I like everything about the concept of siestas ezcept it seems like they might screw with the quality of sleep and ease of falling asleep at acrual nightime.

It'd probably better if they just used that as chill time and have some tea or something (like the Brits). I dont see how its devaluing of night sleep can end well, at least in the long term anyway

[–] CrossingtheAbyss@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I like everything about the concept of siestas ezcept it seems like they might screw with the quality of sleep and ease of falling asleep at acrual nightime.

Their dinnertime and bedtime are much later than ours in North American. Lived in Mexico a few decades ago and we were eating dinner 8-9pm and going to bed around 11pm. I don't know if it's changed much though but their culture has been like that for decades before I lived there.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

The thing is, make it short. 30 min is the sweet spot, one hour might be pushing it (for me).

Sample size of one, but it's worse for my sleep to check the phone while in bed than to nap a bit after lunch.