Today Is National Nap Day! 8 Reasons You Should Take A Nap

Today is National Nap Day!  What a great day.  We spent most of our childhoods rebelling against them, and if I could go back to Kindergarten and regain each nap I rejected, I would.  Aside from the fact that naps feel so darn good!  There are actually many benefits to taking a little daytime siesta.

So pull up a pillow and a blanket.  This can only end in a good way, because taking a nap will:

• Increase your on the job alertness by 100%
• Ramp up your productivity
• Regenerate your skin cells so you look younger
• Reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure and other cardiovascular problems
• Help you lose weight by altering metabolism and shifting chemicals that affect appetite
• Improve  your accuracy in everything
• Lift your mood
• Boost your ability to learn something new and remember it