This is day 7, the last day I planned to keep this up. So far I have done pretty well. Overall I have only had a few slipups on oversleeping but I believe that it hasn't really affected me too much because my days are full and require a lot of energy because of my active lifestyle, so by learning this, I have a better understanding of my sleep cycle. Also I have learned that I need to eat probably 3 times as much as I did before. I do plan to keep doing this, because I love the extra time. I asked my friend Alton if he ever got a full 8hours sleep, and he said that if he had a big event the next day, so I guess for me that may be a final, a tournament, or a concert/rave.
Today is thursday so that means I am following the Biphasic sleep cycle. I already took my 3 hour nap, plus a little extra 20 miin for a small boost, since yesterday was pretty strenuous with Alton down where we probably shouldn't have been. Also plan to eat soon, but still have some math homework to finish.
So I made it through the day. I took two naps, one after math class before acting, and the other after Judo before programming. I feel fine now, but one thing I keep noticing, it's really important to eat...a lot! I didn't have time for a big breakfast, and my lunch was too small, and before judo. I had an apple before each nap, which helps a little, and I had another after my second nap. I think I should be good for the rest of the night, and I'll switch gears back into polyphasic starting with my first nap at 10:00.
So I woke up from my nap by a phonecall about two hours after. At this point if I oversleep Im not too concerned because I've concluded that I am really physically active, so the extra sleep is good. I still can't decide if I want to continue to sleep this way or go back to the 8hour sleep like a normal person. I think i'll try to keep doing it, but for big events or something I may just get a full nights rest.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Polyphasic Sleep log Day 6
This is now day 6. I have come along way. I am feeling alright, almost time for my nap at 2:00am. The biphasic is totally doable. I was told by a friend that not only do I need carbs but protein, to help build back the muscles. Not much else to say, really. I do plan to start some other film projects, we'll see how they turn out. also i have homework to do tonight, so i will have more to do tonight. plus my room is a mess.
I didn't really write too much today, because I filmed today as a part of my film project. but things to note is that i slept alittle early for one nap so i could utuallize my time with a friend and not nap during my adventure with him. at one point i did have to sleep on a bench in the cold, and i was able to sleep, though i woke myself up 20 min in during a dream.
I didn't have a lot of chance to eat today, which would explain some of my tiredness, but after eating I feel fine, I got protein stuff and the supplements alton was talking about, i always forget what they are called. But with these in mind I am guessing my performance during the longer days is going to see an improvement.
I didn't really write too much today, because I filmed today as a part of my film project. but things to note is that i slept alittle early for one nap so i could utuallize my time with a friend and not nap during my adventure with him. at one point i did have to sleep on a bench in the cold, and i was able to sleep, though i woke myself up 20 min in during a dream.
I didn't have a lot of chance to eat today, which would explain some of my tiredness, but after eating I feel fine, I got protein stuff and the supplements alton was talking about, i always forget what they are called. But with these in mind I am guessing my performance during the longer days is going to see an improvement.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Polyphasic Sleep log Day 5
So I just woke up from my 4 hour nap for part of my biphasic sleep cycle. I am kind of afraid that I won't have enough energy throughout the day, so I should start eating now. I am wondering how this experiment will affect my performance in judo, i am guessing that i will be very sleepy during or after the class. also i need to pick up jiujitsu again, ive spent too much time away and it makes me sad.
i had an easy time getting up, and i love my new alarm clock now so i will be able to turn off my phone and not have to worry about interrupting phone calls or texts. I am feeling pretty good right now, though my friend Marcus says that everytime he see's me I look more and more sleepy physically.'
So I actually got through my classes pretty well, even judo. I was able to keep up with the workout, and even better than most. I think the biphasic sleep works for thuesdays and thursdays. Instead of the hour nap, I am breaking it up into two half hour naps. I should have taken one at 2:00, but I had to take care of some things, and if i sleep now, ill miss some class. So Im going to try to beast it through these last two classes.
Also I remembered an article from awhile back about how if you eat an apple before you nap, when you wake up you'll be more awake than if you drank coffee. So now I have a lot of apples from the Dining commons. I should try to eat before Judo but its hard because Dave is a butt and starts class 10 min early than it should, and i already dont have too much time. So I need to find a way to eat in between.
i had an easy time getting up, and i love my new alarm clock now so i will be able to turn off my phone and not have to worry about interrupting phone calls or texts. I am feeling pretty good right now, though my friend Marcus says that everytime he see's me I look more and more sleepy physically.'
So I actually got through my classes pretty well, even judo. I was able to keep up with the workout, and even better than most. I think the biphasic sleep works for thuesdays and thursdays. Instead of the hour nap, I am breaking it up into two half hour naps. I should have taken one at 2:00, but I had to take care of some things, and if i sleep now, ill miss some class. So Im going to try to beast it through these last two classes.
Also I remembered an article from awhile back about how if you eat an apple before you nap, when you wake up you'll be more awake than if you drank coffee. So now I have a lot of apples from the Dining commons. I should try to eat before Judo but its hard because Dave is a butt and starts class 10 min early than it should, and i already dont have too much time. So I need to find a way to eat in between.
Polyphasic Sleep log Day 4
So now I am on day 4. Its about 30 min before my next nap, not feeling too tired, but I am hoping i can sleep. Im eating right now. Last night i didnt eat, i probably should have, maybe thats why i felt i had no energy. I also have to make sure to eat a big breakfast in the morning, and steal some fruit from the DC. Tomorrow is going to be a challenge because it will be my first time doing polyphasic sleeping pattern with classes, good thing there is only two classes for me tomorrow. The next day is going to be more of a challenge, i had to set up my sleeping schedule to a biphasic pattern. We will see how that goes.
