I need to write a paper tonight/this morning but I want to take a nap first

[enwar3]

So yea. I'm gonna be burning the midnight-breakfast oil to write a paper, but I'm a little tired and want to take a nap to kind of freshen up. How long of a nap should I take so I get enough rest to be a little fresher but not so much rest that I'm too tired to think when I wake up?

 

[dug777]

40 winks

 

[S Freud]

Where are you located? If its the same time as me right now I would say don't take a nap. If you take a three hour nap then it will be 5am and thats no different than waking up early. Nothing longer then an hour and I usually feel refreshed, anything longer and I feel like I need more sleep. Do you have to stay up all day tomorrow after you write the paper? If not then I would just pound a redbull and tough it out, after the paper is done you can sleep.

why are you writing a paper on Saturday night? Is it due Monday?

 

[nageov3t]

guess it depends on how much work you have left to do and how much of that work is just thinking versus tedious research / leg work.

if it were me and all of my leg work was done already, I'd probably sleep for a full 8 hours. I think a lot more clearly after a full night of sleep and end up being more productive for it, working twice as hard in the morning than I would have at night on little/no sleep.

 

[enwar3]

Well, I got 10 pages of research paper tonight, then another 5 pages in the morning (different paper). In other words, too much for me to do on a normal night. Maybe I'll take 5-6 hours tonight and start in the morning?