Nap Now
Simple, effective and brief - napping is a refreshing and proven solution to tiredness in a time-poor world...Nap Now!
The Napping Project, Nap Now! aims to establish the mini-siesta as a socially acceptable and valued practice in our personal and working lives.Nap Now is part of a bigger social movement that seeks to forge new ways of sustainable living and working.
How you can support the return of the siesta and get involved?
- Come out of the closet and share your napping practice on the napping registry. Gain support, give support.
- Advocate for a napping policy in your workplace
- Vote on the webpoll here - do you want your workplace to endorse a mini-siesta?
- Make napping an integral part of your health plan and of your life (Read: Sleeping on the Job, and How lyeing down makes you more creative)
- Encourage your tired friends, family and acquaintances to slow down and make more space for down time in their lives .
Why We Need to Nap
Because we are tiredTiredness is one of the most common day-to-day health complaints of our time as we take part in the biggest sleep deprivation experiment ever conducted.
Because we’re spending more hours at work
Australia has the second longest working hours of the OECD. These hours are more intense than ever before leaving us with less time personal time and mental space to rest and renew.
Because it’s dangerous and costly to try and work when tired
We are less productive and more likely to make mistakes and cause accidents when working through the afternoon slump. Fatigue is as dangerous as being drunk.
Because it keeps us sane
Napping requires us to stop, and stopping gives us time to reflect, get perspective and remember what’s most important in life.
Because it’s humane
Sleep deprivation is a form of torture.