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Polyphasic Sleep Day 2

eiljwa — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:06:28 +0000

So, I did not do well at all. My first nap ended up being 8 hours long, I spaced my 4 PM nap didn’t take one, and then was hanging out with friends at 8 PM. Needless to say, I wasn’t able to sleep very well on my 12 AM nap, which I ended up taking at 12:30. Yeah not a very good day. I think, to improve my chances, if I follow the schedule this night all should go well, and make it easier to nap. I will also do a little more research because I don’t remember everything I read. I will perhaps pick up some tips and record them here.

Needless to say, my body and my mind feel fine, because nothing has changed, I slept a normal 8 hours from 4 AM to 12 AM.

I also forgot to include that I am a musician, playing mostly guitar, and I think extra time would help me to write songs, or review a bit of theory. So adding to the list of things to do:

-Music

Also, I have chosen to keep my posts short, maybe they will get longer but for now…short is good.

Polyphasic Sleep Day 1

eiljwa — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:03:44 +0000

In an effort to improve myself, and to have more time on my hands, I have to decided to start polyphasic sleep. I also decided to blog it so my experiences could be a resource to others, and to help record my thoughts.

First, the theory behind polyphasic sleep is that you sleep less, but get more from the sleep. In the average 8 hours of sleep you have approxiamately 1.5 hours of REM sleep, or the deep sleep in which you dream. In polyphasic sleep(also known as Uberman, or Davinci’s sleep), you sleep 20 minutes 6 times a day, every 4 hours. Once adjusted to the sleep, every 20 minute nap is completely REM sleep, giving you 2 hours a day as opposed to 1.5 most people get, which in theory will increase your IQ. A little far fetched, but I have become very interested by the prospects. If you do the math, I will have 22 hours of awake time. I will need to think of things to do to resist the urge to sleep.

Some of the ways I will fill all of my time:

-Reading (mostly for entertainment, but some educational stuff, also)

-Cleaning (I have been putting off cleaning and organizing my room for a while)

-Ebay(in an effort to make money I am going to sell items on ebay, I will need to research this also)

-The Stock Market(I have already invested money in the stock market, but I can always learn more)

-Learn HTML

-Videogames(as a last resort, they take little effort)

The transition is supposed to be painful, particularly days 4 and 5, and the first 2 weeks are supposed to be bad, so it will take a lot of willpower to follow through.

I woke up at 1:00 pm and have not slept since, it is now 2:52 am, and I plan to make my first nap at 4:00 am and follow every four hours, 8 AM, 12 PM, 4 PM, etc. Not sure I am starting it off right, but we will see how it turns out. I will record my thoughts and progress daily at about this time.

Introduction

eiljwa — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:43:59 +0000

Hello to anybody who finds their way to my blog! I will tell you a little bit about myself.

I am currently 18 years old, living in the United States, at my parent’s house. I am not currently working, and am technically on call from my previous job, working at the parks department for my city. I have no girlfriend to speak of, but a few prospects. I have started this blog to write about my journeys of self improvement, mainly to record my polyphasic sleep progress, but also other self improvement ventures.