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Naps — the key to a good day
Why aren’t you taking one?
As a baby and toddler, we would be put down to sleep or nap by our parents. To rest our weary head and to give them a break no doubt. We had started acting out, shouting, screaming, crying or whatever other tired induced emotion we felt like.
Not long after, the naps are being removed from our daily schedules, priming us for what is to come, for the rest of our lives possibly. A 9 til 5 of activity, where you have to be on it all the time. Even lunchtime is just long enough to cook and eat, although at school you never realise that because everything (and I mean everything) is served to you on a plate.
Naps only make a comeback when we haven’t had enough sleep, from partying too hard or working too hard, or perhaps some extra physical activities in our life. Or when we’re older and less active, what else are we going to do whilst in that chair..!
But why do we do this to ourselves when we deserve to rest and recuperate more often?
Napping at work
Have you ever indulged in a nap at work? I mean an honest and open nap where you don’t put on your sunglasses or have your back to your colleagues whilst you close your eyes and try to catch 4 or 5 minutes if lucky. One where you can announce to your boss that you’re off…
