One of the things that people who sleep would despise is the presence of alarm clocks. Many people would rant about not being able to get up on time but once they have the solution in alarm clocks, they have a new problem, how to shut it off!

Most people love to stay in bed for as long as they can. However, the reality of it all is that a person cannot be productive if he continues to snooze off the day. Perhaps that is why alarm clocks are considered pests for people who want sleep these day.

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People who find they having trouble sleeping would be usually directed towards some matters where they can find themselves with heavy eyelids and soon after finding themselves hitting the sack. The trouble with sleeping for some is the fact that they tend to think a lot or may get anxious moments. Sleep is something we all look for, but the occurrences of such current events and issues in our lives will always be an obstacle in gaining proper sleeping habits.

For most, sleeping is hard in certain times, especially in crisis. Many cannot totally relax hence the need to find alternative measures to make the mind and the human eye get tired. Heavy eyes would force a person to get some shuteye, and altogether this experience would lead to them having to finally snooze away the night.

Reading books, magazines or any known reading material is expected to get the job done. It just needs proper recognition and timing. The importance of enriching our minds on information is one thing but getting enough sleep to recharge our energy levels is another point for consideration as well.

Check out this article on “Snooze, you win”. It’s got some great information and will add to your list of excuses for falling asleep in work.

When billionaire adventurer Steve Fossett broke the record for around-the-world solo jet flight last March, he slept just 60 minutes in 67 hours of flight time — 60 minutes broken into two- and three-minute naps. “I slept when I needed it and awoke refreshed,” he says. Fossett, who holds world records in ballooning, sailing, and flying, adds that none of his feats could have been done without these micro-variety “power naps.”

THE NANO-NAP: 10 to 20 seconds Sleep studies haven’t yet concluded whether there are benefits to these brief intervals, like when you nod off on someone’s shoulder on the train.
THE MICRO-NAP: two to five minutes Shown to be surprisingly effective at shedding sleepiness.
THE MINI-NAP: five to 20 minutes Increases alertness, stamina, motor learning, and motor performance.
THE ORIGINAL POWER NAP: 20 minutesIncludes the benefits of the micro and the mini, but additionally improves muscle memory and clears the brain of useless built-up information, which helps with long-term memory (remembering facts, events, and names).
THE LAZY MAN’S NAP: 50 to 90 minutesIncludes slow-wave plus REM sleep; good for improving perceptual processing; also when the system is flooded with human growth hormone, great for repairing bones and muscles.

via mensjournal