Tired and sleep after having stayed up all night to finish that report? Need help to boost your energy so you can get through yet another day full of meetings?
Apparently, all you need to feel refreshed is a quick 15-minute midday nap (that cold shower in the morning should help wake you up in the morning to last you until lunch break) and a cup of coffee.
"Scientists say that a successful midday nap depends on two things: timing and (no kidding) caffeine consumption. Experiments performed at Loughborough University in the UK showed that the sleep-deprived need only a cup of coffee and 15 minutes of shut-eye to feel amazingly refreshed.
1. Right before you crash, down a cup of java. The caffeine has to travel through your gastro-intestinal tract, giving you time to nap before it kicks in.
2. Close your eyes and relax. Even if you only doze, you’ll get what’s known as effective microsleep, or momentary lapses of wakefulness.
3. Limit your nap to 15 minutes. A half hour can lead to sleep inertia, or the spinning down of the brain’s prefrontal cortex, which handles functions like judgment. This gray matter can take 30 minutes to reboot."
Now if only you can get rid of your colleague after lunch to find a place to crash (if your hotel's location is nowhere near) for a few minutes.
via LifeHacker
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