NAPPING WITHOUT GUILT

[Crewleader]

I SEE YOU YAWNING ALREADY!

By Frank Kaiser





The napping codger is a cherished American cliché for useless and lazy old age.

What a shame!

For years, I resisted the temptation to sneak off to nap for a half hour or so. Not wanting to be senior before my time, I put napping up there with drinking before noon and wearing white after Labor Day.

It wasn’t worth the guilt.

If nothing else, I believed napping was unfashionable, perhaps even un-American. With so many working at least two jobs or spending all their time looking for one, it’s close to subversive in this country to sleep while the sun’s still up and there’s hay to be made.

Still, falling asleep halfway through an evening of TV is seditious too in its way. Nothing yells, “I’m an old codger” louder than snoring through a rerun of CSI.

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[mike_c]

1. napping is guilt-free at my house....

Ahh-- an afternoon snooze is a rare pleasure.

[MADem]

2. In other cultures napping is NORMAL. You sleep during the hottest part of the day.

That way, you can go back to work refreshed, stay up late, have a nice meal well after the sun goes down in the cool of the evening, have a nice visit with friends and family, maybe go for a stroll, and then go to bed late. Up nice and early, a little meal to start the day, and then a bit of work until a light lunch and .... NAP TIME!

[grasswire]

3. now they'll tell you that you need a test for sleep apnea

Geez.

[Donnachaidh]

4. Even a short 10 minute nap can bust that mid-afternoon zombie hour wide open

I'm never ashamed of napping. Watch how quickly people give up those *energy drinks* when they allot themselves some simple snooze time.

[old mark]

5. When I first retired...

...one of my favorite things was to get up early and watch the morning rush hour traffic congestion on TV, then go back to bed. I still do this on occasion, and I feel great about it.

mark