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Power Napping: How To Fall Asleep Anywhere

lifehack.org — The trick is the use sleep MP3s. They are essentially MP3s that play white noise for the duration of the nap, and then slowly wake you up by playing a variety of sounds. What's great is that you can play them on your computer speakers, or make them portable by putting them on your iPod or cell phone.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 20, 2007

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  • deltaandroid, on 10/11/2007, -3/+159ever
  • doctorcaligari, on 10/11/2007, -2/+126I made it my ringtone...Now everyone in the office drops like flies when I get a call.
  • borninda818, on 10/11/2007, -1/+102you don't wake up
  • pwallroth, on 10/11/2007, -2/+89I prefer Thanksgiving dinner, that ***** makes me fall asleep in about five minutes.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+50What happens if your headphones fall out?
  • andrewa, on 10/11/2007, -4/+48Fascinating. I'm going to listen to this while driving home this evening.
  • Fire4Effect, on 10/11/2007, -2/+42Possible side effects include: Waking up with an unexplainable urge to call the cable repair man.
  • arono, on 10/11/2007, -0/+32That's easier than downloading MP3s??
  • timbuckets, on 10/11/2007, -2/+32I don't think I could fall asleep to that. I keep wanting to change the channel to see if something else is on.
  • Ninjab3ar, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30Am i the only one who cant sleep to white noise? It bothers me.....
  • SmackMyMac, on 10/11/2007, -1/+26This is going on my cell phone and heading to work with me.
  • lcmatt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24Never mind someone else has already asked. Feel free to digg down.
  • reedreeder, on 10/11/2007, -0/+23Jagula - You could always skip to the end and make sure.
  • nreynolds, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21gargle-squeak-gargle

    /dolphin
  • DeskFlyer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+19Enlist in the Navy; you'll learn fairly quickly. ;)

    /ex-squid
  • staffrocket, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19"Polynap Version 5, 23 minute version (29mb) - my personal favorite"
    Mirror: http://www.savefile.com/files/826702
  • Jagula, on 10/11/2007, -10/+28I'm a little reluctant to try this.

    How do I know that it will not, "slowly wake (me) up by playing a variety of sounds," but instead wake me with the use of a man's voice yelling obscenities at me, causing me to have a heart attack and die?


  • 52tease, on 10/11/2007, -0/+17Mirror for the MP3s?
  • dizzydigg, on 10/11/2007, -4/+21I can't believe I'm actually one of these people but I've been doing these powernaps for 5 or so months now using a program called pzizz - check it out here - http://www.pzizz.com/

    Seriously, when I get home from work I'm ass tired but I do a 25 minute powernap and I'm ready to chainsaw bitches left and right playing Gears of War 360 live - hahahhah....
  • Kyderdog, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15He Joined the army and is now dead
  • rnwen2750, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17Just take an upper level chemistry class over the summer. Guaranteed to turn you from insomniac to narcoleptic.
  • Woah_G!, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14POWER FAPPING FTW!
  • russellnation, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14i wonder if this really
  • fivestarsoul, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11who the ***** said anything about earbuds? :P
  • trer, on 10/11/2007, -6/+16Who is Brian Armstrong and how did he achieve financial freedom by the age of 23?
  • TheFBI, on 10/11/2007, -0/+103 people try to make funny comments and fail.
  • drgmdp, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9i work as a radioconsole operator, and if i have to hear white noise anywhere else, i swear i'll kill someone.
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+14Power nappies, thats what that fat girl from livejournal needed.
  • rarson, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Especially on a sub.

    /ex-bubblehead
  • Magillicutti, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Well, that doesn't really help me with how to fall asleep. I wouldn't my taking naps for energy. But if I'm awake, I'm awake, and I can't really sleep unless I'm dead tired. I'd use the time to take a nap, but not to lay around trying to, and I don't think white noise will make any difference there.

    edit: I do understand how this could be useful to those of you who can.
  • renzien, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8@ stmiller
    coffee.
  • stmiller, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Coupon codes, discounts, bleh! Just use Audacity. It's free:

    http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

  • TheFBI, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7Oh, barnacles!

    /spongebob squarepants
  • hiPpymIck, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7http://www.enivrez.com/bedtime/
    drift into slumber to the dulcet english voice of Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast

    (not porn)
  • weeeezzll, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7*yawn*

    This article is making me sleepy...
  • roguenine2000, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8i have narcolepsy, and i fall asleep all the time. sometimes i even fall asleep in conversations only to wake up when the other person is through talking. it sucks pretty hard though so i don't recommend you guys try and copy me
  • kspanks04, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Make your own with this free software: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
    You can add and edit white noise and whatever else you want.
  • jlewicki, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7@cornstarch
    ever used a spoon before? or the hairbrush to scrape all that sand out of your vagina?
  • HornyFox, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1dqa2hvSnw
  • trickinit, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Is it just me, or does anyone else find it incredibly ironic that these are called "Placebo Sleep Tracks?"
  • h4rdcor3, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8Don't need it, I can fall asleep in 5 min just about anywhere, even my college dorm hallway. and yes, i'm sober
  • Nerfdude, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4somebody needs to make an eight hour version. a 40 hour work week could fly by if one were asleep the entire time...
  • holygram, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Am I the only one who got that joke?

    dugg.
  • Buckiller, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6Or a Calculus class...
  • LebenOjanen, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4@lcmatt

    digg...duh
  • Mushroonaut, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3Pzizz is also a good alternative for napping.
  • pgup, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4It's like I'm back in the womb, how refreshing!
  • T-Bird, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3I gave it a try...didn't think it would work...and from a perfectly awake state I fell asleep for a bit. Woke up rather refreshed.
  • ctc803, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5did any one else who listened to the mp3 wait for something to scream and scare them??
  • TheFBI, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Caaaaaable guuuuuy!
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