R & R for Sunday, July 24th, 2011

No day is so bad it can't be fixed with a nap.

Carrie Snow

R and R Tip #59: Relax and take a Sunday nap

If a good night's rest can make you mentally sharp, then a nap will make you brilliant. After a good nap, you're alert again. Your mind snaps into action and you can get more done in less time.

Caught in a quandary for what to do with a specific project or challenge? Benjamin Franklin, Einstein, DaVinci, Edgar Casey and Beethoven, reportedly discovered that a nap produces a brilliant solution. By going to sleep with the problem in mind, a quick nap will produce answers.

Give it a try! With your concern or challenge in mind, daydream. Once you are done daydreaming, relax and take a quick nap. As you float off to rest, consider your challenge and the solution you are seeking once again. A nap will allow your brain to appropriately process the information at hand and reference your mental library for answers. Upon awakening, a solution should be available to you.

Infamous, 20th Century nap enthusiasts include Bill Clinton, Lance Armstrong and Ronald Reagan. Each man used napping as a tool to improve work performance.

So, while you are looking for ways to improve your quality of life, try sleep. For a most efficient and effective result, sleep 6-10 hours every night and enjoy a 15-60 minute nap midday.

A day without a nap is like a cupcake without frosting. ....

Parents know the value of a good nap for babies and toddlers. Without it, kids are cranky and start to cry over the smallest thing. Young children also should take naps because they need more sleep to help their bodies grow. But naps aren’t just for kids — even adults can benefit from an afternoon snooze every now and then.

Studies have proven time and again that napping works wonders for brain as well as body. The challenge confronting us is both a time challenge and a value challenge. If we weren’t always pressed for time we could make the choice easier by basing our decision solely on our objectives. The values offered by the short nap are performance and alertness, while the values offered by the long nap are creativity, problem solving, learning, and memory

It's better to crash into a nap than to nap into a crash.

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It’s not unusual for us to postpone our pleasures and happiness, hoping for a better tomorrow. If you find yourself placing demands on your happiness, stop! Take a nap. You have a right to enjoy life, right here, right now! As you do, you’ll be amazed by the joy of daily life.

See you all next week!

Love, Live, Laugh and Be Happy!

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