@@Jasmin-uc4en I don't think so, maybe it's just conditioning but my brain only knows "no sleep/full sleep" modes. My grandma on the other hand was able to sleep for exactly 15min after lunch and wake up freshened up.
I woke up from a nap at a friends house and she started talking to me and all I could say is "huh?" She made perfect sense but my brain was like "what do we do?"
I took an accidental nap one day and legit couldn't make sense of the world when I woke up. My husband turned the light off when he saw I fell asleep. When I woke up he came in the room and I asked him what time it was, and he said "five". So I was like "🤨 AM or PM?" He was like "..... PM, of course." So then I was still confused and had to ask what day it was. 😂😭
Seeing a lot of people haven’t mastered the art of the refreshing nap. Here’s how you do it: Naps need to be short, less than 30 minutes, OR need to be long, about 90 minutes. The key is to not interrupt an REM cycle. Interrupting the cycle once it has started makes you feel confused, tired, and sluggish. If your nap is short enough, you don’t enter REM sleep cycle and it is refreshing. If your nap is long enough, you get a full cycle and it is refreshing. Gotta set an alarm and make sure you do it right!
Okay this makes sense. Buut what happens if when I set the alarm that’s all I’m thinking about for the next 15-20 minutes and it takes me longer to fall asleep? I’m just having difficulty mastering how long to actually set the alarm for🥺
@@goldengoddess8568 i know exactly how you feel. if you're tired enough, you'll doze off anyway 😂 but there are apps that calculate your approximate REM cycle
@@goldengoddess8568 try counting your inhale and exhale. I like to count to 3 while inhaling and count another 1,2,3 while exhaling. It helps. Or search sleeping method used by the military.
Northern European, in my town we take naptime very seriously. We even have a saying: sleep cures everything. Do not underestimate the power of a good nap.
@melsshop6583 🤣 I come from a small village in the Northern part of the Netherlands. We take napping very seriously here. When disturbed during our nap time we can become vicious! One could say napping is a religious thing. You are welcome to come over and nap anytime. 😴😴😴
Not far from truth. Napping is healthy and is the way you're supposed to be sleeping, it's less healthy to only sleep once per day during the night, as you simply can't have enough energy in the evening this way.
In NZ, I had a 15 min + 30 min break, but lived next to my work, so I'd walk home and take a half hour nap every day lol. Work didn't care as long as I put in 8 hours. I met guys there that started at 5 so they could pick up their kids after school. Flexible hours are important!
@PersonX-fr2me Same, I used to not be able too, but it's like after I turned 21 my body said "huh looks like we're old now and going to be sleepy all the time"
in the UK, for years I'd nap in the lunchtime :D In the parks if the weather good, sometimes in the office (when the games room was quiet) and for some time - when I used to live 10 min walk from the office - at home. Power naps are exactly what the name says - powerful! Since 2019 I've been working mostly from home, so powernaps FTW! (BTW - America, rise up and fight for your (workers) rights! Because you have none, sorry to break it to you on UA-cam like that ...)
As a German l can assure you that having some fatty meat, potatoes mixed with flour and a bottle of beer is very refreshing. Great for those long drives on the the autobahn during the summer.
Siesta is a habit only in warmer countries to avoid noon aka. the hottest part of the day. If you always have to nap there is someting wrong with your sleep during the night.
I feel like napping is such a big thing in Asia. Too hot? Take a nap. Too rainy? Take a nap. Too cold? Take a nap. That's my routine whenever I'm on vacation in the Philippines.
I can relate HAHAHAHA whenever it's too much of something taking a nap is so good, especially for when it's too rainy or cold. I can nap when it's too hot but the downside is you wake up sweaty 😩
This sounds like my kind of napping! I often times nap whenever it rains or too hot. I feel like napping isn’t always about being tired. Sometimes the weather can just lullaby you to sleep 🥱😴😴
@@Ryzeex. what GDP has anything to do with this ? Our GDP seem low to you because our currency aren't high, but the cost to live in our country isn't high either so we live a pretty well life. And take 15-20 mins nap actually improve your job performent base on some research.
After lunch naps are next level. I don’t think I could actually sleep at work but having a moment of silence and not being bothered for 20 minutes to just be alone would be amazing!
Hmm I think I must take a nap start form now If you work in 8± hours, u must take a nap. Cause that make freshen ur mind. If u don't trus, u can search the study in Google or somewhere Well, that's ur choice
This is a healthy worklife. I run business and am burned out almost every day. I have started taking nap breaks in the afternoon. It literally changed my life. I feel less stressed out and more energetic whole day
I'm in my first year of university in Taiwan and in pretty much every two hour class (especially in the morning) the teacher will pause for a 10-15 minute break in the middle, and about 60% of the students will just go to sleep at their desks (and the teacher expects that) Not gonna lie, on the days you need it, those nap breaks are an absolute life saver
I'd prefer to go for 1,75 hours and take a longer break between classes instead. In German universities classes are 90 mins and breaks between classes are 30 mins. I prefer sleeping at night, didn't like napping during the day as a little kid at all and refused naps as soon as I could.
I remember my cousin had a hammock in her office. My uncle had a whole ass twin bed in his. Edit: To be clear, the office was not big. The bed took 1/3 of it. Just to see where's his priority is.
I'm Indonesian and my mom always command me and my siblings to nap too. Insomniac me just can't fall asleep being confined in a hot room consists of 3 people . I hate those mandatory nap time.
