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.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Day 19

Day 19 - Monday

Back on track! Woke up at 6:30 and had an extremely productive morning. I realize that a polyphasic sleep cycle only really works well when you have a structured day. Structured sleep works with structured schedules, especially when it comes to napping precisely at the target time, and preparing my body to nap. Instead of interrupting an activity to nap, I now have at least ten minutes leading up to it, where I can relax myself so falling asleep is very easy.

Naps and bedtime were all on schedule. I was a little tired at boring segments of the day, but that's nothing new- I used to feel that while on a normal sleeping pattern.

Mornings are difficult again, but as long as I fight the tiredness (showering, eating, working out immediately after waking up) I am fine. If I don't allow myself time to get tired (sitting and reading after waking up), then I start my day off awake and stay that way.

It's nice to be back on this schedule. I love the time I have to do things.
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