Just finished my 30 min nap at 2:00. Didn't really fall asleep, just resting mostly. I'm too excited for my video project, and thinking of ideas of who and where to go. So far a few friends have rejected my request for them in my project, and truly it kind of hurts that they don't want to help me out. I have a lot of ideas, just need the people to help me out. I'll be making a post of that later.
As of now I feel alright, not too tired but that may be subject to change as it comes closer to 6:00. Some of the things I plan to do tonight is clean my room again and put up posters finally to give my dorm some personality. Thus far, it's been a blank wall. I alraedy did as much editing as I can now. I may review some math later, study more on sleep deprovsion and find out where i can get the parts to make an infrared goggle
I have 10 min before class starts so il keep this quick. Once again I over slept, so maybe I need to reconsider my sleeping pattern. Maybe at some point in the night take a 1-2 hour nap. Or invest in a better alarm clock, which is what i am going to do today. I totally missed my math class this morning, but I made it to my teacher's office hours to get the homework and a really quick rundown of the lesson. So note to self: Think about adding a longer sleeping period during the night or make sure I get a better alarm clock. Im not so much about the sleeping pattern being messed up now, just maybe i need to change it? Or even just completely switch to Biphasic, where you sleep 4 hours during the night and one and a half during the afternoon; I will be doing this tonight so I will see how I feel.
I am very annoyed with myself because I overslept again, I hope this doesn't happen again. I bumped into a friend and she said that I looked very hyper. So maybe the extra sleep is an extra boost to my energy? Also, I got up so fast this morning to try to make it to my math prof's office hours that I forgot to put socks on, or rather I didn't have time for socks. Wasn't there a famous person who didn't believe in socks or do I remember wrong. Also I need to note that I feel tired, I figure i will miss my 10:00 nap and take my 2:00 nap. I'm really worried if this will effect the rest of the outcome or if I will oversleep again. I really hope not...
I was talking with my friend Marcus and we discovered that this was the same time I over slept last time as well. Very interesting note.
I just woke up from my 2:00 nap, I decided to try to sleep 10 min earlier, just some time to actually fall asleep. It was a light sleep, had a dream about filmmaking, probably because I just got my disc to record. I am really excited about this. Thinking about working out, see how that turns out. My legs are still alittle sore from before, but I never really work my legs out a lot. So not sure if its from the lack of sleep or the lack of leg exercise
Just came back from the gym, Im feeling alright. We'll see if I feel any soreness later. Also I bumped into my friend Jeiji who is also on polyphasic sleeping pattern which makes me happy because now I have someone to help me with my troubling second nap. Also it would be good to have someone keep me company at night.
Its almost time for my 6:00pm nap. This has been a very good day for me. I got a free ticket for a movie (i cant go due to my experiment but its great i got the offer) I found my old deck for skateboarding, I got a lot of film for my project, and i met a new friend whos a photographer who works for the spartan daily. my photos might make it into the paper tomorrow, so ill pick one up. im feeling kind of tired, i think ill be able to sleep. its been a really good day for me, other than the missing math part.
This is my last entery for day 4. I got my clock, and ive been eating enough I think, I have fruit from the DC. I wanted to go to bed at 10:00pm, but my alarm clock didn't agree, but i have it under control now, so i wil go to bed at 11:00pm waking up at 3:00am. This is for my biphasic schedule. hope all goes well
Just finished my 30 min nap at 2:00. Didn't really fall asleep, just resting mostly. I'm too excited for my video project, and thinking of ideas of who and where to go. So far a few friends have rejected my request for them in my project, and truly it kind of hurts that they don't want to help me out. I have a lot of ideas, just need the people to help me out. I'll be making a post of that later.
As of now I feel alright, not too tired but that may be subject to change as it comes closer to 6:00. Some of the things I plan to do tonight is clean my room again and put up posters finally to give my dorm some personality. Thus far, it's been a blank wall. I alraedy did as much editing as I can now. I may review some math later, study more on sleep deprovsion and find out where i can get the parts to make an infrared goggle
I have 10 min before class starts so il keep this quick. Once again I over slept, so maybe I need to reconsider my sleeping pattern. Maybe at some point in the night take a 1-2 hour nap. Or invest in a better alarm clock, which is what i am going to do today. I totally missed my math class this morning, but I made it to my teacher's office hours to get the homework and a really quick rundown of the lesson. So note to self: Think about adding a longer sleeping period during the night or make sure I get a better alarm clock. Im not so much about the sleeping pattern being messed up now, just maybe i need to change it? Or even just completely switch to Biphasic, where you sleep 4 hours during the night and one and a half during the afternoon; I will be doing this tonight so I will see how I feel.
I am very annoyed with myself because I overslept again, I hope this doesn't happen again. I bumped into a friend and she said that I looked very hyper. So maybe the extra sleep is an extra boost to my energy? Also, I got up so fast this morning to try to make it to my math prof's office hours that I forgot to put socks on, or rather I didn't have time for socks. Wasn't there a famous person who didn't believe in socks or do I remember wrong. Also I need to note that I feel tired, I figure i will miss my 10:00 nap and take my 2:00 nap. I'm really worried if this will effect the rest of the outcome or if I will oversleep again. I really hope not...
I was talking with my friend Marcus and we discovered that this was the same time I over slept last time as well. Very interesting note.