I literally wrote a paper in high school about why teenagers needed nap time more than preschoolers. Apparently it made it's way to the principal, who complimented me on it in the hall one day.
Well this is interesting. In Spain there's a huge nap culture but is always at home. Is surprising to know Vietnam is a step further in napping and some companies have napping at the office normalized!
I live in Spain, the only time people take a siesta is on weekends. In offices, people work normal hours, it’s the small shops where they take afternoon breaks, but they rarely nap, it’s usually to finish stuff at home.
@@Zippyzappy339 sometimes I get stuck in wall to wall meetings myself, but I work with some pretty awesome people who generally respect the lunch hour. I am an engineer. I work for a large company that has a very healthy attitude toward work-life balance, but there are always those crunch times where I could have to be onsite testing something or overseeing manufacturing efforts for 12 hour days. It's all a trade off.
Oooh close but here's the winning situation: eat on the clock in the half hour before you clock out so you are now full, and then clock out for lunch immediately before getting into bed to nap. I work in a hybrid model so 3 days a week this is what I do and it's absolutely amazing!
@@foodiusmaximus Your poor digestive system. I could never do coffee, it always made me sick. So I just ran on finding things to do... and probably waaay too much chit chat. I personally like the hybrid work set up. I like a blend of office work and being able to stay home if I'm just not feeling it today and want my 1 hour commute to sleep in. If I stay home too many days in a row I also get cagey and end up having full blown conversations with my cats 😅
I have also to say, in spain i used to have it because we have a long break around 2pm. But i do prefer the workday i have here in the nl, i finish working at 5pm instead of 8pm
Considering that you get only ~6 hours during the day in the winter, maybe you don't need it that much. In Germany, it's hard to see the daylight as it is.
Not Vietnamese (also Southeast Asian too) but we also have naps after lunch at work. They turn of the lights and almost everyone has neck pillows or eye masks. A 20 minute nap really makes a difference!
As an Indian who comes from Eastern State of India named Odisha where we have high temperatures all round the year, napping in the afternoon is pretty much a thing. We have lunch and then sleep. It is very rare to find people outside during afternoon and one shouldn't be outside, you might get sun stroke.
I was in Odisha for a short trip (stayed in Konark most of the time). Nice people there! I didn't get a sun stroke but then I was there in February and also I much prefer hot than cold. Anyway, this isn't really nap-related, just wanted to say hello. 😀
I worked for a doctor from India years ago. He had so much energy, but he definitely napped in his office prior to seeing patients in the afternoon. I always hated waking him when it was time to see patients but he would wake up cheerful and ready to work LOL
The moment I knew the word "power nap" was one of the best moments in my life. I grew up in Japan and every time I slept during the daytime I was scolded by teachers and my mother even though I needed it. When I knew about power nap, I was relieved that it's not a unique thing to Spain and not a rude thing for some other countries too. Felt so empowered to know that there are other people who need nap in the same way I do. Wish all the world have nap culture...
Naps are so so important, especially when you have long work hours. I own a small business and I made a small nap area in the corner of one room with a bed and a pillow so we can take one hour naps especially during very busy days. It helps so so much, rest is so underrated in our hustle culture.
Conservatives will scream you're a lazy good-for-nothing useless no future bum if you dare to nap 30 mins. Then call you a weak millennial for the rest of your life.
The nice lady that owns the laundromat I go to is from Vietnam and she naps at work too. She works really hard though and definitely deserves her naps :)
The other day at work I felt so fatigued, mentally foggy, and emotionally drained. I clocked out for a break & meditated for 20 minutes and felt like a brand new day had started. It was incredible! We don't normally do things like that in the US.
My grandmother thought I was so lazy because I allowed myself a nap....while I was pregnant! She just never got over me napping my whole adult life. I never got over her not napping lol!
My German mom and her holy „Mittagsschlaf“. No one ever dared to wake her since she took it very seriously lol. Everyone made fun of her for it but she always looked way younger than she actually was because of how much she slept.
Oh I’ve been always told that I look younger than I am sometimes something as ridiculous as 13 years younger but now that I think about it I’ve been taking naps everyday of my life, that might be it lol
I love this concept so much. It's pretty normal for humans to have a drop in energy in the early afternoon, especially after lunch. I am a huge supporter of afternoon power naps! It's the only way I can keep going 😤
I remember as an elementary school student in China, we went to school for 9 hrs or more duration, with many heavy duty classes during the day, plus extra curriculums in the afternoon. We do have an hour lunch break, but after lunch was always hard in us, many of us desperately needed a nap, but won't allowed to, often end up dozing off during afternoon lesson, then got punished by staying later for school, it was a nightmare for many of us.😢
Really? I am from China too, Sichuan province. we were demanded to take nap. You could be punished if you were talking or doing anything else than napping during nap time
A friend who was the head of a branch of Shanghai's hospital of traditional Chinese medicine for many years said that everyone who wasn't on duty took a nap after lunch. I was shocked, and asked where they slept. She said they would stretch out on a couple of chairs, or wherever. I figure that had something to do with the long life and good health, despite the polluted air, dense population, etc.
