A Brief Introduction

This blog is my reports on my sleeping activity during my polyphasic sleep experiment. For this experiment, I am sleeping for 5.1 hours each day: a 4.5 hour core-sleep at night, and two 20-min naps scheduled evenly throughout the day. In order for this to work, I need to be strict about my sleeping schedule. Bedtimes must be punctual, and naps must be within an hour of my assigned times. It is a tough endeavor, but may eventually be worth the 4 hours I gain during my day.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Day 13

Day 13 - Tuesday

Regression. My body has started making backwards progress. This is most likely due to the fact that I have been oversleeping in my naps and taking the schedule too loosely. I need to be more disciplined.

No more attempting to WILD after a nap- it just puts me to sleep again and throws off my schedule. I'm pretty sure now that less sleep is better for me- I need to adhere strictly to the schedule.

Also- I think that napping within an hour of the designated time is not good either. I get the feeling like back at college, taking naps at exactly the same time helped me. Too much leniency and my body has no chance at adapting more. It is being thrown off and I need to fix it. I hope I can nip this fatigue in the butt before it gets worse.

Today I added 45 minutes to my noon nap because of a (completely failed) WILD attempt. My 6:30 nap was fairly good, but overall I am tired in mornings and evenings- I have never gotten tired during both ends of the days before.

Also notable: I get easily tired near when I should take naps. Unless, of course, I am busy doing something active at the moment. I feel my body struggling to keep on the schedule, but I am making it hard for myself.
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