Every day or two I hear a new health theory. Do you? Here are some recommendations I’ve lately encountered:

I teach a writing class every Thursday night on Zoom, and two weeks ago one of my students, Dr. Josie Oppenheim, said: “The more you nap, the longer you’ll live. Studies have shown that even one nap a week can make a difference.” Come to think of it, my father lived to 104, and took a little snooze every day – more than once a day, as he aged.

How To Take A Nap

A nap is like a seduction – and the person you’re seducing is you. You know that Woody Allen movie where he screws a red lightbulb into a lamp every time he romances someone? Woody has a point. There should be a ritual to seduction.

When I decide to nap, I close the curtains, lie down in my bed – the bed I sleep in at nigh

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