#takeanap

Is this you today? National Napping Day is annually observed a day after the return of daylight saving time. After losing an hour of sleep, we all need to take a nap today!

You can read an article on health effects of not getting enough sleep on Harvard Gazette. 

Jeanne Duffy, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a sleep researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, says this in the Q& A in the article:

“We used to think that sleep just made you feel better mentally — you’re better able to pay attention or to focus. But as more and more research has been done on sleep, we now recognize that it’s important for many aspects of both physical health and mental health. And whether you have a sleep disorder or you’re not getting enough sleep because of lifestyle choices, a lack of sufficient quality sleep can eventually cause you to have medical problems. Insufficient sleep has even been shown to lead to psychological problems.”

We have some very comfortable chairs in our reading room, and we occasionally see students taking nap there. Sleep is just as important as study. So, take a nap!