I am a
consistent nap taker.
I love naps. I don’t sleep well at night for a myriad of
reasons: stress, boyfriend snoring, stomach pains and headaches. Over the
years I have combatted my lack of traditional sleep phases with an excessive
amount of napping. These days my doctor recommends that I nap whenever I can
because without sleep my body can’t fight infections, and if you haven’t been
following my track record, my body loves
infections.
I’ve always
kind of found it funny that when you’re little, school has nap time built into
the curriculum for you. For some reason, despite the fact that countless
studies prove it is a bad idea, we do away with nap time as a child gets older.
Then again, we also do away with recess
and joy, so I guess this is just our way of introducing children into the
epically disappointing world of adulthood. All I’m saying is that napping
is not only good for you, but it just feels so nice. Can you imagine how much
happier my students in my classroom would be if they got a little nap after
lunch.
I think there
is a slight demonizing of naps by people who think they don’t need them. I’ve
been called lazy and silly for taking naps. I’ve had a little fight with
depression, so when I start napping a lot, my family does the whole “oh no, she’s
depressed again!” freak out. Actually, I
just started jogging and my body isn’t accustom to that much of an effort on my
part, so I make it up by napping. I’m not depressed, just tired.
So many world
issues could be solved if we just made it socially acceptable to nap in public.
Challenge to
my Readers:
It seems to me
that everyone is go go go these days. I feel like every time I get something
done, I find something else to do, even if it isn’t something that absolutely
needs to be done. I’m all for being a go getter achiever, but personal health
is important too. The next time you feel a little overwhelmed, take a nap.
You’ll feel so much better.
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