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Sometimes, being overachieving and fabulous means you get a bit stretched too thin. Like, if, say, you're working 250 hours, running a blog, planning a wedding 300 miles away, and trying to diet/exercise well in the meantime. (This, of course, relates to NO ONE we know.) Anyway, sometimes push comes to shove and exhaustion overwhelms you — and it's only 3 PM and you've got hours to go before you can even THINK of heading home.
Thus, our poll today:
We don't know of anyone who regularly schedules these things, but plenty of our friends — including us — have taken a cat nap or two at the office. The only rule we've really heard of is to make sure your desk is free of paper clips — those suckers stick to your forehead like nobody's business — but otherwise, we've found that everyone's got their own system. What's your routine? Do you make up some excuse for your secretary or just turn the ringer off the phone, lock the door, and put your head down? Do you stretch out on the floor or keep your head on the desk? Have you brought supplies in — blankets, couches, sleepytime mask — to make naptime go more smoothly? Also, what's your average snoozefest at the office? (We like to stick to the 20 minute “power nap.”)
Comment away!
Zoe
I share my office with another associate, so I don’t think she would be too impressed if I suddenly stretched out on the floor with a face-mask. We do have a resting room in the building that’s kept dim and has couches – I guess I’d head there if I was that exhausted.
In September I gave up on going to the gym during the week – it was the only way. Haven’t noticed any difference in my weight so far since I’m not as hungry when I haven’t exercised, and I always hated the gym anyway, so I’m much happier and less tired.
lawyerista
I have dozed off sitting up in my big chair with my back to the door often when I was pregnant. I have also put my head on my desk. No special routine on it but sometimes you are just exhausted.