Simply..sleep....

16/8/2023

Erratic. For now I think I have accepted that my sleep is erratic. I probably get on average 7 hours a night and I guess that is ok.

What I do well is nap! I resisted for a long time as I thought it might be counterproductive - ie if I had a nap in the afternoon I would sleep less at night, but this doesn't seem to be the case so I have cultivated The Art Of The Nap.
That's the title of a lovely little book which makes a convincing case for the wisdom of the nap and with delightful photographs...

I am especially good at napping in the hammock. Guilt free somehow, as it seems like a perfectly sensible thing to doo on a hot day.

9 Comments

Anne A

17/8/2023 12:29:14 am

Having a nap in a hammock sounds idyllic.
Your pictures are making the rest of us feel less guilty now for nodding off.

Freda

17/8/2023 01:49:10 pm

Good!

Gail

17/8/2023 03:57:34 am

I’ve embraced what used to be known as “2nd sleep”. I sleep soundly for a few hours, then wake up. To get my brain to settle, I get up for 30-60 minutes and do something that is gently physical like empty dishwasher. That seems to re-calibrate my brain. While I’m awake, I don’t stress about sleep I’m missing, then I go back to bed for my 2nd sleep and am asleep within minutes. Hope this helps

Susan inDorset

17/8/2023 05:52:24 am

I do too, Gail.
I understand that in Samuel Pepys' time, people might get up and call round on their friends, during 1st and 2nd sleep.

KarenAd

17/8/2023 07:40:38 am

Thank you for the reminder, Susan. I remember being delighted by this idea when I read Pepys' biography.

Freda

17/8/2023 01:51:17 pm

It’s fascinating, isn’t it?

Freda

17/8/2023 01:50:27 pm

My trouble with this is that I quite often have nightmares during the second sleep! I am glad it works so well for you.

Gail

22/8/2023 02:13:00 am

Oh no! Nightmares

Freda

17/8/2023 01:53:27 pm

And I only came across this a few years ago. Really interesting..

Simply..sleep....

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