@@lisahinton9682 It’s just a thing people add at the end of statements to make them seem more lighthearted and less serious. Because it’s difficult to tell the tone of something over the internet, I tend to add lol or 😂 at the end of my comments to let people know I’m not trying to correct them or say something in a serious tone. Also it’s just a fun fact. Don’t read too much into it :)
When I worked (spouse worked in the same building for a different company) we would meet up and take naps in our car during our lunch break. We had a small blanket, would put on sleep music, and I had a mask in the glove compartment 🤣
A dream come true. I think as kids when we would have nap time in preschool & kindergarten that i definitely took that for granted. Naps are AMAZING when not overdone! Definitely love power naps and wish this was a thing in every country! I wonder if people would be a lot less grumpy and be a lot happier 😂
I have insomnia so cannot nap properly, but even just laying down with a narrative podcast to keep me rooted there for 45 min can be really nice. Get your rest, folks!
You are doing naps wrong, most likely! There are very specific personal time frames of how ölong you should nap for it to work. It depends of the depth of your sleep. Try different nap lengths. For me it's 30 minutes or 1 hr or 2 hrs that work best! Too short or too long and it doesn't work!
This is a good practice. Some of the most successful people instituted mandatory naps for themselves. It refreshed them and helped maintain their work ethic to an optimal level.
This is why I loved working from home. Eat while I was working and on my 30 min lunch break, I'd get a 15 min nap in and feel great for the rest of the day.
I didn’t understand napping culture until I lived in Saigon… the heat takes SO much out of you, it just seems natural to have a nap during the hottest part of the day.
Timing is important 30 mins - feels refreshed 1hr - for those people who take 30 minutes to sleep so extra 30 min 2 hrs - NOPE don't do this...you will feel like death 3hrs - this is as good as taking 7hrs sleep a day Your brain will take it as you woke up into next day refreshed af
This happened because you woke up in the middle of a sleep phase. When this happens you wake up out of deep sleep which causes tiredness. Make sure you sleep for less than 30 minutes to avoid going into deep sleep, or a full 90 minutes to allow you to go through a whole sleep cycle. Practice napping on the weekend.
Had a job with a nap room once. It was a great idea. Ours was used appropriately and helped productivity. Id eat extra breakfast and nap during lunch and both breaks. I survived college because of that
I lived in South America and everyone went home for lunch and a 2-hour nap every day. All the stores, banks, etc., were closed and the whole city was mostly empty. Of course, many people went to bed between midnight and 2 a.m., so everyone definitely needed and appreciated the nap.
In islam, sleeping briefly during midday is encouraged. As it is a sunnah. (Its what our prophet do, and is encouraged for us to follow because of its great benefits). We call it 'qailullah'. Kinda like a short nap, to recharge and refresh! 😊
That... is not ideal. Are you underslept in general? Iron, b12, vitamin D, thyroid issues? Or sleep apné? Cause if you need 12-14 hour sleep pr 24 hour, that is something that might be worth looking into.
@@goingslowlynowhere oh, I have an absolutely abysmal sleep schedule. I am probably low on some supplements too. I'm mostly just lacking motivation and the will to care. on average, I don't fall asleep until 2 in the morning and wake up around 9 for work. on days I have off or work night shift instead of morning, I sleep for about 10-12 hours 😎👉👉 I know it's a lack of self care on my end but hey, I'm still alive and making money, so whatever
@@goingslowlynowhere i’m not the original commenter, but i heavily relate and i have both hypersomnia and insomnia lol so i either get like 4 hours of sleep or 13, no in-between
Can confirm, power naps are great! Can recommend finding a place that's usually quiet during lunch time (in industrial companies try the changing rooms).
Our manager will let us sleep during our lunch break with dimmed lights. It’s really refreshing and I can focus more after power naps. Powernap time frame should be 9-13 minutes. More than that will make you feel groggy waking up.
(idk about being sick but) yeah i feel like if i nap - i won't be able to fall asleep at night + i sleep when it's dark& quiet sooo daylight wouldn't help with my nap
This is true for Mexico too (or at least my dads hometown) I remember visiting for summers and my aunts and uncles coming home for lunch and taking naps after eating then going back to the grind. I always thought it was cool even though I’m not big on naps.
Ok but my experience with German culture is that napping is also a big part of their routine. From young age, the kids have nap times during kinder garden as 'hort' They also have quiet times in the afternoon for babies to nap, which is great time for adults to also nap before their activities in the later day
One of the (many) things I love about working from home; is this! Nap during lunch break. I feel so refreshed afterwards, and very productive. In a previous role (pre-covid. When I was working in office) i would nap at lunchtime. I was reprimanded for napping, as it was deemed unprofessional, and apparently a hazard in case I fell asleep during a fire alarm. Only way I got round that was by napping in First Aid room citing a Migraine, and that being in a dark room helped with that.
When I was younger I didn't understand how my entire Mexican family would nap but now I live for it. My family in Mexico work extremely long hours 7 days a week and have a crazy social life so it is needed to keep up.
i don’t nap because my 20 minute nap turns into a 5 hour nap
But when that happens it's usually a sign that your body needed it and that you should sleep more in general ☺️
@@Jasmin-uc4en I don't think so, maybe it's just conditioning but my brain only knows "no sleep/full sleep" modes. My grandma on the other hand was able to sleep for exactly 15min after lunch and wake up freshened up.
Same here 🤣
So relatable
@@Dan_Chiron I feel your pain
Me waking up in another dimension after taking a nap 😵💫💀
I woke up from a nap at a friends house and she started talking to me and all I could say is "huh?" She made perfect sense but my brain was like "what do we do?"
