I am addicted to being busy. I hate downtime, not having stuff to do. When I am just sitting here, doing nothing, I have this feeling that I should be doing something. This is the reason don't nap. I think it wastes time I could spend doing stuff. Whatever 'stuff' is...
I have never understood the concept of taking a nap in the middle of the day. I mean, if you're that tired, you should have gone to bed earlier. Really. Plan ahead. I use my morning shower time planning essentially every minute of my day, or, at least, roughly planning. Days I dink around and don't shower right away in the morning really mess with my planning skills, unless I have another plan and am going to kick some serious to-do list butt before my morning shower. But that is another topic.
Lately, I have broken all my rules. I have been taking naps. I have just sat around and watched TV. Wow. What have I been doing all these years? Seriously. Napping in the middle of the day - crazy! Who would have thought, when you're tired, sleep? And just sitting around, really? Huh, I didn't know you could actually watch a movie without doing something else at the same time.
After being up all night running calls last shift, then going to job number two, there was absolutely no way I was going to be able to stay awake for the hockey game. So, I embraced the power of a nap. (Of course, I did so after all of my to-do list was checked off, because who can sleep when they have a ton of stuff to do?) And I slept good, even if it was only for an hour. Then I sat around and mindlessly stared at the thing called a TV. It was like drinking a huge cup of hot chocolate. Refreshing. Totally worth it.
That all being said, I don't think I will be making it a practice to take naps every day and just "relax". Because who has time to sit around and sleep when you could be doing...stuff?
So...I found your blog. You're right, I didn't work very hard this time. I'm very proud that you are taking the occasional nap now. I'm not sure if I had any influence there, but it doesn't matter as long as you've learned the power of relaxing. It's good for you!
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