<p>I love the 5-10 minute power nap! It totally recharges my battery. Bad thing is sometimes it happens during the 11:00 pm news and then I’m wide awake for hours :(</p>
<p>S1 always took a nap about 3 o’clock after classes
S2 will not nap at all.</p>
<p>Naps actually restore your body’s energy. They became especially important in my upperclassman years when I juggled work, studies, and other activities. Afternoons and weekends are the best for naps. 30-60 minute naps will refresh me.</p>
<p>I stole this from another thread.</p>
<p>[How</a> Much Sleep Do You Really Need? - Yahoo! News](<a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080610/hl_time/howmuchsleepdoyoureallyneed]How”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080610/hl_time/howmuchsleepdoyoureallyneed)</p>
<p>In college, during finals time, the tables at Linderman Library were some sort psychological trigger for me. As soon as I arrived to study I’d IMMEDIATELY get sleepy. I’d put my head down and conk out, sleep 15-20 minutes or so, then be good to study the rest of the night.</p>
<p>I seem to want/need a nap most when I know I can’t have one :(</p>
<p>“kayleigh, what would you say is your optimal number of hours of sleep, and optimal time of day for it?”</p>
<p>sorry for the delay in the response…</p>
<p>the best time that I’ve found to take the nap is not too long after I get home from school, I usually unwind for about 30-45 minutes (longer if I grab somethin to eat) and then take my nap. Then I usually sleep for about an hour or an hour and a half. MAYBE two… I find thats better than the quick power naps, because then usually I crash pretty quickly and then I’m cranky. As to with the longer naps I can actually recharge and when I wake up I’m not groggy, I have energy. So then I eat some dinner and then after that I have the energy and attention span to do any homework, write any papers, etc. </p>
<p>I think this strategy works so much better for me because well, I by nature tend to stay up a little later than most people (which, a lot of teens do, I’ve just always been that way). Plus, when I first get home from school, I need a break. My mind doesn’t want to spend any more time on school work, it’s been there all day. So it gives me a break and then I can focus and do better work, and therefore understand the material better and get better grades. </p>
<p>Hope it helps. :)</p>