How to beat the dreaded midday slump
How to beat the dreaded midday slump
- October 26, 2021
- UCI cognitive scientist Sara Mednick offers pointers on how to recharge in this podcast with Slate
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Every day around 2:00 p.m., Rob hits a brick wall. A busy job and two young children have zapped all of his energy, and he’s desperate to do something—anything—to make it through the rest of the workday. Enter the elusive and often guilt-ridden midday nap. But there too Rob struggles to really rest and then wake up without making things worse. On this episode of How To!, Sara Mednick, author of Take a Nap! Change Your Life and the forthcoming book The Hidden Power of the Downstate, draws on years of research at her sleep lab to advise Rob, and all of us, how to stay energized during a long day (Hint: It might not involve napping at all).
Listen in: https://slate.com/podcasts/how-to/2021/10/how-to-nap-like-a-champion
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