I just woke up from my 2:00 nap, I decided to try to sleep 10 min earlier, just some time to actually fall asleep. It was a light sleep, had a dream about filmmaking, probably because I just got my disc to record. I am really excited about this. Thinking about working out, see how that turns out. My legs are still alittle sore from before, but I never really work my legs out a lot. So not sure if its from the lack of sleep or the lack of leg exercise
Just came back from the gym, Im feeling alright. We'll see if I feel any soreness later. Also I bumped into my friend Jeiji who is also on polyphasic sleeping pattern which makes me happy because now I have someone to help me with my troubling second nap. Also it would be good to have someone keep me company at night.
Its almost time for my 6:00pm nap. This has been a very good day for me. I got a free ticket for a movie (i cant go due to my experiment but its great i got the offer) I found my old deck for skateboarding, I got a lot of film for my project, and i met a new friend whos a photographer who works for the spartan daily. my photos might make it into the paper tomorrow, so ill pick one up. im feeling kind of tired, i think ill be able to sleep. its been a really good day for me, other than the missing math part.
This is my last entery for day 4. I got my clock, and ive been eating enough I think, I have fruit from the DC. I wanted to go to bed at 10:00pm, but my alarm clock didn't agree, but i have it under control now, so i wil go to bed at 11:00pm waking up at 3:00am. This is for my biphasic schedule. hope all goes well
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Polyphasic Sleep log Day 3
So I am on day three now, and I have to admit I am proud of myself. This is something I've been talking about doing and now I am.
I woke up from my 30 min nap alittle while ago and I was sweating a lot. Probably because I was under three blankets, or maybe because of my dreams. My dreams recently have been very chaotic. Best way to describe it is mind chatter, where your mind kind of talks to itself. I cannot recall anything specifically. so for my next nap i will try removing one or two blankets to see if I still sweat. I still had the "I hate everything" feeling when I initially woke up, but after the shower I'm feeling okay again.
I still need to get the supplements Alton mentioned to me the first day, I think I will try getting them as the morning goes on when stores start to open.
One of my concerns is that I like to work out, and I do a lot of physical activities: jiujitsu, judo, working out, skating, and sometimes running. It takes 8 hours of rest for your body to recover from a workout which is usually done when you are asleep, so using some logic you can see a problem and my concern. So what I am thinking of doing is alternating my sleeping pattern every week. One week follow the polyphasic sleeping pattern then the next week try to have a singular 6-8 hour sleeping period. This way I can train my body to switch back and forth between both and that way I can work out intensely one week and then the next week take care of other matters that I feel that need to be addressed.
I am also thinking about investing in an alarm clock outside of my cellphone. It hasnt been a problem yet, but what I am worried about is that someone may call or text me while I am in my sleep. So what I wan to do is turn off my cellphone to prevent interuptions and use an actual clock for an alarm. On day two I took two naps at home. One thing that was really nice is that my bed at home is way more comfortable and I fell asleep like a rock. One problem though is that the chance for an interrupt is a lot more because I have 3 dogs, also my parents dont know of my experiment and may try to wake me for whatever reason.
I also may have to delay a few of my future naps in order to align my sleeping schedule to my classes. I think it may be a tad bit off. Not sure but something I have to look at.
I not sure what to do at this point because I overslept now, by quite a bit. The alarm clock never woke me up, somehow i hit it off while i was still sleeping because i dont remember waking up. im not sure wither to wrap it up and give it another try some other time or to keep going. I think I may count my losses for now and continue again next week. Maybe next time I will be able to get farther or get through the week.
I'm a little disappointed but in a way it's fine. Now I can workout at least, but I was starting to get used to it. It was like running a long distance, you get tired but you try to keep chuggin' along. Also I was worried about my Tuesday and Thursday classes where my sleep schedule would be interupted and sleeping 30 min every 4 hours was not possible. So maybe I should wait til a break to start again. Or maybe next week, not sure for now. I will figure it out later, but i have some sleep to catch up on now...this won't be my last attempt at polyphasic sleeping though.
So while I did fail the initial experiment I decided that I would try to alter it now because I truly did enjoy the extra 5 hours of awake time, I want to try to see if i I can control it now. Somedays during the week I have only two classes so it would be easy for me to do the polyphasic sleeping while tuesdays and thursdays I have a lot of classes where it would be better to get 8 hours of sleep. I will try to continue the experiment in this fashion. So for the rest of the day I am going to try to stay awake, meaning my next nap will be at 2:00am tomorrow. Then from there I will try to sleep at 10:00pm and wake up at 6:00am (I have a 7:30) class. Although it has only been 3 days I believe I can control it a little. We will see how it goes.
Scratch that, Im going to try to do the polyphasic sleep today, meaning next nap is in a half hour. I still feel tired and hungry. I just fuond out my phone was on vibrate which would explain why I didnt wake up to my alarm.
So my first nap was kind of hard, it was more resting than sleeping, just like the beginning of the experiment. I woke up fine. I was still able to hold a conversation, and an argument (a debate rather) with friends. I went home and had dinner with the family and family friends for Chinese New Years. This gave me a chance to test some social dynamic experiments I've been wanting to try out.
My 6:00pm nap came along nicely. I fell asleep no problem, it was back to the chaotic mind chatter dreams again. There was something about baseball, and saving seals and other random things in my dream. Right now I am fine, if anything I think my slipup helped more than hindered. My friend Alton mentioned biphasic sleeping, which is still polyphasic sleep, and I may try that for my longer days of school. I will just need to redo my schedule on Excel.
Tomorrow I need to buy an alarm clock, because I did have my sleep interrupted today. Actually, my 6:00pm nap was the most interrupted so far. I was at home so this kind of expected. First my sister came in looking for me, then my grandma, then ralph my silly dog, then I got a phonecall. I explained to my dad about polyphasic sleep and to my surprise he's supportive of me for doing it.
My 10:00 nap was alright, it got interupted once 5 minutes in by a phone call. waking up was a bit of a challange, but it always is. Once im up im good to go though. I was able to stay awake, not too tired. I had a chance to work on my video project! I am really pleased with the way its turning out.
I woke up from my 30 min nap alittle while ago and I was sweating a lot. Probably because I was under three blankets, or maybe because of my dreams. My dreams recently have been very chaotic. Best way to describe it is mind chatter, where your mind kind of talks to itself. I cannot recall anything specifically. so for my next nap i will try removing one or two blankets to see if I still sweat. I still had the "I hate everything" feeling when I initially woke up, but after the shower I'm feeling okay again.
I still need to get the supplements Alton mentioned to me the first day, I think I will try getting them as the morning goes on when stores start to open.
One of my concerns is that I like to work out, and I do a lot of physical activities: jiujitsu, judo, working out, skating, and sometimes running. It takes 8 hours of rest for your body to recover from a workout which is usually done when you are asleep, so using some logic you can see a problem and my concern. So what I am thinking of doing is alternating my sleeping pattern every week. One week follow the polyphasic sleeping pattern then the next week try to have a singular 6-8 hour sleeping period. This way I can train my body to switch back and forth between both and that way I can work out intensely one week and then the next week take care of other matters that I feel that need to be addressed.
I am also thinking about investing in an alarm clock outside of my cellphone. It hasnt been a problem yet, but what I am worried about is that someone may call or text me while I am in my sleep. So what I wan to do is turn off my cellphone to prevent interuptions and use an actual clock for an alarm. On day two I took two naps at home. One thing that was really nice is that my bed at home is way more comfortable and I fell asleep like a rock. One problem though is that the chance for an interrupt is a lot more because I have 3 dogs, also my parents dont know of my experiment and may try to wake me for whatever reason.
I also may have to delay a few of my future naps in order to align my sleeping schedule to my classes. I think it may be a tad bit off. Not sure but something I have to look at.
I not sure what to do at this point because I overslept now, by quite a bit. The alarm clock never woke me up, somehow i hit it off while i was still sleeping because i dont remember waking up. im not sure wither to wrap it up and give it another try some other time or to keep going. I think I may count my losses for now and continue again next week. Maybe next time I will be able to get farther or get through the week.
I'm a little disappointed but in a way it's fine. Now I can workout at least, but I was starting to get used to it. It was like running a long distance, you get tired but you try to keep chuggin' along. Also I was worried about my Tuesday and Thursday classes where my sleep schedule would be interupted and sleeping 30 min every 4 hours was not possible. So maybe I should wait til a break to start again. Or maybe next week, not sure for now. I will figure it out later, but i have some sleep to catch up on now...this won't be my last attempt at polyphasic sleeping though.
So while I did fail the initial experiment I decided that I would try to alter it now because I truly did enjoy the extra 5 hours of awake time, I want to try to see if i I can control it now. Somedays during the week I have only two classes so it would be easy for me to do the polyphasic sleeping while tuesdays and thursdays I have a lot of classes where it would be better to get 8 hours of sleep. I will try to continue the experiment in this fashion. So for the rest of the day I am going to try to stay awake, meaning my next nap will be at 2:00am tomorrow. Then from there I will try to sleep at 10:00pm and wake up at 6:00am (I have a 7:30) class. Although it has only been 3 days I believe I can control it a little. We will see how it goes.
Scratch that, Im going to try to do the polyphasic sleep today, meaning next nap is in a half hour. I still feel tired and hungry. I just fuond out my phone was on vibrate which would explain why I didnt wake up to my alarm.
So my first nap was kind of hard, it was more resting than sleeping, just like the beginning of the experiment. I woke up fine. I was still able to hold a conversation, and an argument (a debate rather) with friends. I went home and had dinner with the family and family friends for Chinese New Years. This gave me a chance to test some social dynamic experiments I've been wanting to try out.
My 6:00pm nap came along nicely. I fell asleep no problem, it was back to the chaotic mind chatter dreams again. There was something about baseball, and saving seals and other random things in my dream. Right now I am fine, if anything I think my slipup helped more than hindered. My friend Alton mentioned biphasic sleeping, which is still polyphasic sleep, and I may try that for my longer days of school. I will just need to redo my schedule on Excel.
Tomorrow I need to buy an alarm clock, because I did have my sleep interrupted today. Actually, my 6:00pm nap was the most interrupted so far. I was at home so this kind of expected. First my sister came in looking for me, then my grandma, then ralph my silly dog, then I got a phonecall. I explained to my dad about polyphasic sleep and to my surprise he's supportive of me for doing it.
My 10:00 nap was alright, it got interupted once 5 minutes in by a phone call. waking up was a bit of a challange, but it always is. Once im up im good to go though. I was able to stay awake, not too tired. I had a chance to work on my video project! I am really pleased with the way its turning out.
Polyphasic Sleep log Day 2
So its been exactly one hour and a half into day two. People are starting to head off to bed and groups are disbanding. So now comes the time when I must stick it out on my own and keep myself awake. Planning ahead, I first should probably clean my room, so it's comfortable to study in. Then probably study some Calculus. A friend I met today lent me his book that has a section on sleep deprovision that I want to take a look at. His name was Nim.
