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10 January 2009

How late in the day is too late for a nap for you? Assume standard sleep time of 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. +/- an hour or so.→[More:]It's 6:30 p.m. where I am, and I just woke up from a 1.5 hour nap. I hate throwing off my sleep schedule, but I have a feeling that won't be an issue today. I think the perfect time to nap is at about 1 or 2 p.m.

post by: Stewriffic at: 18:32 | 15 comments

I'm thinking that the perfect time for a nap is around 3. But there is never a bad time for a nap. It's a great temporary retreat from the cruel world.

posted by DarkForest 10 January | 18:37

Naps are sudden and majestic. I don't understand this question.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 10 January | 18:39

Naps are indeed beautiful, but I'm protective of my sleep hygiene. (I love that term). Oooh! Here's a sleep hygiene test.

posted by Stewriffic 10 January | 18:43

Results of the Sleep Hygiene Test
Your score = 68

What does your score mean?

According to your sleep hygiene score you are aware of your body's sleep cues, but you don't always respect them! You need make sleep a priority by really tuning in to your body's needs for sound and uninterrupted sleep. Though you do follow some of the rules for good sleep hygiene, there are still several issues you need to work on before attaining the ultimate sleep regime.

posted by Stewriffic 10 January | 18:46

I can't nap. Even if I can sleep during the day, the nap fracks me up for the rest of the day. I end up groggy and disoriented for hours after.

posted by octothorpe 10 January | 18:55

4 p.m. is my cutoff, and I have to get up by 5 or else I'm screwed.

There is nothing like a good nap.

posted by mudpuppie 10 January | 20:12

I've got the same nap schedule as mudpuppie.

posted by jamaro 10 January | 20:20

I am a nap master. I've taken naps in the backseat of my car on the side of an interstate before and in various parking lots.
If I have to work the next day, I avoid napping (because I'll stay up too late and wind up screwed for the next day). But I can usually squeeze in a nap just about at any time, any place.

posted by sperose 10 January | 20:54

I never take naps. Not on purpose. I'm just never tired during the day, and if I am I at most just lie down and take a load off for a bit, but never fall asleep.

posted by CitrusFreak12 10 January | 21:22

I can nap as late as 6 pm, for a half hour maybe, but usually if I'm going to take one, I do it around 4:30 or 5 pm.

Naps are wonderful things.

posted by BoringPostcards 11 January | 01:08

Naps are one of my weapons of choice, but I must admit that if deployed after about 4/4:30 (with a wake-up past 6) I'm screwed for a day or two: up 'til the wee hours, up too early in the morning, buggered for the rest of the day, bed too early, and so on. Yes, I'm old. Piss off.

posted by elizard 11 January | 01:54

It's never too late for a nap.

posted by dg 11 January | 04:13

Primus nappyus hour = 2 - 3:30PM ish. after 4 I get cheated b/c of feeding time at the zoo.

posted by chewatadistance 11 January | 09:21

I actually just woke up from a nap.

posted by Specklet 11 January | 09:54

Me too, Specklet!

I've napped as late as 6 p.m. but my preferred time is 2 or 3 p.m. I have a two or three hour nap most days, except I didn't most of this last week for some reason.

posted by deborah 11 January | 17:12

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