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Usually the recommendation is to take short, no longer than 30 minutes naps. Supposedly, after 30 minutes you go into deep sleep and waking up will make you feel tired. I haven't reviewed the scientific validity of the claims, but it has always worked for me.
What works for me is: lay down and relax, close your eyes, but try to not fall asleep, think about stuff you did, about stuff you want to do, whatever, just don't fall asleep. If you manage to maintain a good balance between not relaxing too much and not stressing too much (that's the tricky part), you'll stay in a semi-awake state. Rest like this for 20-30 minutes and you should feel better
That's an intriguing idea.
It probably explains why napping works for me - that little bastard in my head pulling the strings takes forever to sit down and shut up, so I kind of nap like this already. It takes most of 20 minutes before he sits down, I barely fall asleep and my alarm goes off.
Yep. Either take a 15 or 25 minute nap, or go for the full sleep cycle of about 1-1,5 hours.