Comment by yosito

My napping routine is to lay down, tell Siri to set a timer for 25 minutes, tense all the muscles in my body for 10-15 seconds, the relax every muscle and imagine black nothingness, letting go of all other thoughts for just a few seconds. 9 out of 10 times, the next thing I hear is my alarm going off, and myself saying "fuuuuck!" because I feel like I had just drifted off and I want to keep sleeping. But I force myself to get up and go on with my day because if I nap longer I'll end up super groggy the rest of the day and have trouble sleeping at night. For me, 18-24 minutes napping is the sweet spot.