possibly)
So mote it be. (Maybe)
Awkwardly gestures prophetically.
Man, to think some people waste decades studying to make that determination. We really could be disrupting this whole medicine thing. Maybe get some automated model to pass these things out fast. I don't see what could go wrong.
In this case, it’s just me having a ‘Spider-Man meme’ moment with your comment and being excessively cavalier/silly in my response.
Medical diagnosis’ should not come from anonymous people on the internet. I could be a dog, for crying out loud.
I got really good at it in college, since I worked the morning shift at FedEx from 2-8, then had classes all day. If I didn't develop the ability to get a nap in between classes I'd never have been able to pay attention. Can't do it anymore though - it might've been that I was just exhausted enough back then to sleep on command, or maybe it's just easier when you're young.
My personal experience is if you try to nap every afternoon consistently at the same time, your body gets used to the schedule which allows you to get to sleep faster.
So why doesn’t that work for sleeping at night
It does. Going to bed at the same time every night and waking up at the same time every day helps you fall asleep faster and sleep better.
Only way I know to make my body actually cooperate with sleep.
You don’t have to be fully asleep for a nap to be restorative. Even if you just lay there with your thoughts (NOT YOUR PHONE!) for 15-30 minutes it can be very beneficial.
If I'm really exhausted and feel like I'm gonna die but still have to work, I've found that a 15-minute nap is amazing for "taking the edge off" so I can become functional again. If I'm stressed enough I can even have some lucid dreaming happen, or awareness of my surroundings even tho I'm asleep (like sleep paralysis) which is almost as fun. Under normal circumstances, yeah it's hard to nap in under 20 minutes but I bet it'd become easier if I made it a habit.
My Japanese friends can all tap out and rejoin with what seems like on-demand sleep in any position or location for as short as a three minute window to nap. It's like some form of advanced meditation or self-hypnosis. I don't get it and I'm so jealous.
I don't know why, but if I'm sleepy I can fall asleep in a few minutes, and will automatically wake up in either 15 minutes or an hour. I went on a long road trip with a friend, and that freaked him out 🙂. Maybe I'm a cyborg and don't even know it 🤖.
Maybe that's something to work on and consider why you struggle to sleep. Given sleep is so important in life, maybe you'd feel some substantial improvements all round with better sleep?
Struggling to nap and struggling to sleep are two very different things. I have no problem sleeping, but I would never be able to muster a nap during a break at work, even if I had access to my own bedroom.
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The image is of a health care worker. The missing context is this. It’s common practice for unused (not patient) rooms with recliners and such to be used for naps during breaks. Doctors have designated sleeping rooms they can use whenever, lunch or not. Nurses do not, so they get creative, even going so far as using equipment storage rooms if there’s a recliner in there, but can only sleep during their designated lunch break time.
This staff person appears to have a setup for napping in their car.
I feel called out, this is literally what I do during my lunch break with a camper bed set up in the back. I skip eating lunch altogether because a nap is more energizing than some food
I would but my hungry ass needs food
Hell no. I'd eat at my desk our out my tool pouch, whatever to catch that sweet nap. 20-minutes down is a game changer, no matter your job.
Yeahim 33 and i do this even if I have to sleep on the ground somewhere. I also have a bed in my car for the same reason. I feel amazing after 15 minutes
I lay down and sleep in a Smart Car during lunch. I am not short just very tired.
This makes me miss nap time at preschool. 
On night shift, I'd eat for half and sleep for half of my break. Worked out pretty good, 30 mins to eat and 30 min nap.
This is very much my current set up. Glad to see I’m not the only one. There are literally dozens of us.
I had two jobs in a row where I'd crash in my cot. At one, I kept it in the attic, at the next I had an actual office. Last job was WFH, so I crashed in an actual bed after lunch.
A 20-minute nap is energizing! Very nice.
CAVEAT: For most of us, 20-minutes+ might make you more tired. Clock it on at 20, test for yourself.
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Back when I was working at Dell (sales 🤮), I would do this almost every day! Luckily back then, we had hour long lunches so I could eat and then go to my car for a nap.