Melatonin might fix the problem where you have trouble getting to sleep early enough to wake up early enough to go to work early enough to get home to take the nap at a sensible time.
There is probably some low-hanging fruit I was ignoring till now.
For example, at my job I have flexible working hours… when I read the rules carefully, they say that each day I have to work between 5 1⁄2 and 10 1⁄2 hours, together 40 hours every week. Now that I think about it, perhaps I could split the week in two long days, 10 1⁄2 hours each, and three short days, 6 1⁄3 hours each. During the long days I would simply come home from the work, watch some movie and go to sleep. During the short days, I would be home soon enough to take the nap and then have a long free afternoon.
Not sure until I try (I guess the next week is as good as any other), but it feels like it would be an improvement to the regular schedule of 8 hours, where it’s kinda late to take a nap when I get home, and I feel tired and out of time to do anything meaningful. -- I just need to prepare a specific schedule and commit to following it.
Melatonin might fix the problem where you have trouble getting to sleep early enough to wake up early enough to go to work early enough to get home to take the nap at a sensible time.
There is probably some low-hanging fruit I was ignoring till now.
For example, at my job I have flexible working hours… when I read the rules carefully, they say that each day I have to work between 5 1⁄2 and 10 1⁄2 hours, together 40 hours every week. Now that I think about it, perhaps I could split the week in two long days, 10 1⁄2 hours each, and three short days, 6 1⁄3 hours each. During the long days I would simply come home from the work, watch some movie and go to sleep. During the short days, I would be home soon enough to take the nap and then have a long free afternoon.
Not sure until I try (I guess the next week is as good as any other), but it feels like it would be an improvement to the regular schedule of 8 hours, where it’s kinda late to take a nap when I get home, and I feel tired and out of time to do anything meaningful. -- I just need to prepare a specific schedule and commit to following it.
Have you tried taking the nap at work?
It worked in the past, but it’s not possible now. (Office politics and general irrationality at the workplace.)
I already need melatonin for that purpose even without an evening nap. :-( It’s an interesting idea, though.