Polyphasic Sleep - Day 16 and 17

Probably the most significant thing that happened was that I somehow managed to go to sleep about 2 hours early for my core sleep this morning. So instead of going to bed at 2:00am I went to bed at midnight. I have no idea how I managed to do that but the last thing I remember is being very confused and tired lying down attempting to set my alarm clock for 6:30am. I woke up at 6:30am, but later realised my alarm clock never went off and in fact said 6:30pm. Somehow I managed to get myself up on time, which is the main thing, so that oversleep wasn't really that bad. I think I've been doing this long enough now that sleeping slightly early isn't going to make much difference.

Another mistake I made was trying to go back to 2 naps. It just did not work as well yet so I'll wait until I've adapted to do that. At the moment 11:00am, 4:30pm and 11:00pm sound like good times to keep for my naps. I'll have to try to keep this more consistent now because I think I've been exercising my flexibility too often at this stage.

Other than that, I'm continuing through without too much trouble only a little bit tired in the morning and at night. I think this is taking much longer than it should to adapt but I'll look past that because most people who sleep polyphasically prefer to sleep with less or no core sleep and more naps. So I've had to work out a few things, like sleeping 3 naps instead of 2, what times to sleep at, how to nap better, and I've been inconsistent with Christmas. Now that I've worked all that out, if I can just keep up the same thing exactly the same with quality naps for several days in a row I should be adapted.

Of course, I say I should be adapted in every post, but I'm definitely not slipping with this schedule. I don't think I'll have any major oversleeps because I am now adapted to waking up at 6:30am at least.

Being more positive, Christmas is over and the unhealthy food is nearly gone. Someone forgot to tell me that there was caffeine in chocolate so that could have explained my difficulty on Christmas when I decided I'd have a chocolate binge to see what effect it would have on my body. But that's okay because there is none of that left. I can now go through with the rest of it with nothing too important happening to interfere.