Do you have a nap in the afternoon?

Not usually, I work from 8-5 but I'm in my first trimester and I can't seem to make it past 8pm unless there's a nap in there somewhere.

I'm usually a night owl, and last week, DH suggested we see a 6:50pm movie. I told him I better take a nap before we go. Never in all my days!!! LOL

I don't nap too often but every once in a while a 20-25 minute nap will give me a boost. I call them cat naps. It's usually when one of the kids has woken me up in the middle of the night.

I've always napped. If I'm really tired, an hour tops. But 30 minutes completely refreshes me. It's how I clear my brain. Walking is lovely, but I need to completely shut off my mind for a little bit every day. I'm usually up by 5:30 and my work involves very intense thinking, so by midafternoon I need it. I don't consider it wasting time at all, quite the opposite-- it makes me feel great.

That long of a nap would make me feel awful.

I do often doze off after lunch for 10 - 30 minutes, and boy do I feel better if I do that.

I am usually up around 5:30 or 6 and don't go to bed until after 11.

If I have a lot of nights where I don't go to sleep until after midnight, I will finally crash and take a long nap.

I love naps, but not for 2 hours. Sometimes just sitting quietly and closing my eyes for 5/10 minutes will feel like a nap when I don't have the time to take one. I like one 20/30 minutes long. Helps a lot.

I don't take a daily nap but there are some days that I do take a nice long nap. 

I think saying, " I just can't imagine doing that when I'm perfectly healthy, it seems such a waste of time when there are so many other things to be doing. I'd much rather go for a long walk with my camera than go to sleep!" could be changed to: "I can't imagine going on a long walk and taking pictures of things that are meaningless to me. It seems like such a waste of time."

I'm not saying that you taking pictures is a waste of time because I too love a good walk and to take pictures of my surroundings, I'm just trying to show you that we all have things we like to do and that it is OK for us to like different things. And honestly, I find it really rude to say, "I can't imagine doing that...that's such a waste of time". If taking a nap makes her life better and she's not ignoring her responsibilities, then really, it's not something you should be irritated by. 

I can't imagine spending an afternoon lugging golf clubs around a golf course to hit a ball a few feet, but lots and lots of people enjoy doing that. Just because I don't enjoy it, I wouldn't say it's a waste of time for them to play golf. It's just not for me.

I have a family member that sleeps a lot and her house is a disaster zone, she's regularly late for work and she makes up excuses for that and she never cooks a meal for her family. She is struggling with depression and it's sad. It's so sad to hear her say how tired she is over and over again. She is seeking treatment but she still struggles.

If depression isn't a problem for your friend, I think you should try to stop being so judgmental.

I love my 2hr nap and have 3 or 4 a week. I sleep well at night but after years of long working hours, being on call and having a family, I can now snuggle down, read and nap. Each to their own is my moto!

Yeah, I can see how TWO HOURS each day would make you feel like that.  But does she get up early or go to bed really late?  What about when she's NOT asleep?  We spend two hours each day watching TV.  I have often thought of the time sucker that is and how we'll never get that time back.  But you know, we like TV so does that really make the time wasted?

I know I would sometimes tell my Mom that I couldn't wait for the weekend and she would tell me not to say that.  That it was just wishing my life away.  Is your friend really sleeping her life away if that's what she enjoys?  I'm not sure, really.

Some people require more sleep than others to maintain balance.

If she doesn't nap and feel crappy for not doing so, would she still be enjoying life? Probably not.

I like to go to bed w the chickens and get up in the middle of the night and putz around the quiet house.

Live and let live.

Ps maybe she's not as healthy as you. Maybe napping is code for some other activity. Lol.

See, I don't see napping as a time waster, even a two hour nap. Not to me. 

I am not a recreational shopper. That is SO not how I want to spend my time, so when I hear that someone went to the mall just for fun, *I* think that is a silly way to spend to time. But I also get that not everyone is like me. I have a friend who laughs (in a kind way) when she hears that I spent my day doing some kind of embroidery project because she simply can't imagine that I enjoy sitting quietly and (her words) stabbing fabric all day. 

So we are all different, no? In the absence of harm coming from the activity (to one self or others) I think we gotta roll with "to each their own." 

If my husband could sleep late, take a nap in the afternoon, and go to bed early - he would. I don't get it at all. I guess his mom was the same way. If I take a nap it usually means I've dozed off without meaning to. I always figure I must have needed the sleep if that happens.