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Day #17: Afternoon sleep 100 Days Gratitude Challenge 2017

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Day #17:     Afternoon sleep 100 Days Gratitude Challenge 2017 Do you sleep in the afternoons? From the time I was a kid I’ve liked to sleep in the afternoon. I remember in nursery or up to 1 st standard we had a sleeping period. All the kids had a bedroll – actually a woven mat that we brought out after lunch and had to take rest. That habit is installed so deeply that even in the higher classes I would doze off in the first period for at least 10 mins. The time between 1:50 and 2:00 pm was the drowsiest for me and I would invariably close my eyes and doze off. In college we had an half hour bell in every session. So it was convenient to take a shuteye for 10 mins before 2 pm and thank fully I’ve never been caught in the act. Once I started working it became a little more difficult to catch up on my beauty sleep in the afternoon. Sleeping at the desk is considered an affront and a bad example for the staff so I had to be active to prevent the drowsiness f...