In college, you realize the thing to do to survive any day is to take a nap, whether you have one class that day and you didn't get much sleep that night or your day is fully loaded.

I have even gone back to where I live to take a nap between classes I had enough time. *would not suggest this if you have back to back classes though*

Maybe, you have a friend that will be nice enough to let you take a nap at their place if they live close to where you need to be or you live off campus. It is just nice to be able to lie down for even 20 minutes and take a quick nap or even a few hours. A nap is a nap no matter what time of the day it is, they're always great.

The best kind of naps is on those cold, wet, maybe even overcast days.

The mood and feel of needing a nap just hit everyone the hardest because there is no sunshine to be kissed by or heat to warm you up.

Therefore you just go snuggle yourself up under a bunch of covers, maybe even with a pet and sleep. You could even go grab some food then take a nap on these days because the mood is set even more and your body is ready for that nap.

Then, once you get thinking about that nap you're going to take later, you start becoming more tired until it is time to take it.

I hear all the time from parents "aren't you too old to nap?"

No, I am not, I need it to get through the day properly without dying of sleep deprivation.

Then their followup question usually is "well don't you drink pounds of coffee every day?" I may drink coffee, but I still want to nap.

Having a sister in high school, I see her probably nap more than I do. I don't take one every single day, but she does the second she gets home.

Again, my parents always tell her that she is too old to nap. Well, what age is too old then? Don't most old people take naps? This crisis in declaring who is too old needs to stop. Everyone needs to take a nap, right now.

Another thing, when you're in college and most people are getting anywhere from 2 to 6 hours of sleep a night because of studying, the body needs to sleep.

It needs to heal itself so the student doesn't get sick. Though if they were to get sick, they would most likely miss class, and by missing class, they are probably taking a nap.

Therefore, in hindsight, everyone should take a nap. Are you, adults, who tell us that we are too old, did you take naps when you had us? Did you ever feel so exhausted from watching your kids that you slept when we did, probably?

You know why? Because naps are wonderful and everyone should take when whenever they can. Now, after reading this article about a nap, maybe you need to go take one unless you just woke up.