I thought I was the only one 😭
I took an accidental nap one day and legit couldn't make sense of the world when I woke up. My husband turned the light off when he saw I fell asleep. When I woke up he came in the room and I asked him what time it was, and he said "five". So I was like "🤨 AM or PM?" He was like "..... PM, of course." So then I was still confused and had to ask what day it was. 😂😭
Im glad thats not a thing in Germany, my powernaps take 2+ hours. Everything less than 2 hours and im more destroyed than before the nap 🤨
@@Spuckeblase right !!? It’s like a tease
Seeing a lot of people haven’t mastered the art of the refreshing nap. Here’s how you do it: Naps need to be short, less than 30 minutes, OR need to be long, about 90 minutes. The key is to not interrupt an REM cycle. Interrupting the cycle once it has started makes you feel confused, tired, and sluggish. If your nap is short enough, you don’t enter REM sleep cycle and it is refreshing. If your nap is long enough, you get a full cycle and it is refreshing. Gotta set an alarm and make sure you do it right!
Okay this makes sense. Buut what happens if when I set the alarm that’s all I’m thinking about for the next 15-20 minutes and it takes me longer to fall asleep? I’m just having difficulty mastering how long to actually set the alarm for🥺
@@goldengoddess8568 i know exactly how you feel. if you're tired enough, you'll doze off anyway 😂 but there are apps that calculate your approximate REM cycle
@@goldengoddess8568 try counting your inhale and exhale. I like to count to 3 while inhaling and count another 1,2,3 while exhaling. It helps. Or search sleeping method used by the military.
@@abovesealevel5202 thank you I’m definitely going to try this!!
@@goldengoddess8568 😄 hope it helps
Northern European, in my town we take naptime very seriously. We even have a saying: sleep cures everything. Do not underestimate the power of a good nap.
Ayo what northern Europe are you living in??!
@@matiisme why would you want yo know? 😁 I mean, how many Northern Europe's are there? 🤣
@@nnakarenina because we want some naps!
@melsshop6583 🤣 I come from a small village in the Northern part of the Netherlands. We take napping very seriously here. When disturbed during our nap time we can become vicious! One could say napping is a religious thing. You are welcome to come over and nap anytime. 😴😴😴
Not far from truth. Napping is healthy and is the way you're supposed to be sleeping, it's less healthy to only sleep once per day during the night, as you simply can't have enough energy in the evening this way.
In NZ, I had a 15 min + 30 min break, but lived next to my work, so I'd walk home and take a half hour nap every day lol. Work didn't care as long as I put in 8 hours. I met guys there that started at 5 so they could pick up their kids after school. Flexible hours are important!
Tell that to America 😢
Wow cool. I need to work at that company.
@PersonX-fr2me Same, I used to not be able too, but it's like after I turned 21 my body said "huh looks like we're old now and going to be sleepy all the time"
in the UK, for years I'd nap in the lunchtime :D
In the parks if the weather good, sometimes in the office (when the games room was quiet) and for some time - when I used to live 10 min walk from the office - at home.
Power naps are exactly what the name says - powerful!
Since 2019 I've been working mostly from home, so powernaps FTW!
(BTW - America, rise up and fight for your (workers) rights!
Because you have none, sorry to break it to you on UA-cam like that ...)
Is it easy to land a job at NZ when you’re a graphic designer?
Soooo true! Siesta is so underrated in some parts of the world and then they’re wondering why they got burned out.
As a German l can assure you that having some fatty meat, potatoes mixed with flour and a bottle of beer is very refreshing. Great for those long drives on the the autobahn during the summer.
Siesta is a habit only in warmer countries to avoid noon aka. the hottest part of the day.
If you always have to nap there is someting wrong with your sleep during the night.
Also, injury and errors occurs at a much higher rate if you are tired.
@@SofaKingShit I'm sure it does sound good but eatting and booze at 100 + mph is distracting and I'm guessing against the law, even in Germany.
@@JPIQQG actually napping is extremely beneficial if you didn’t know
I feel like napping is such a big thing in Asia. Too hot? Take a nap. Too rainy? Take a nap. Too cold? Take a nap. That's my routine whenever I'm on vacation in the Philippines.
I can relate HAHAHAHA whenever it's too much of something taking a nap is so good, especially for when it's too rainy or cold. I can nap when it's too hot but the downside is you wake up sweaty 😩
*South East Asia
That sounds like a great piece of culture that should be kept forever
And spread around the world
This sounds like my kind of napping! I often times nap whenever it rains or too hot. I feel like napping isn’t always about being tired. Sometimes the weather can just lullaby you to sleep 🥱😴😴
In Korea, if you fell asleep at work it was seen as a sign that you are working hard
This is what a healthy workplace looks like. Naps are actually essential to many
Yuh. It must be pretty nice to live in a country that actually somewhat gives a shit about workers.
They also have a GDP per capita of $4000... "naps are essential" except for the billions of people who go without one everyday
@@Ryzeex. what GDP has anything to do with this ? Our GDP seem low to you because our currency aren't high, but the cost to live in our country isn't high either so we live a pretty well life. And take 15-20 mins nap actually improve your job performent base on some research.
@@Ryzeex. money isn’t everything
Yeah. I am able to work from home, so I snooze during my lunch hour.
After lunch naps are next level. I don’t think I could actually sleep at work but having a moment of silence and not being bothered for 20 minutes to just be alone would be amazing!
