My partner works for a company that actually offered an officially sanctioned “Napping Room” to encourage employees rest to be more productive. To his knowledge no one was seen using it, and neither did he – he who takes most any opportunity to nap. He naps on his “work at home” days, but doesn’t, or didn’t at the office. The Napping Room was eventually turned into a “Lactation Space”
“Nappers are slackers,” the office culture declared!

I’ve not nailed the napping thing yet myself, I find I feel much worse afterward than before, even after following all the various and sundry ways to “properly” nap. However, the clever designers over at The Boston Globe has created this Getting Started with Napping card for us. Some of the suggestions are perhaps obvious to the master napper, however, there’s enough new information there for me, that I might just take another stab at napping.

I particularly like the suggestion about having a cup of coffee before nappiing as the caffeine will kick in just in time to snap out of the nap.

If you need help, there’s an out fit called Pzizz (pah-zizz) that has some software (starting at $29.95) that will help you create just the right noise environment to help you nap. The sound clips can play on your computer, or can be transferred to your iPod. There’s some preset modules that will manage the amount of time you nap by lulling you to doze and then gently wake you up.

Here’s the Guide To Napping you download and print for yourself

And take our survey on your napping habits here: