So far I've completed day 0 and 1 of my polyphasic sleep schedule detailed in my last post. I'll talk about what happened yesterday first.
Day 0
Day 0, yesterday, is probably going to be the second easiest day of the adaption. I didn't even sleep polyphasically which is why I called it day 0. It was a preparation day, all I did was practice napping at 2:00pm and 9:00pm to get the feel of having down time at those times. I still had my full regular sleep in the morning and the naps were merely spent lying there. It was quite simple and nothing significant to report there.
Day 1
Today was when I actually started, because I only slept 4 and a half hours this morning. I still did not get to sleep during the naps, but I was much closer than yesterday. The reason I said Day 0 is going to be the second easiest day is because today I was awake all day without being tired. Usually when I sleep regularly I have tired spots during the day but I guess 4.5 hours of undisturbed sleep left me feeling more awake than 9 hours of disturbed sleep.
So this morning(you could say last night, but technically it was today) I stayed up until 3:00am and went to bed for 4 and a half hours. I was going to sleep on the floor but I ended up on my bed. I did not sleep in my bed, just on it. I am not going to sleep under covers at all during this adaption phase. It is likely that would make me too comfortable and cause me to sleep in.
Now all I have to do is stay awake until 3:00am tomorrow morning (it is slightly past 10:30pm now), and repeat what I did today. Each day should get more challenging and sleep depriving until It starts going back to normal. I don't think this schedule gets to the point where I have to stand up and walk around to stay awake, like more difficult ones get, but I am still not going to take it lightly. I think the adaption phase should be pretty much over in 2 weeks so if I make it to then, I should successfully have adapted to polyphasic sleep.
Other than that, there is little I can go in to detail about today. When things start to get interesting I'll be able to post longer and more elaborately but for now, this is all.
Friday, December 11, 2009
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