I’m an rmt and that’s what I do on some of my breaks, on the massage table.
@@Cafeallday222 what is an RMT ??
Hmm
I think I must take a nap start form now
If you work in 8± hours, u must take a nap. Cause that make freshen ur mind.
If u don't trus, u can search the study in Google or somewhere
Well, that's ur choice
Definitely that works recharging as well.
This is a healthy worklife. I run business and am burned out almost every day. I have started taking nap breaks in the afternoon. It literally changed my life. I feel less stressed out and more energetic whole day
Me, in american: damn yall got lunch breaks?
Facts 🤣
Me, also an American, but also unemployed: Dang.....I could really use a nap rn...
@@ItBeL1keDatFR same
@@cynicalnina lol 😂
Wait, you don't?
I'm in my first year of university in Taiwan and in pretty much every two hour class (especially in the morning) the teacher will pause for a 10-15 minute break in the middle, and about 60% of the students will just go to sleep at their desks (and the teacher expects that)
Not gonna lie, on the days you need it, those nap breaks are an absolute life saver
It's so stupid...
After, your mind aren't ready.
And if you sleep, you don't know the others and make friendships
@@Mikichan85huh
@@MiaTu2007 what did you not understand?
@@eylul582 what did you not understand?
I'd prefer to go for 1,75 hours and take a longer break between classes instead. In German universities classes are 90 mins and breaks between classes are 30 mins. I prefer sleeping at night, didn't like napping during the day as a little kid at all and refused naps as soon as I could.
I remember my cousin had a hammock in her office.
My uncle had a whole ass twin bed in his.
Edit: To be clear, the office was not big. The bed took 1/3 of it. Just to see where's his priority is.
That’s brilliant!!!
why the need to use the word asa
What 😭😭😭😭 I love that
lmaooooo twin bed
@@user-uv9zr8qs2c to convey how gigantic unbelievable it is.. it's IN an OFFICE 😳 🤣
Man that was such a luxury when I was a child. Mothers scolding their children in the afternoon for not taking a nap was the norm in the Philippines😂
I'm Indonesian and my mom always command me and my siblings to nap too. Insomniac me just can't fall asleep being confined in a hot room consists of 3 people . I hate those mandatory nap time.
Mom used to threat us we won't grow tall if we don't take naps
@@oo8962 my german mom would do this too. But my sleeplessness was an unavoidable obstacle.
That doesn't count. Babies and toddlers need to nap in every culture, yes even in Europe including Germany they are "forced" to nap.
I couldn't possibly schedule my naps like that. As a kid, I just spent the map hour drawing in my notebook
I literally wrote a paper in high school about why teenagers needed nap time more than preschoolers. Apparently it made it's way to the principal, who complimented me on it in the hall one day.
Love this topic. Might suggest it to my 8th graders.
Well this is interesting. In Spain there's a huge nap culture but is always at home. Is surprising to know Vietnam is a step further in napping and some companies have napping at the office normalized!
My late uncle owned a furniture shop in Spain in the 2000s and he would nap at the shop, but that was because he owned the shop lol
I live in Spain, the only time people take a siesta is on weekends. In offices, people work normal hours, it’s the small shops where they take afternoon breaks, but they rarely nap, it’s usually to finish stuff at home.
Office workers in china even brought their own cots lol like what you see in kindergarten but adult size and slide under their desks😂
America be like: “y’all got 30 minutes for your lunch break. Stuff your face and get tf back to work” 😭
The 15 min break lol sucks for slow eaters
And that's also including the time it takes to get your food in the first place! You could spend half of your break just waiting to eat!
I eat an entire pizzas hut pizza in less than 20 minutes. Enter me in the pizzas contest.🥲 30 minutes goes by so fast
I get at least an hour. sometimes 90 minutes.
Damn, poor ya'll. We have at least an hour here or 90mins
Work from home naps right after lunch are truely revolutionary. I don't take them enough, but I always feel like a new person when I do.
You're lucky you have time after lunch to take naps. I take calls during my entire shift so I don't have that privilege. May I know what you work in?
@@Zippyzappy339 sometimes I get stuck in wall to wall meetings myself, but I work with some pretty awesome people who generally respect the lunch hour. I am an engineer. I work for a large company that has a very healthy attitude toward work-life balance, but there are always those crunch times where I could have to be onsite testing something or overseeing manufacturing efforts for 12 hour days. It's all a trade off.
Oooh close but here's the winning situation: eat on the clock in the half hour before you clock out so you are now full, and then clock out for lunch immediately before getting into bed to nap. I work in a hybrid model so 3 days a week this is what I do and it's absolutely amazing!
Yup. When I was in the office I was routinely slamming 9 cups of coffee just to appear productive instead of actually being productive
@@foodiusmaximus Your poor digestive system. I could never do coffee, it always made me sick. So I just ran on finding things to do... and probably waaay too much chit chat. I personally like the hybrid work set up. I like a blend of office work and being able to stay home if I'm just not feeling it today and want my 1 hour commute to sleep in. If I stay home too many days in a row I also get cagey and end up having full blown conversations with my cats 😅
We totally need a nap culture in Germany!!! Sadly only few companies have implemented something like a nap time or opportunity 😧
I have also to say, in spain i used to have it because we have a long break around 2pm. But i do prefer the workday i have here in the nl, i finish working at 5pm instead of 8pm
When I worked 60 hours a week (only for a special event) I just napped in my car… sooo freaking refreshing
Considering that you get only ~6 hours during the day in the winter, maybe you don't need it that much. In Germany, it's hard to see the daylight as it is.