Also yesterday was the first day for rushing for SAE (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) and so far I'm pretty happy that I showed up. A lot of cool people, but I also must remember to make effort to keep in contact with my older friends.
I have about an hour and a half before the next nap, I have to say I think my body is looking foreword to it like I predicted. I'm hoping that I will be able to sleep each time the nap comes instead of just resting. I think I had a hard time last time because my mind was excited from meeting and interacting with the new people I have met.
I wanted to mention that I am not sure if I am having a hard time remembering everyone's name because I am meeting so many new people at once and I already have a hard time memorizing people's names or because it is because of the lack of sleep. Maybe I should carry around a small notebook to help remind me who I have met? I can safely say I have probably met and shook hands with/ hugged well over 10 people throughout the day. I'm sure if they keep popping up throughout my time, it will come easier.
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I just took my 3:00am nap and i have to say that I had a weird dream. I have to say that i am pretty tired and i defenitely need to find something to do. I am actually really tired.this is how i felt earlier after a nap as well.
Well, I am awake now, its 3:52. Time just kind of flew by, not sure where it went. But definitely hit an emotional string just now. I watched the following link and I urge you to watch it before continuing reading:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao&eurl=http://video.stumbleupon.com/&feature=player_embedded
I don't want to give away the plot but it definitely hit something close to home. I haven't cried like that in awhile. Guess right now, I need some validation. I keep myself busy, I plan events a week or two ahead with people. I try to network and try new things. Essentially, I feel like a Yes Man (a great movie by the way, which I saw with a good friend) always accepting and trying new things. But I guess deep down I question what is this for? What am I trying to prove to myself, or to anyone else? When he is asked to take a picture of a couple, I just...cried. There are many advantages to being single. I am doing many things I wasn't able to do when I was dating. But the biggest con is the loneliness. Yes I have amazing friends, and yes I have met many people but the love from friendship and the love from someone special are just different things. It's like peanut butter and jelly, both are two different things, but you really just need both to make it a damn good sandwich.
I am definitely more awake now, and I kind have shown to people following my experiment something that is really personal, but I feel is vital to what I am doing. Just a sudden realization of a deep feeling that I didn't know I had. This was a great video for me to watch and opened me up to a new view on life. Not so much in the sense of loneliness but giving people validation. We all need it, it feels good to know someone notice our efforts of perusing our dreams and goals. They say good news goes unnoticed, and I say this shouldn't happen anymore. The world could be a happier place if we can stop and appreciate our neighbor for just one small moment. One small compliment can make someone's day, or even their life. Giving someone confidence is such a big deal, because confidence in yourself will lead to amazing things.
I should end this for now and try to get a few things done. I will report more as the day goes on.
Note to self: Grab more fruit from the DC for snacks.
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Just finished with my 6:00 nap. Feeling kind of tired again, and the sleep wasn't as good as the last one. I did have some sort of dream, but i couldnt tell if i was just sleeping or thinking. I am hungry, not sure what will be open at this time, probably go to starbucks again for a bagel and something to drink.
I drove down home in mountain view at around 7:40 and took my time. Driving wasn't difficult, so that is good. started my laundry because i have no clean clothes anymore whatsoever. As it draws closer to 9, I look more foreword to the nap.
Just woke up from my 9:00 and took a shower. That hit me like a bomb. I notice that I sweat when am in deep sleep.I am very tired right now, I think I need food in my system. In the shower I was really debating weather or not I want to continue with this. I want to keep pushing, but this is hitting me hard. I think I just need to find something to do to take my mind off it, as well as eat. hopefully once I start moving around I feel okay again like previous times. Apparently Steve Pavlina had a hard time on day two as well. It seems though that day three got better, hopefully I can get through this stage all in one piece. I'm hoping my trip to san fran will help me out a lot.
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So I was a goober and totally miscounted my sleep time and thought it was at 11:00 instead of 1:00. I was to meet Bianca at 12:00. I told her and thank god she was understanding and i was able to get my nap in at 1:00. Most definitely it has been easier staying awake while having a conversation. And being in the Japanese tea house garden was nice, it was hard to be tired. At around 4:00 i dropped her off and headed back home. It was a lot harder to drive alone being tired but I did manage to get home safely. As soon as I got home, I set my alarm and fell asleep hard. My bed at home is so comfortable it was so easy to sleep. It was hard to wake up, and I actually got a missed call, but im glad i didn;t over sleep and miss my alarm.
Feeling alright now, just need to get some food and engage my mind for the next few hours. Should be easy with my friends when we go to the Korean market
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It's almost time for my 9:00pm nap. Just wanted to get some thoughts and feelings in before I fell asleep. I noticed that at first when I wake up, I hate the world for about a good 1 minutes. After getting dressed again I feel normal. It's a lot easier to feel awake when you are around people. From the beginning and towards the end of the middle of the four hours, I feel energetic and talkative. As the final hour comes before my nap I start to feel sleepy. To try to cut back on the time it takes trying to get to sleep what I want to do is 10 minutes before the scheduled sleep, I lay down in bed with a book or my laptop and as the time comes just lay down. Hopefully this will get my body ready to sleep.
I've been eating as much as I could, been wanting to workout or something, but kind of concerned if the strain would make it more difficult to stay awake. I think I may give it a shot. Also I haven't yet explained this experiment to my parents yet, I wonder what they will think?
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So I was feeling very energetic when I got to my friends room. Everyone was eating pizza and steven was cool enough to order me some too which was great because i needed to eat. Then a surprise apperence of my friend Marcus and his lady friends dropped by and the topic of CaramellDansen came up and i thought it would be a PERFECT opportunity to start my video project. Basically the idea behind this is to really just have fun, and to have as many willing friends to participate in several different settings I frequent and enjoy and feel comfortable in.
