Posts Tagged sleep

20/8 or 19/9

You may remember that I tried to do polyphasic sleeping a while back, and was sabotaged by my own brain.

Ed’s Note: Not that he’s weak and likes being curled up in a warm little ball with the possibility of erotic dreams. It was sabotage.

It turns out that the writer of one of my favourite web comics has another sleep suggestion for those with flexible schedules.

Make sure you leave your mouse over the comic to read the pop up text.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 4, Nap 1

Things were going so well. I was feeling tired, but resolved. I had a plan to keep myself awake. I was enjoying having the extra time.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 3, Nap 6

I just finished the final nap of my first full day of true polyphasic sleeping. It was really hard to get up after this one, but now, about 20 minutes later, I feel alright.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 3, Nap 5

Was able to get to sleep smoothly yet again, and had a quick dream that I can’t remember. I did whack the snooze button once though, and I’ve got to stop doing that, as it might be defeating the purpose. Duh.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 3, Nap 4

Fell asleep quite easily, again, but needed to whack the snooze button a couple times. Funny, I think this is just a subconscious reaction to my alarm, as it’s what I usually do when I wake up feeling tired. It’s like I’m forgetting what it is I’m trying to accomplish in the first few seconds of waking.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 3, Nap 3

I finally fell asleep. I remember having a strange dream where I was playing recreational volleyball with some friends and there was no net. And I woke directly from this dream when the alarm went off.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 3, Nap 2

So far my plan to avoid falling back to sleep is working. Unfortunately, I can’t sleep when I’m supposed to, either.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 3, Nap 1

OK, so I have a new plan of attack. Jumping up when my alarm goes off has never been a problem. (Mostly because I never actually fall asleep.) The problem has been not staying up long enough to resist the temptation of going back to sleep.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 2

This isn’t working. During all my naps, I wasn’t able to fall asleep at all, and when my 4am nap came around, I did the old “sit on the bed” trick after I turned off the alarm, and the next thing I knew, it was 11am.

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My Polyphasic Sleep Experiment – Day 1

As of 10am yesterday, I put myself on a polyphasic sleep schedule, starting with a 30 minute nap at noon, with subsequent naps every 4 hours. The drill goes like this: every 4 hours, I go to bed and set a nap alarm for 30 minutes. I go to sleep, and wake up 30 minutes later when the alarm goes off.

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