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  1. Hi, my name is Lainey Ears. It's August 8, 2022.
  2. And the password for this assignment is purple.
  3. When I was younger I hated taking naps. I would fight until I fell asleep.
  4. I don't know a kid and still don't know a kid who likes taking naps.
  5. But when we were young, our parents wanted us to do it
  6. and quite frankly our bodies needed it to grow
  7. Fast forward 15 years and taking naps is all I want to do.
  8. I'm here today to encourage everyone to start taking naps.
  9. My main three points are that naps can improve alertness,
  10. improve your mood and energy level and reduce anxiety and stress.
  11. For my first,
  12. main point naps can improve alertness according to
  13. the Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
  14. naps can improve alertness.
  15. The CDC states strong scientific evidence shows that our
  16. brains benefit from a brief period of actual sleep,
  17. which is called the nap
  18. and not just a quiet period to recover from fatigue and to help restore alertness.
  19. So today I started a new job
  20. and I was really nervous about it.
  21. I stayed up really like doing homework last night
  22. and I have a lot of extracurriculars that I was trying to plan
  23. out and make sure that I got done around my new work schedule.
  24. I plan my day is the following.
  25. I was planning on getting up at 4:45 a.m. This morning to go to the gym
  26. at six a.m. I was to get home and I have two horses to ride.
  27. I was going to get both of them ridden by seven a.m.
  28. And from there I was going to come back and get ready
  29. and be at work by 8:15 that didn't go as planned whatsoever.
  30. I was at the gym at 5:15 and I felt fine this morning.
  31. I got my workout in um I thought my day was going to go as planned. I got home at six,
  32. I was about to go and get my horses saddled when I crashed really hard.
  33. Had to be realistic with myself and tell myself that if
  34. I don't get an hour of sleep between six and seven a.m.
  35. Um
  36. I probably wasn't gonna have a good first day and
  37. I probably wasn't going to make a good first impression.
  38. I was super glad that I got the hour of sleep between six and seven.
  39. I got to my new job today and everything went great.
  40. I wasn't really tired, I woke up this morning
  41. from my hour and up and I felt energized and ready to take on the day.
  42. I felt refreshed alert and not so sluggish for my first day of my new job.
  43. Another reason naps are great is they can improve your mood and energy level.
  44. There are several different types of naps according to the sleep foundation.
  45. A putative naps are taken for enjoyment of napping and napping can
  46. be relaxing and can improve your mood and energy level upon waking
  47. An effective daytime nap is between 15 and 20 minutes and should not
  48. go longer than that as it can mess up with your sleep cycle.
  49. Finally, naps can reduce anxiety and stress
  50. according to the landmark health dot org,
  51. increase energy, improve reaction time and reduce daytime sleepiness.
  52. They lower stress and help to regulate mood,
  53. reducing anxiety and depression and inducing relaxation.
  54. I know that when I'm having a terrible day, even stressful, whatever the case may be,
  55. I can take a nap and I can wake up feeling better.
  56. It may not be a whole lot better but it's better than when I went to sleep
  57. now.
  58. Like I was saying um they recommend that Nasa be
  59. kept short otherwise it messes with your sleep cycle.
  60. So I know personally that if I go down and take a nap,
  61. I mean I do want to always sleep longer,
  62. but if I sit down lay down and get ready to take a nap
  63. and if I sleep longer then
  64. 30-45 minutes. I feel terrible when I wake up I want to go back to sleep.
  65. I feel even more depressed and when I went to sleep to me it's just not
  66. A really good deal to sleep past that length.
  67. Um if I sleep between 10 and 15 minutes, even 20 minutes I would get feeling pretty,
  68. pretty refreshed and energized.
  69. I know everyone gets a little moody when they haven't had enough sleep,
  70. even like I said 15-30 minutes can have you waking up
  71. feeling energized and ready to take on more of your day.
  72. So today I talked about why naps are beneficial for adults.
  73. My three main points where naps can improve alertness,
  74. they can improve mood and energy levels as well as reduce anxiety and stress.
  75. I encourage everyone to start taking naps if you haven't already started.
  76. They aren't just for Children and it isn't viewed as lazy if you do take naps,
  77. anyone and everyone can get advantages from taking naps.