This was my first directing experience, and i was lucky enough to have some brave souls act silly and have fun. Im not sure how long this project is going to take but i want it to be cool. I have this vision in my head. I will be making a post and tagging people that I feel that may be interested.
Anyways, after that bit of fun I decided to try skating. So far the sleep hasnt really affected my abilities to skate, if anything I felt i was landing more pop shove-its.
At this point now I am feeling kind of tired, but I am so motivated, I am so glad that i have all this time to do all the things I never had time for! One would be this video that im making, or cleaning my room or car, studying and all while still having a social life.
Many people are asking me why, and whats the point? To answer that really is to see this experience first hand, and to kind of challenge myself to push through this. It defenetly is a different lifestyle, and it really is fun. Side note, I suck even more at spelling, thank god for spell check.
Currently I am feeling a little drowsy but still enthusiastic. As arthur puts it "My power level well exceeds 9000!!!!" And jp says "Bukkake"
Also yesterday was the first day for rushing for SAE (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) and so far I'm pretty happy that I showed up. A lot of cool people, but I also must remember to make effort to keep in contact with my older friends.
I have about an hour and a half before the next nap, I have to say I think my body is looking foreword to it like I predicted. I'm hoping that I will be able to sleep each time the nap comes instead of just resting. I think I had a hard time last time because my mind was excited from meeting and interacting with the new people I have met.
I wanted to mention that I am not sure if I am having a hard time remembering everyone's name because I am meeting so many new people at once and I already have a hard time memorizing people's names or because it is because of the lack of sleep. Maybe I should carry around a small notebook to help remind me who I have met? I can safely say I have probably met and shook hands with/ hugged well over 10 people throughout the day. I'm sure if they keep popping up throughout my time, it will come easier.
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I just took my 3:00am nap and i have to say that I had a weird dream. I have to say that i am pretty tired and i defenitely need to find something to do. I am actually really tired.this is how i felt earlier after a nap as well.
Well, I am awake now, its 3:52. Time just kind of flew by, not sure where it went. But definitely hit an emotional string just now. I watched the following link and I urge you to watch it before continuing reading:
http://www.youtube.com/wat
I don't want to give away the plot but it definitely hit something close to home. I haven't cried like that in awhile. Guess right now, I need some validation. I keep myself busy, I plan events a week or two ahead with people. I try to network and try new things. Essentially, I feel like a Yes Man (a great movie by the way, which I saw with a good friend) always accepting and trying new things. But I guess deep down I question what is this for? What am I trying to prove to myself, or to anyone else? When he is asked to take a picture of a couple, I just...cried. There are many advantages to being single. I am doing many things I wasn't able to do when I was dating. But the biggest con is the loneliness. Yes I have amazing friends, and yes I have met many people but the love from friendship and the love from someone special are just different things. It's like peanut butter and jelly, both are two different things, but you really just need both to make it a damn good sandwich.
I am definitely more awake now, and I kind have shown to people following my experiment something that is really personal, but I feel is vital to what I am doing. Just a sudden realization of a deep feeling that I didn't know I had. This was a great video for me to watch and opened me up to a new view on life. Not so much in the sense of loneliness but giving people validation. We all need it, it feels good to know someone notice our efforts of perusing our dreams and goals. They say good news goes unnoticed, and I say this shouldn't happen anymore. The world could be a happier place if we can stop and appreciate our neighbor for just one small moment. One small compliment can make someone's day, or even their life. Giving someone confidence is such a big deal, because confidence in yourself will lead to amazing things.
I should end this for now and try to get a few things done. I will report more as the day goes on.
Note to self: Grab more fruit from the DC for snacks.
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Just finished with my 6:00 nap. Feeling kind of tired again, and the sleep wasn't as good as the last one. I did have some sort of dream, but i couldnt tell if i was just sleeping or thinking. I am hungry, not sure what will be open at this time, probably go to starbucks again for a bagel and something to drink.
I drove down home in mountain view at around 7:40 and took my time. Driving wasn't difficult, so that is good. started my laundry because i have no clean clothes anymore whatsoever. As it draws closer to 9, I look more foreword to the nap.
Just woke up from my 9:00 and took a shower. That hit me like a bomb. I notice that I sweat when am in deep sleep.I am very tired right now, I think I need food in my system. In the shower I was really debating weather or not I want to continue with this. I want to keep pushing, but this is hitting me hard. I think I just need to find something to do to take my mind off it, as well as eat. hopefully once I start moving around I feel okay again like previous times. Apparently Steve Pavlina had a hard time on day two as well. It seems though that day three got better, hopefully I can get through this stage all in one piece. I'm hoping my trip to san fran will help me out a lot.
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So I was a goober and totally miscounted my sleep time and thought it was at 11:00 instead of 1:00. I was to meet Bianca at 12:00. I told her and thank god she was understanding and i was able to get my nap in at 1:00. Most definitely it has been easier staying awake while having a conversation. And being in the Japanese tea house garden was nice, it was hard to be tired. At around 4:00 i dropped her off and headed back home. It was a lot harder to drive alone being tired but I did manage to get home safely. As soon as I got home, I set my alarm and fell asleep hard. My bed at home is so comfortable it was so easy to sleep. It was hard to wake up, and I actually got a missed call, but im glad i didn;t over sleep and miss my alarm.
