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.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Day 7

Day 7 - Wednesday

Tired in the morning, as usual, but this time the cold shower didn't help. I must resolve to either adapt quicker (come on, body!) or to not read in warm places in the morning. Also, I should get fruit in my room so I get instant sugar as soon as I wake.

The day was not too bad, but I had a general feeling of drowsiness, no worse than Tuesday though. I only get tired when I'm sitting and bored, like in lecture- but I used to get tired in lecture anyway.

So: lucid dreaming. Basically, it is half-awakening during a dream: being able to control your dreams. I want to fly. So I started a dream journal and was able to remember a couple of second-long snippets from my dreams. I hope to remember more in the future.

Lucid dreaming is hard, I focus on trying to remember to wake up inside the dream and I end up waking up fully, instead of just gaining control in the dream.

Naps are good, mornings suck, and I'm awake fully at night, not getting sleepy until I physically slip under the sheets.
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