Napping is an activity of widespread public interest. In fact, current census data indicates that there are 300 million nappers in the United States. Well, ok, it doesn’t actually say that, but it does say that there are 300 million people in the United States, and who doesn’t nap? Like, five people? So that makes 300,000,000 – 5 nappers. Everyone naps.
Even people who say they don’t nap, nap. They just call it something else. They say things like, “I’m resting my eyes.” Or, “I’m just going to go lie on that couch over there while I read this newspaper, and I prefer to have the newspaper actually touching my face.”
There’s no need to be embarrassed about it. In fact, the more intelligent countries build their entire schedules around a daily period of napping, which they usually call “siesta.” Take Spain—a country that invented a very popular foreign language that is still taught in many U.S. high schools today, not to mention coming up with the whole tapas thing--is it possible they’re wrong about the importance of napping?
I don’t think so.
But just because everyone can (and does) nap doesn’t mean that napping is an activity that should be taken lightly. That would be like saying that just because everyone can (and does) eat, there is nothing to be learned about food or cooking. In fact, there are many fine points to napping, and it is the knowledge of these points that separates savvy nappers from napping slackers.
In this small reference volume, you will find essential tips for napping more effectively; research-based facts about the many benefits of napping; and insightful napping quotes from celebrity practitioners. You will learn that napping is, in many ways, a noble pursuit: it’s good for you, it’s good for the environment, and it’s good for world peace.
