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Take a 25 minute nap. Seriously, try it.


I usually tend to turn the 25 minute nap into 2 or 3 hours. My body just doesn't want to get up in 25 minutes.


Then I think you're doing biphasic sleep, something I want to try in the future


I did this the last time I had a full time job. 3-4 hours at night before work, 3-5 hours when I got home from work. It worked just fine except about once every week or two I would take my post work lap and accidentally sleep for 12 hours through the night.


Good idea, as some researchers just showed that naps work:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8524549.stm




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