It's the same in Spain, very necessary to take a nap at noon when the glass windows of your office are refracting boiling hot sunlight lol.
Not Vietnamese (also Southeast Asian too) but we also have naps after lunch at work. They turn of the lights and almost everyone has neck pillows or eye masks. A 20 minute nap really makes a difference!
No way! What time do you start work?
@@hanifleylabi8071 Our work hours were 8AM-5PM, but we often did overtime
It sounds so cool!
@@rubybee2180I've also heard that they take naps in Japan as well, so it might be just an Asian thing.
I WANNA LIVE WHEREVER YOU CAN NAP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
Spain is included then. Literally because it is too hot to work ^^'
Literally all of latin america and the iberian peninsula
@@Ivan-Manzo Brazil..?..
In Italy too
If I choose to I take a nap at lunch in my work area. Nobody's working so it's safe and quiet
As an Indian who comes from Eastern State of India named Odisha where we have high temperatures all round the year, napping in the afternoon is pretty much a thing. We have lunch and then sleep. It is very rare to find people outside during afternoon and one shouldn't be outside, you might get sun stroke.
I was in Odisha for a short trip (stayed in Konark most of the time). Nice people there!
I didn't get a sun stroke but then I was there in February and also I much prefer hot than cold.
Anyway, this isn't really nap-related, just wanted to say hello. 😀
Same here in Rajkot Gujarat, 1to 4 is absolute nap time, you can't make anyone do work in these hours 😂
"Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun". Or something like that. Written by some colonizer, I forget who.
I worked for a doctor from India years ago. He had so much energy, but he definitely napped in his office prior to seeing patients in the afternoon. I always hated waking him when it was time to see patients but he would wake up cheerful and ready to work LOL
The moment I knew the word "power nap" was one of the best moments in my life. I grew up in Japan and every time I slept during the daytime I was scolded by teachers and my mother even though I needed it. When I knew about power nap, I was relieved that it's not a unique thing to Spain and not a rude thing for some other countries too. Felt so empowered to know that there are other people who need nap in the same way I do.
Wish all the world have nap culture...
Naps are so so important, especially when you have long work hours. I own a small business and I made a small nap area in the corner of one room with a bed and a pillow so we can take one hour naps especially during very busy days. It helps so so much, rest is so underrated in our hustle culture.
I started napping sometimes since I work remotely. It's so nice.
same! I work from home and usually try to squeeze in a little nap with my dog every day. it’s the best!
As an Italian, I'm proud of knowing Vietnam naps too.
We don t take nap at work , no nap culture
We need this culture in Australia! Ill eat lunch then be fighting to stay awake for the next couple hours at the office
Conservatives will scream you're a lazy good-for-nothing useless no future bum if you dare to nap 30 mins. Then call you a weak millennial for the rest of your life.
Saaame😞
You'll stay longer at work ofc. That's the downside of asian work culture.
@@Xerkrosis True, definitely don't want to stay any longer, I have friends in a few countries that work way to long
Could never happen here - most women in the office never shut up about their boring ‘gym program’ or the latest episode of some npc program on tv.
The nice lady that owns the laundromat I go to is from Vietnam and she naps at work too. She works really hard though and definitely deserves her naps :)
The other day at work I felt so fatigued, mentally foggy, and emotionally drained. I clocked out for a break & meditated for 20 minutes and felt like a brand new day had started. It was incredible! We don't normally do things like that in the US.
My grandmother thought I was so lazy because I allowed myself a nap....while I was pregnant! She just never got over me napping my whole adult life. I never got over her not napping lol!
Sounds toxic af. U deserve naps, especially while pregnant
My German mom and her holy „Mittagsschlaf“. No one ever dared to wake her since she took it very seriously lol. Everyone made fun of her for it but she always looked way younger than she actually was because of how much she slept.
Yeah, people underestimated sleeping too much. It is fixing your hormones and a lot of stuff.
Mittagsschlaf is the best Schlaf 😁👍 Good Mom 😁
I sleep at night, never take naps and people always tell me I look younger than I am.
У нас в России, есть такие привычки у некоторых взрослых людей.
Oh I’ve been always told that I look younger than I am sometimes something as ridiculous as 13 years younger but now that I think about it I’ve been taking naps everyday of my life, that might be it lol
I love this concept so much. It's pretty normal for humans to have a drop in energy in the early afternoon, especially after lunch. I am a huge supporter of afternoon power naps! It's the only way I can keep going 😤
Hmm no, I work best in the afternoon. But I don't get up early.
I remember as an elementary school student in China, we went to school for 9 hrs or more duration, with many heavy duty classes during the day, plus extra curriculums in the afternoon. We do have an hour lunch break, but after lunch was always hard in us, many of us desperately needed a nap, but won't allowed to, often end up dozing off during afternoon lesson, then got punished by staying later for school, it was a nightmare for many of us.😢
And a simple nap could cure these problems. Governments are so confusing and confused themselves
I can imagine the torture
Really? I am from China too, Sichuan province. we were demanded to take nap. You could be punished if you were talking or doing anything else than napping during nap time
That's another thing i love in Vietnam. Everyone sleeps! Even at the schools, office, market, etc. Some market are not selling during lunch/nap time.
