“Why do you look so tired?” "" my mother asked, scanning my dark, exhausted face. “Um, well…I slept late last night perfecting my homework,” I said wearily, hoping she would go away and leave me alone while I did my homework. She said, looking a little disappointed, "you should just take a nap!" “No, I have to finish my homework. reading the section my science teacher had assigned me for homework in the textbook. Within minutes, I was fighting to stay awake as I read the terribly boring section. After a few seconds of struggling with myself, I fell asleep on my science book. “SOPHIE!” SOPHIE! » I heard a voice calling to me as I woke up hazy. Looking around, I realized it was my mother calling me. She shook me and laughed: “I told you you should have taken a nap!” Now go ahead and finish your homework. » Embarrassed, I did my best to wake myself up and continued reading the section. Soon after, I couldn't stay awake any longer and concluded that I needed to take a nap. Once I woke up from my sleep, I realized that I had slept for FOUR HOURS! I felt fresh and new and I was ready for anything. Naps are a popular rest activity in various countries. People of all ages, races, sizes, and religions take naps. Some people take naps every day, others every now and then. Either way, naps can help us in a variety of ways, whether it's our physical or mental performance. Therefore, naps should be taken regularly to help increase one's energy level, tired or relaxed. It has been proven that naps can help improve performance, reduce the number of errors that might be made and can...... middle of paper ...... "A nap can be a pleasant luxury, a mini-vacation It can be an easy way to relax and recharge (www.sleepfoundation.org). Naps are a great activity to do in your free time and should be done daily. Naps help improve your physical performance by making you feel proactive. Additionally, naps help reduce the number of mistakes you might make. course of a day and make you more alert in your surroundings Finally, naps help renew your energy and make you feel new. Naps of any length are healthy for your body and can improve your cognitive and physical performance. (Source #1) “How much sleep is enough?” » (Source #2) “The Secret Truth About Napping” (Source #3) “Ask the Sleep Doctor” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nap www.sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/napping