http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/02/polyphasic-sleep-20/ Personal Development for Smart People Fri, 16 May 2008 08:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/02/polyphasic-sleep-20/#comment-10443 Jussi’s Abridged Universe » Blog Archive » Why why polyphasic? Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:02:33 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/02/polyphasic-sleep-20/#comment-10443 [...] Some say they really like sleeping and thus won’t consider going polyphasic. I’m not saying sleep isn’t an enjoyment, but despite that the statement often has flaws. Many of those people don’t sleep enough and are constantly tired and stressed. That enables them to seemingly enjoy sleeping more - the greater the tiredness, the greater the pleasure of getting rid of it. Polyphasic sleeping would give them more time and therefore reduce stress and increase the amount of time available for recreation. Update: Steve Pavlina, a widely-known polyphasic sleeper, writes in his blog that he’s experiencing time dilation, i.e. naps feel a lot longer than they actually are. Another reason for even the most fanatic sleep enthusiasts to try polyphasic. I’ve even been asked “why I’m a masochist”. Apparently the person in question didn’t understand why I was ready to go through the difficult and exhausting adaption period to achieve polyphasic sleeping. Now where does your life go if you’re not ready to go through any difficulties to achieve something? I found it hard to believe the person had gotten herself a university-level education with that attitude. [...] […] Some say they really like sleeping and thus won’t consider going polyphasic. I’m not saying sleep isn’t an enjoyment, but despite that the statement often has flaws. Many of those people don’t sleep enough and are constantly tired and stressed. That enables them to seemingly enjoy sleeping more - the greater the tiredness, the greater the pleasure of getting rid of it. Polyphasic sleeping would give them more time and therefore reduce stress and increase the amount of time available for recreation. Update: Steve Pavlina, a widely-known polyphasic sleeper, writes in his blog that he’s experiencing time dilation, i.e. naps feel a lot longer than they actually are. Another reason for even the most fanatic sleep enthusiasts to try polyphasic. I’ve even been asked “why I’m a masochist”. Apparently the person in question didn’t understand why I was ready to go through the difficult and exhausting adaption period to achieve polyphasic sleeping. Now where does your life go if you’re not ready to go through any difficulties to achieve something? I found it hard to believe the person had gotten herself a university-level education with that attitude. […]

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