Change Your Life Without Getting Out of Bed: The Ultimate Nap Book

by SARK

We all need more naps! This book is a Portable Nap to take along anywhere you need it! "How lovely it is to rest and then do nothing afterwards"
A Spanish proverb This book may cause you to feel sexy
funny
creative
intriguing
flexible
deluxe

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Humor, Inspirational, Art, Reference, Writing

96 pages, Hardcover

First published May 4, 1999

About the author

SARK (a.k.a. Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) is an American author and illustrator of self-help books. Five of her sixteen books have been national bestsellers, and she has sold more than two million copies of her books.

Reviews

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recently I went home to visit my parents, and I found – in the basement – this little book about napping. At my parents’ house, every object and book that cannot be classified is taken down to an old “wreck-room,” full of miscellaneous bits and pieces.

“Change Your Life Without Getting Out of Bed” is actually a self-help picture book designed to change we North Americans’ attitudes about rest and sleep.

Napping is good for people, the book contends. Yet, in our workplaces, we don’t have places to nap. Your typical corporate type might be able to snooze in his/her chair, but it would look bad. And he/she can’t go into a specifically designed, comfortable private room for a little nap.

No.... corporate types have to work hard every single minute. Breaks for coffee and lunch are allowed, but not real moments of rest.

And yet, beware, Sark tells us. In her chapter “Dangers of Nap Deprivation,” she suggests that all those “snippy, frosty, spacey” treatments we get in public places are caused by tired people, who just need to rest a bit.

Last week (with our Ontario time change), I bumped into many, many sleepy and grumpy people. One of them, a true “crabby-appleton” as Sark would call them, laid into me with all her sleep-deprived anxiety.

This book basically says: NAP. GO TO BED. DO DIRECTLY TO BED. DO NOT PASS GO.

It even contends that you’re more likely to collect your $200... if you sleep more.

How’s that?

People who are well-rested tend to laugh more and be more creative. They also don’t get sick as much. Hence.... more chance to collect your monopoly money.

On a personal note, I’d like to thank the gods who sent me down to that basement, because I’ve been sleep-deprived for a long time(how many years is it since my daughter was born?) and didn’t know it. I thought that I needed about eight hours, but the truth is, I need more like nine or ten.

Sounds like too much?

Well, according to Sark(what a name!), most people used to get a regular 10 hours sleep before the electric bulb was invented.

What a thought! A well-rested, peaceable and happy populace!

I think I’ll go have a nap........

[Kia]

totally made me want to take a nap afterwards...and I did :>

[Jo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I did enjoy the colours and style of this book. As a sufferer of fibromyalgia I survive by napping and am therefore thought this book was definitely one for me! I was hoping for some new tips and ideas but sadly not. It is mostly well known information - but I’m glad I’ve got it all the same!

[Rosa Talavera-Kaufman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Love her books but this one was silly...

[Heidi · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love SARK's style (colors, hand written, etc.) but this book seems excessively silly, just not in the normal silly SARK way.

[Sue Sikorski · Rating 4 out of 5]

SARK’s napping book is fun to read and insightful. It’s colorful and whimsical, yet well organized. She touches on why napping is important to our health, but does not include actual research to support sleep deprivation. Still, she changed my “judgement” about napping!

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

encouraging...wise...funny! I'm keeping it next to my bed so I can read excepts when needed. I find myself sharing quotes from this book frequently.

[Siyka · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the energy and advice in the book, some of it is definitely worth reading and following.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the bright texta patterns and the nap certificates in this book.

[Magdelanye · Rating 4 out of 5]

This whimsical approach to self-mastery begins to make serious sense as the reader progresses.
SARK is a gentle but stubborn guide and she doesn't mind if you fall asleep on her!

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

As if you needed a book to tell you to take a nap! But I'm not the type of person to nap or even go to sleep on time (so much to do!!) and therefore it was probably important I learned more about the eas(ier) life.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED IT. I'm a napper -- I nap most days. I have massive guilty feelings about napping each time I do. This book makes napping seem like a necessity and a way to care for yourself. I will keep it by my bed for inspiration.

[Kelly Frost · Rating 3 out of 5]

I flipped through this one really quickly, it made me a bit sad as I don't have the time for so many naps! It was a cute book and once upon a time, before kids, it would have been nice.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

SARK IS THE BEST! SHE IS FULL OF WISDOM.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

What I learned from this book? Nap more and nap often! Nap with a book, a cat, a friend... Nap everywhere!

[Antoinette Palmieri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a fun quick read that I go back to from time to time. Mainly for the interesting watercolor art work.

I bought it in grad school when I needed things to inspire me to keep going :)

[Juliana Marez · Rating 5 out of 5]

HAHAHA! I like to read this on lazy summer days or just before a nap in the hammock. It celebrates the art of naps and dream time.

[Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was fun...I should go back and read it again...

[Darla Benedict · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has helped me take naps without feeling guilty

[Calista · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm trying to take this book to heart and nap when I need to, and not feel guilty about it.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Nuff said.

[Tricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very neat book. Describes me so perfectly and I loved the fun, cuteness of it!

[Brandi Nichole]

I love Sark's books and this homage to Napping is one of my favorites. I am a Nap Lover and appreciate that she has made an art form of it.

[Lynzee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this silly little book. One of my favorite quotes from this book is, "The more naps you take, the more money you make."

[Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lindsay and I took a nap on Sunday. I read about it in this book.

[Christy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

[Jules · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book!

[Margaret aka serenityblue Jackson]

A favourite of hers:)

[L · Rating 4 out of 5]

It might even make me a napper.