In China people would often go home for lunch and a nap and come back to work lol
A friend who was the head of a branch of Shanghai's hospital of traditional Chinese medicine for many years said that everyone who wasn't on duty took a nap after lunch. I was shocked, and asked where they slept. She said they would stretch out on a couple of chairs, or wherever. I figure that had something to do with the long life and good health, despite the polluted air, dense population, etc.
I'd work more efficiently and for smaller wage if I got such work organisation.
@TypicallyUsual What is funny about your comment? I don't understand the "lol" at the end of your otherwise reasonable comment.
@@lisahinton9682 It’s just a thing people add at the end of statements to make them seem more lighthearted and less serious. Because it’s difficult to tell the tone of something over the internet, I tend to add lol or 😂 at the end of my comments to let people know I’m not trying to correct them or say something in a serious tone. Also it’s just a fun fact. Don’t read too much into it :)
A little nap after lunch is 100% worth it. Your energy levels go straight back up for the rest of the day. Even 15 minutes is enough.
😭I wish we have this power nap in my country , I think i need to move out😂
It was like this when I studied Italy. I loved it, I wish we could go home for lunch and a nap in the US 😭
lunchtime naps are the only thing keeping me alive for the rest half of the day
When I worked (spouse worked in the same building for a different company) we would meet up and take naps in our car during our lunch break. We had a small blanket, would put on sleep music, and I had a mask in the glove compartment 🤣
Brilliant!
If I don't have a relationship like this, I don't want it. ❤
First time I have seen 2,5 hours for lunch was in China. They eat and sleep at that time.
Paid?
@@brittanyo5182 nah, of course not, they only paid for the time you work
I studied in China and I think lunch time was two hours? (or maybe it's not the same everywhere..)
@@ka1848 It was. I remember my student friends was complaining that they cannot work, if they don't have a nap 😅
@@brittanyo5182 Yes. It is scientifically proven that naps are increasing an efficiency and productivity.
Yes a 15 minutes power nap is everything! Usually I get more ideas before I start another meeting after lunch.
Vietnamese culture is so smart.. napping, warm meals and veggies is so healthy ...
A dream come true.
I think as kids when we would have nap time in preschool & kindergarten that i definitely took that for granted. Naps are AMAZING when not overdone! Definitely love power naps and wish this was a thing in every country! I wonder if people would be a lot less grumpy and be a lot happier 😂
Me after taking a nap: WHAT YEAR IS IT 🥴🥴
Nap time after lunch is like a little piece of heaven 🫣
Always take a nap after lunch. Huge boost in productivity
Personally, I would rather nap first then eat.
I have insomnia so cannot nap properly, but even just laying down with a narrative podcast to keep me rooted there for 45 min can be really nice. Get your rest, folks!
I have no idea how people do it, fall asleep in the middle of the day? Like what?!
You whispers are giving me major tingles.... absolute ASMR vibe.❤❤
"Its really refreshing"
Meanwhile me, after I took a nap: whztflseel?
Same😂😂😂 definitely not refreshing
You are doing naps wrong, most likely! There are very specific personal time frames of how ölong you should nap for it to work. It depends of the depth of your sleep. Try different nap lengths. For me it's 30 minutes or 1 hr or 2 hrs that work best!
Too short or too long and it doesn't work!
@@KxNOxUTA no matter what i do
naps dont work. My body wants to sleep
I wish I could nap. I tried to nap in college but I would just end up sleeping for 3-5 hours instead.
Yeah, my brain either sleep (5+ hours) or it’s awake. There is no napping sadly. It is said Tesla and Einstein were most productive after a power nap.
ME TOOOOOOO!
Same here in d Philippines ,
Lunch time is Nap time too , and get refresh 🤗🥰
This is a good practice. Some of the most successful people instituted mandatory naps for themselves. It refreshed them and helped maintain their work ethic to an optimal level.
The reason why Vietnamese love to nap is because they wake up so early
"i don't even nap at home"
it hit me too personal I wish I could sleep
This is why I loved working from home. Eat while I was working and on my 30 min lunch break, I'd get a 15 min nap in and feel great for the rest of the day.
I can't nap, I just full out fall completely asleep, a 3 minute eye rest became 3 hours of sleep today 💀
Yes. And afterwards while having difficulty to sleep at night will make you regret why did you nap in the afternoon.
I could never, it's either fighting the urge to sleep or taking a nap and waking up at night
I didn’t understand napping culture until I lived in Saigon… the heat takes SO much out of you, it just seems natural to have a nap during the hottest part of the day.
I make my own schedule and I actually schedule a power nap during my lunch time!! Makes my life so much better!!
i am afraid to nap after that one time i did and felt like absolute garbage for the rest of the day with a crushing headache lol
you probably slept too long, usually 15-30 minutes make me feel like a superhuman.
Timing is important
30 mins - feels refreshed
1hr - for those people who take 30 minutes to sleep so extra 30 min
2 hrs - NOPE don't do this...you will feel like death
3hrs - this is as good as taking 7hrs sleep a day
Your brain will take it as you woke up into next day refreshed af
This happened because you woke up in the middle of a sleep phase. When this happens you wake up out of deep sleep which causes tiredness. Make sure you sleep for less than 30 minutes to avoid going into deep sleep, or a full 90 minutes to allow you to go through a whole sleep cycle. Practice napping on the weekend.
