--Well, first of all one must remember the tryptophan in turkey !!
--Forgot to even set alarm last night and didn't awaken til called by hospital at 730am, had to go in.
--I find that the biggest thing that "gets in the way" of this is social--there are things I like to do with friends and family. My daughter's home for the Tday weekend....and except for my being on call we're off and doing things 'round the house for the weekend.
--It is a good thing, that I have these things
. It also means that I will need to pay attention to three things, as I am thinking abt this now: 1) easy, rapid transition from free sleeping times because of various social "interruptions", back to my biphasic schedule --that should be very possible; 2) preparation and pre-planning for these sorts of occasions, best I can; 3) keeping to 90 minute cycles one way or another probably a good thing...
11/24 Friday Day 10 Nap (11/23) 530-700P; TurkeyNight 1130-730A [1:30 + 8:00hrs = 9:30hrs(!!!)/570m/6Cycles PLUS 30 min
11/23 Thursday Day 9(am) Nap (yesterday) 330-500P; Night 1115-345A
[1:30 + 4:30h = 6hrs /360m/ 4Cycles
11/20 Monday Day 7 Nap 5-630P Nightsleep (oops!) 1130-530A (didn't wake on my own, didn't hear the alarm cat didn't either ) [1:30 +6:00hrs =7:30 hrs]
11/19 Sunday Day 6 no nap: Nightsleep 11P-345A [4:45 hrs] (3~+ cycles)
11/18 Saturday Day 5 NO NAP; Nightsleep 130AM-800A [6.5 hrs]
11/17 Friday Day 4 Nap 4-450P awakened by early arrival of one guest: Nightsleep 1230P-7:30AM [:50 + 7hrs=7:50hrs, but freesleeping, pretty much]
11/16 Thursday Day 3 Nap 615-745P; Nightsleep 1115P-345A [1:30 + 4:30 hrs=6hrs]
11/15 Wednesday Day 2 Nap ("Nap") 800-1100PM then to bed
Nightsleep 1130-345AM---3:00hrs + 4:15 hrs//Total: 7:15hrs
11/14 Tuesday Day 1 Nap (++) 730-1030PM---3:00
Nightsleep 1130-400AM---4:30hrs// Total: 7:30hrs
11/13 Monday Start, with first Nap) 630-800PM---1:30hrs
Nightsleep 1130-400AM--4:30hrs total ending in am: 6hrs
90 min Cycles: 1=1:30hrs; 2=3:00hrs; 3=4:30hrs; 4=6:00hrs; 5=7:30hrs
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Originally Posted by David Hausladen  Biphasic Sleep, Day 6
I've been having trouble getting to sleep quickly in my core sleep, and I've been thinking that I need to add some time to the beginning of each sleep period so that I actually sleep for the right durations in each sleep period. I'm thinking I'll actually keep the sleep periods the same but add a 30-minute block of reading-in-bed time before each of them. This will ensure that I can fall asleep quickly every time. And if I fall asleep early for a sleep period, it won't be as harmful as falling asleep late (falling asleep up to 30 minutes early means I wake up within the first 30 minutes of a new sleep cycle—Stage 1 and 2 sleep—which is much easier than falling asleep up to 30 minutes late and waking up in the last 30 minutes of a sleep cycle—Stage 4 sleep and REM sleep.
I need to post my logs earlier in the day; I've once again passed my scheduled bedtime (doh!). I'll schedule my sleep from 2am to 5am for tonight to stick with the "90-minute multiples" rule (plus, of course, the new 30-minute reading-in-bed period from 1:30am to 2am). |
I do this, David, most of the time and I think it's real good. Also helps to make sure I get to bed on time to aim a little earlier. Trying to hit 11:15PM for sleep as close as possible, give or take a little.
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Originally Posted by JoeBlogs I overslept badly today due to staying out until very late last night. I'm going to resume my biphasic sleeping from tonight. |
And just like my experience, I think this is really natural. We are social beings and there are other things which "get in the way". We don't really want to be automatons do we?
So finding out the best way to have the best of both worlds seems the thing to do.