When we travel by air my wife finds it very difficult to relax much less sleep. I on the other hand can doze off seated at the gate or onboard in no time flat. Put me in even a five star hotel for a night or two and I'll be awakened by building noises or light. I'm a guy who put a poncho around me and slept leaning against a tree during monsoon season, call me crazy I won't argue the point.
Nap? Or no nap?
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Feelslikefar
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I learned how to 'Nap' during the wait between loading B-52's at a very early age (18).
Not a full-on Nap, just sitting, eyes closed, recharging.
We never had a set shift length; you just worked till all the planes were loaded.
Refined the technic during my 24 years, when told to 'Hurry Up and Wait', during my deployments.
My wife is still amazed how I can take a nap in my favorite chair, holding a drink and never let it fall!
Not a full-on Nap, just sitting, eyes closed, recharging.
We never had a set shift length; you just worked till all the planes were loaded.
Refined the technic during my 24 years, when told to 'Hurry Up and Wait', during my deployments.
My wife is still amazed how I can take a nap in my favorite chair, holding a drink and never let it fall!
PeppermintPatty
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A nap doesn’t affect ‘you’ going to sleep at night. It ‘does’ affect most people’s sleep at night!
PeppermintPatty
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Sleeping later on IS still adjusting your sleeping time.
Knight
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Corrected my post to show I'm not affected by a nap. I understand how not including the word me might be mis interpreted. Thanks for noting that.
JustDave
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I have a friend who as he got older started taking "power" naps. We'd be planning on going out to take a short hike or something, but he would have to take a power nap first. He would go to his bedroom and lie down for 20 minutes or so, and then he would be ready. I don't know if he actually slept or just rested. This whole thing is beyond my ability to comprehend. I don't doubt that this does something for him, but I cannot relate to it. The name throws me. Power in a nap? Does not compute.
Just looked it up. It's actually a thing according to the Cleveland Clinic: Power Naps: Benefits and How To Do It
Just looked it up. It's actually a thing according to the Cleveland Clinic: Power Naps: Benefits and How To Do It
gruntlabor
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I lie down with heating blanket and book. When the dropping of my book wakes me up, I know I'm good to go.
CaliS
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Thank you so much - I'm actually not feeling so good and very on edge the last few days... hopefully it will pass soon. It's not the flu tho, so that's good.You're absolutely right, CaliS. Thanks.
Hope you're feeling better, hope it's not the flu.
Paco Dennis
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I used to be like that. I was religious about it!!I can't get through the day without a nap
No matter where or with whom, I slept after my lunch. Then it started ruining my evenings. I was like two different people. A morning dude, and an evening unkown. So I am no longer taking a nap. When I worked full time there was no nap, so I got this one. 
StarSong
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Nap for me today after a lousy night's sleep. I probably won't make it to noon without a lie-down.
PeppermintPatty
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I have the same problem. The medication that I’m on makes me sleep far more than I’m used to. Today I had a long nap. I hope I haven’t ruined my sleep for tonight.
Note: I hope your pinched nerve is feeling a bit better.