Cries in stay at home mom.
I really need a nap.
More napping culture is needed, IMO. I’m fortunate enough to be able to get a nap in most afternoons, and it makes such a huge difference.
Had a job with a nap room once. It was a great idea. Ours was used appropriately and helped productivity. Id eat extra breakfast and nap during lunch and both breaks. I survived college because of that
I lived in South America and everyone went home for lunch and a 2-hour nap every day. All the stores, banks, etc., were closed and the whole city was mostly empty. Of course, many people went to bed between midnight and 2 a.m., so everyone definitely needed and appreciated the nap.
Same in Italy
@@giorgiavianello7760I love Italy and this is one of the reasons, I'd be so much more productive with a siesta in England
I jive with your culture SO MUCH!!! 🥰
I have 15 minutes to eat and that’s when I can check my emails so I don’t get yelled at for not checking 💀
It's truly refreshing when short :') but sometimes you got some surprises
In islam, sleeping briefly during midday is encouraged. As it is a sunnah. (Its what our prophet do, and is encouraged for us to follow because of its great benefits). We call it 'qailullah'. Kinda like a short nap, to recharge and refresh! 😊
something tells me this wouldn't work for me. my naps last 5 hours. if I'm awoken anytime before that, I am not rested enough to continue my day lmfao
Lol same 😒 🤣🤣🤣
That... is not ideal. Are you underslept in general? Iron, b12, vitamin D, thyroid issues? Or sleep apné? Cause if you need 12-14 hour sleep pr 24 hour, that is something that might be worth looking into.
@@goingslowlynowhere oh, I have an absolutely abysmal sleep schedule. I am probably low on some supplements too. I'm mostly just lacking motivation and the will to care. on average, I don't fall asleep until 2 in the morning and wake up around 9 for work. on days I have off or work night shift instead of morning, I sleep for about 10-12 hours 😎👉👉
I know it's a lack of self care on my end but hey, I'm still alive and making money, so whatever
@@goingslowlynowhere i’m not the original commenter, but i heavily relate and i have both hypersomnia and insomnia lol so i either get like 4 hours of sleep or 13, no in-between
When I wake up from a nap i feel run over, hung over and over with life
I remember we all used to take naps after lunch when I worked in Japan too. I miss it so much 😭
I wish every country had this kind of nap culture, it follows how human bodies are supposed to work, as we were never meant to be monophasic sleepers
Can confirm, power naps are great! Can recommend finding a place that's usually quiet during lunch time (in industrial companies try the changing rooms).
Need to learn Vietnamese and I am on my way! I need these power naps at work desperately 😂
I don't dare to take a noon nap, less than 3 hours nap/sleep 😴 always makes me dizzy when I woke up.
Our manager will let us sleep during our lunch break with dimmed lights. It’s really refreshing and I can focus more after power naps.
Powernap time frame should be 9-13 minutes. More than that will make you feel groggy waking up.
I do this in my work. Really refreshing and kind of splits the day in half. Like, starting a new day at halfway.
Absolutely, it's hot in Vietnam, all hot countries have an afternoon siesta but adding a power nap is brilliant for brain & heart health!
It felt so nice napping even though I normally used my phone at that time 😅
This sounds like everything that is missing in my life.
Me waking up more dead than I was before taking a nap:
Getting ASMR tingles from the whispering, anyone else or is it just me? 😂
It takes time to get used to the 15-20 nap, but I agreed that it is truly refreshing
Yeah it feels illegal to nap even when u r sick
(idk about being sick but) yeah i feel like if i nap - i won't be able to fall asleep at night + i sleep when it's dark& quiet sooo daylight wouldn't help with my nap
@@ka1848yes and that as well!
Lunch break. Nap. Meditation and walk; then working again. 3 hrs in morning, 3 hrs in afternoon. 4 days a week! 🎉🎉 love being an entrepreneur!
Oooo wish we had that in my office.
Yesss a little daytime nanna nap at work sounds amazing! We don't have those in Australia but could totally use them!
This is true for Mexico too (or at least my dads hometown) I remember visiting for summers and my aunts and uncles coming home for lunch and taking naps after eating then going back to the grind. I always thought it was cool even though I’m not big on naps.
How am I supposed to nap during the day when I hate napping during the day?
Then don't nap? 🤷
So interesting to see! Thanks:)
Seems like heaven 😅
Ok seriously you are hilarious. I love your channel
Ok but my experience with German culture is that napping is also a big part of their routine.
From young age, the kids have nap times during kinder garden as 'hort'
They also have quiet times in the afternoon for babies to nap, which is great time for adults to also nap before their activities in the later day
Vietnamese know how to siestas
One of the (many) things I love about working from home; is this! Nap during lunch break. I feel so refreshed afterwards, and very productive.
In a previous role (pre-covid. When I was working in office) i would nap at lunchtime. I was reprimanded for napping, as it was deemed unprofessional, and apparently a hazard in case I fell asleep during a fire alarm. Only way I got round that was by napping in First Aid room citing a Migraine, and that being in a dark room helped with that.
I love napping during the summer. You sleep through the hottest part of the day and gain the ability to be nocturnal for a third part of the year 😂.
I do power nap during my break here in Germany and I can tell you it's amazing.
When I was younger I didn't understand how my entire Mexican family would nap but now I live for it. My family in Mexico work extremely long hours 7 days a week and have a crazy social life so it is needed to keep up.