Feeling alright now, just need to get some food and engage my mind for the next few hours. Should be easy with my friends when we go to the Korean market
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It's almost time for my 9:00pm nap. Just wanted to get some thoughts and feelings in before I fell asleep. I noticed that at first when I wake up, I hate the world for about a good 1 minutes. After getting dressed again I feel normal. It's a lot easier to feel awake when you are around people. From the beginning and towards the end of the middle of the four hours, I feel energetic and talkative. As the final hour comes before my nap I start to feel sleepy. To try to cut back on the time it takes trying to get to sleep what I want to do is 10 minutes before the scheduled sleep, I lay down in bed with a book or my laptop and as the time comes just lay down. Hopefully this will get my body ready to sleep.
I've been eating as much as I could, been wanting to workout or something, but kind of concerned if the strain would make it more difficult to stay awake. I think I may give it a shot. Also I haven't yet explained this experiment to my parents yet, I wonder what they will think?
__________________________
So I was feeling very energetic when I got to my friends room. Everyone was eating pizza and steven was cool enough to order me some too which was great because i needed to eat. Then a surprise apperence of my friend Marcus and his lady friends dropped by and the topic of CaramellDansen came up and i thought it would be a PERFECT opportunity to start my video project. Basically the idea behind this is to really just have fun, and to have as many willing friends to participate in several different settings I frequent and enjoy and feel comfortable in.
This was my first directing experience, and i was lucky enough to have some brave souls act silly and have fun. Im not sure how long this project is going to take but i want it to be cool. I have this vision in my head. I will be making a post and tagging people that I feel that may be interested.
Anyways, after that bit of fun I decided to try skating. So far the sleep hasnt really affected my abilities to skate, if anything I felt i was landing more pop shove-its.
At this point now I am feeling kind of tired, but I am so motivated, I am so glad that i have all this time to do all the things I never had time for! One would be this video that im making, or cleaning my room or car, studying and all while still having a social life.
Many people are asking me why, and whats the point? To answer that really is to see this experience first hand, and to kind of challenge myself to push through this. It defenetly is a different lifestyle, and it really is fun. Side note, I suck even more at spelling, thank god for spell check.
Currently I am feeling a little drowsy but still enthusiastic. As arthur puts it "My power level well exceeds 9000!!!!" And jp says "Bukkake"
Polyphasic Sleep log Day 1
(Please note that the first two days were previously recorded)
This is to be edited as the day progresses.
First off, I was first inspired and introduced to this idea when I was reading the book "The Game" by Neil Strauss then later reintroduced to the idea by my friend Alton. I have been wanting to do it but never found the time to do it due to highschool, girlfriend, family or life in general. Perhaps the start of the school semester isn't a great time to start this self experiment, but I'm trying it anyways.
What made me start today was because last night I fell asleep around 9:00pm, and woke up 5 hours later at around 2:00. Wide awake, I contacted my friend Andy and caught the end of his party. After we disbanded, I got the idea of trying polyphasic sleep. (well actually, i thought about doing it the day before but totally failed.) So for about an hour, I created my sleep schedule around my classes. Conveniently when I got that sorted out on Excel, it was time for my first nap (6:15am).
So I set my alarm to 6:45 and tried to sleep. I actually had a hard time sleeping and didnt end up sleeping til towards the end of the time period. I think I did hit REM because I do recall a dream, but I don't remember any details.
After waking up, I could feel the fatigue, and because today I have a lot of physical actives planned, I figured I need to eat a lot of food, so I head to starbucks because i have a giftcard there from the holidays. I pack my calculus books and notes and walk in the rain to the shop. I order a bagel and their strawberries and creme (I heard that had the most calories in it) and got some studying in. i headed back to campus around 8:30.
Russel called me around 9:00 because we planned to work out in the morning. Before we hit the gym we go to the dining commons to get some food. I ate oatmeal, a banana, 2 cups of water, potato thingies, and a omelet with mushrooms and ham. I saved an orange for after the workout. My main concern with this experiment is that I do a lot of physical activities, and Russel brought up that muscles need 8 hours to build and recover after a work out and the best time for that is sleep. One thing though is that during the hours when most people are sleeping I don't plan on doing anything physical and reserve that time for school study as well other self study topics.
So after the work out was time for my 2ed nap of this experiment. I fell asleep really easily and had a dream, so I was again able to hit REM. The alarm woke me up and I am feeling pretty awake. Doing some research on polyphasic sleep and found a man's blog about his day to day experience with polyphasic sleep which inspired me to create this.
M O R E T O B E A D D E D L A T E R
So after leaving for lunch, I bumped into a friend who asked if I was tired or high. So I guess my body was feeling it then. I headed to the dining commons and tried to eat as much as I could. I ended up eating pasta, bread, a banana, potatoes, and a mix of beans, chicken, and rice with cheese. Also downed 4 glasses of water. At two I headed to SAE for their "All Day Sport Event" and we then headed to a park to play. 3:00 was my scheduled time to sleep, so I had to miss the beginning half of the football game. Kris let me crash in his car so I didn't have to sleep in the rain. Although more comfortable inside, I had a hard time sleeping. Too many distractions going on - people talking, people checking to see who was in the car, checking to see if they knew who I was, and then someone's phone went off at some point. So that didn't end up going so well. I'm really looking foreword to 7:00 for my next nap. Feeling a little tired, but as long as I am active I think I can make it til 7:00.
Also I want to get a notebook to record any dreams that I have, because the last one was pretty vivid. One thing I noticed is that I am able to remember things but I'm having a hard time remembering what they are called. Could be due to the feeling of mental Fatigue. Physically I did fine. I scored a touch down in football. We'll see if the physical activity will be able to keep up in the future.
