Today, it turns out, is National Napping Day! How about that for ambition! A whole day set aside to push the agenda for making napping something important.
I actually think that a daily afternoon siesta is not a bad idea at all. Around about 3 PM or so I tend to really get slow. Everything. Drowsy. Less sharp. No ambition. I remember back when I was really into running that I would do so much better in the morning than after work (say, between 4 and 6 PM). There were both mental and physical hurdles to jump even before getting going in an afternoon run. My mind and body said "no" and I often caved in to their demand. It's not too different in the non-running world for me.
But then, even if I don't do anything to tip the scales one way or the other, around about 6 or 7 PM, I can sense my spirit and body perking up again! With or without food or change in venue or shift in activity. It's just that from about 3 to about 6 o'clock I dip.
Don't ask me whether that's standard or daylight savings time.
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About Me
- Mark Gorman
- I was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, along the banks of the Susquehanna River, in the valley made up by Bald Eagle Mountain to the south, and gentle hills and valleys to the north. That place that sheltered me, gave me food and friends, and both physical and spiritual nourishment for 18 years. That is the space where I was physically and emotionally formed. Ever since growing up there . . . because of growing up there . . . I have been inexorably linked to nature . . . to the earth and to all life.