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the brief armistice between exhaustion and the rest of your day.
means A short period of sleep taken during the day, especially in the early afternoon.
from "Nap" descends from Old English hnappian, "to doze or drowse," a sleepy little word whose deeper roots are murky — possibly related to other Germanic words for nodding off. "Time" is simply Old English tīma, "a stretch or span." Pair them and you get the institutionalized doze: a phrase made famous by nurseries and kindergartens, where the daytime sleep was scheduled, enforced, and — to the children — bitterly resented.
- sweet spot
- Naps under 20 minutes dodge grogginess entirely
- caffeine trick
- Coffee then nap beats either one alone
- astronaut approved
- NASA found 26-minute naps boost performance 34%
- global habit
- Spain's siesta is fading under modern work hours
- toddler rebellion
- Most kids ditch naps around age four
siesta — spanish afternoon rest, traditionally 2-3 hours in mediterranean countries
inemuri — japanese practice of sleeping in public during work, socially accepted in offices