Edit again
This is my last entry for day two. Just woke up from my nap at 11:00. The 7:00 nap i fell asleep really quickly, it wasnt a problem. After I headed to SAE to hang with the friends that I made today. I made sure to eat because it was a really active day today. I got a 12 inch sub from subway, but couldnt finish it. When i first woke up, I had a hard time because i was still sleepy, but once i was out and about I was fine.
So I left around 11:00 to get my nap in, and i have to say its more of a rest than a nap. My mind was reflecting on today, planning for the future both long term and short term and processing things that I learned earlier today. Steve Pavlina states it well when he says its the mental chatter that kept him awake. My guess is that 3:00 nap I will knock out really quickly and probably hit REM. Right now I feel fine but I feel that as i get closer to 3:00 I will feel the fatigue.
Also wanted to note that my room is a total mess, I should clean that when everyone else is asleep. also need to plan to study and research some of my self study subjects. Also alton mentioned to get spirulina to help learn better? so i need to look out for that.
Here is a link to follow as well. Its about a guy who also went through this and blogged his experience.
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/polyphasic-sleep/
This is to be edited as the day progresses.
First off, I was first inspired and introduced to this idea when I was reading the book "The Game" by Neil Strauss then later reintroduced to the idea by my friend Alton. I have been wanting to do it but never found the time to do it due to highschool, girlfriend, family or life in general. Perhaps the start of the school semester isn't a great time to start this self experiment, but I'm trying it anyways.
What made me start today was because last night I fell asleep around 9:00pm, and woke up 5 hours later at around 2:00. Wide awake, I contacted my friend Andy and caught the end of his party. After we disbanded, I got the idea of trying polyphasic sleep. (well actually, i thought about doing it the day before but totally failed.) So for about an hour, I created my sleep schedule around my classes. Conveniently when I got that sorted out on Excel, it was time for my first nap (6:15am).
So I set my alarm to 6:45 and tried to sleep. I actually had a hard time sleeping and didnt end up sleeping til towards the end of the time period. I think I did hit REM because I do recall a dream, but I don't remember any details.
After waking up, I could feel the fatigue, and because today I have a lot of physical actives planned, I figured I need to eat a lot of food, so I head to starbucks because i have a giftcard there from the holidays. I pack my calculus books and notes and walk in the rain to the shop. I order a bagel and their strawberries and creme (I heard that had the most calories in it) and got some studying in. i headed back to campus around 8:30.
Russel called me around 9:00 because we planned to work out in the morning. Before we hit the gym we go to the dining commons to get some food. I ate oatmeal, a banana, 2 cups of water, potato thingies, and a omelet with mushrooms and ham. I saved an orange for after the workout. My main concern with this experiment is that I do a lot of physical activities, and Russel brought up that muscles need 8 hours to build and recover after a work out and the best time for that is sleep. One thing though is that during the hours when most people are sleeping I don't plan on doing anything physical and reserve that time for school study as well other self study topics.
So after the work out was time for my 2ed nap of this experiment. I fell asleep really easily and had a dream, so I was again able to hit REM. The alarm woke me up and I am feeling pretty awake. Doing some research on polyphasic sleep and found a man's blog about his day to day experience with polyphasic sleep which inspired me to create this.
M O R E T O B E A D D E D L A T E R
So after leaving for lunch, I bumped into a friend who asked if I was tired or high. So I guess my body was feeling it then. I headed to the dining commons and tried to eat as much as I could. I ended up eating pasta, bread, a banana, potatoes, and a mix of beans, chicken, and rice with cheese. Also downed 4 glasses of water. At two I headed to SAE for their "All Day Sport Event" and we then headed to a park to play. 3:00 was my scheduled time to sleep, so I had to miss the beginning half of the football game. Kris let me crash in his car so I didn't have to sleep in the rain. Although more comfortable inside, I had a hard time sleeping. Too many distractions going on - people talking, people checking to see who was in the car, checking to see if they knew who I was, and then someone's phone went off at some point. So that didn't end up going so well. I'm really looking foreword to 7:00 for my next nap. Feeling a little tired, but as long as I am active I think I can make it til 7:00.
Also I want to get a notebook to record any dreams that I have, because the last one was pretty vivid. One thing I noticed is that I am able to remember things but I'm having a hard time remembering what they are called. Could be due to the feeling of mental Fatigue. Physically I did fine. I scored a touch down in football. We'll see if the physical activity will be able to keep up in the future.
Edit again
This is my last entry for day two. Just woke up from my nap at 11:00. The 7:00 nap i fell asleep really quickly, it wasnt a problem. After I headed to SAE to hang with the friends that I made today. I made sure to eat because it was a really active day today. I got a 12 inch sub from subway, but couldnt finish it. When i first woke up, I had a hard time because i was still sleepy, but once i was out and about I was fine.
So I left around 11:00 to get my nap in, and i have to say its more of a rest than a nap. My mind was reflecting on today, planning for the future both long term and short term and processing things that I learned earlier today. Steve Pavlina states it well when he says its the mental chatter that kept him awake. My guess is that 3:00 nap I will knock out really quickly and probably hit REM. Right now I feel fine but I feel that as i get closer to 3:00 I will feel the fatigue.
Also wanted to note that my room is a total mess, I should clean that when everyone else is asleep. also need to plan to study and research some of my self study subjects. Also alton mentioned to get spirulina to help learn better? so i need to look out for that.
Here is a link to follow as well. Its about a guy who also went through this and blogged his experience.
http://www.stevepavlina.co
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