I held off writing for a few days because I wanted to build up and have more to write in one post. Each day itself did not offer much to write about so I left it three days to see what would happen in those days. It is actually day 16 right now because it is past midnight, but I'll write like it is still day 15 for convenience.
For the last three days I have napped three times a day like planned and I've started experiencing deeper naps. I am not quite at a dream stage, at least not memorably, but my naps have progressed beyond waking up and wondering if I was actually asleep. To prove this one nap on day 14 I suddenly woke up thinking I had accidentally fallen asleep but I quickly realised I had just taken a nap.
Today napping was slightly more difficult. I slept fine in the morning nap and slept well but the other two were more challenging. I did not end up sleeping for the last nap and in the second nap I only partially slept. This is probably because it was Christmas today and some people decided to give me chocolate so I decided I'd experiment to see what would happen if I ate about 250 grams of chocolate at once. Didn't go so well, but at least I don't have to deal with that anymore and can return to being healthy tomorrow.
I've been getting up quite easily at 6:30am except for one of the days which I think was day 13, where I managed to sleep in just a little bit, or I forgot what I was doing and didn't fully wake up until some time shortly after 7:00am. That didn't really matter, as the day went on like normal and I napped well. I think I made great progress that day despite having a minor issue getting up.
Day 14 was much easier to get up in the morning. I was tired for about one hour after getting up, which at the time was the best it has been, but after that I was fine for the rest of the day. Napping also went well this day and I think these two days made a significant improvement with the adaption process because today I woke up and I was awake straight away, and I am still awake now and it is almost 12:30am on day 16(remember I'm writing like it is still day 15).
From here on should be no challenge at all. The worst has passed and I made it through without too much difficulty. So in a few days after I've finalised my napping, I'll be able to call myself officially adapted and I should have 2-4 addition productive hours daily. Normally at this time of the year I'd be going to bed between midnight and 3:00am, and waking up late morning. This feels so much better and so much healthier, even though I am not having nearly as much sleep.
The blackness under my eyes has been retreating and should be gone after the transition process is complete. I might even feel better than I did sleeping monophasically and look better with less or no black under my eyes. Maybe my skin can improve while we are at it, but I don't know, I'll have to see.
At the moment, I'm look at day 18 to be the final adaption day. After that it will just be like normal sleeping to me.
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