Hmmmmm.....Another oversleep through the night maybe due to late nap...didn't set alarm...blizzard here, different sort of day with inter-town travel, later return, nothing real dramatic...
I've redone my log to highlight "proper sleep" days by separating them spatially from days with oversleep or skipped naps, etc. Please let me know if for any reason the posts are too long in regards to scrolling, etc. (I don't think so....
) I would log this anyway and I'm just putting the log here "on request" in case it might be helpful to others.
The spread is interesting as I mentioned yesterday. Perhaps all that is minimally needed for the improvement in energy (for me right now?? or more generally///) is regular periodic "proper sleeping"...I'm using this shortcut term to mean--
------sleeping in 90 minute cycles (or naturally modified sleep stage cycles, heralded by spontaneous awakening earlier than 90 min), with a biphasic 24 hr sleep cycle distribution----- WOULD YOU MODIFY THIS DEFINITION IN ANY WAY ???
I'm still going to see what I can do to lengthen the number of sequential days with "proper sleep" and see what effect that has on daytime energy as well as regularization of sleep pattern.
David--I see we are having similar experiences in our planned sleep cycles going haywire for various reasons. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it's interesting to see how little control we seem to have, isn't it? Do you have some ideas about what the major factors are that contribute to this disruption in well thought out plans??
Scott--(is that a good name for you ?
?, or shall I add the Bird?) I have found exactly the same thing, for both naps in the living room, even with family around and night sleeps, I just nod right off, while earlier on, I had the same situation as you describe, I'd go for sleep and lie there waiting for it to happen. (I miss my reading time, have to put it in elsewhere since I always have a book going...but the sleep effects are interesting)
I think there are fascinating subtleties to all this...
good day!
Ati
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Day 17 12/1 Fri Nap 8:30-10P//1:30+6:00=7:30hrs/5Cycles OVERSLEEP
Day 16 11/30 Thurs Nap 1:30 + 4:30 =6:00hrs/4Cycles
Day 15 11/29 Wed Nap 1:30 + 4:30 = 6:00hrs/4Cycles
Day 14 11/28 Tues Nap 630-8P//1:30+6=7.30hrs/5CyclesOVERSLEEP?ETIO?
Day 13 11/27 Mon Nap 6-730P//1:30+4:30=6:00hrs/4Cycles
Day 12 11/26 Sun XXX
Day 11 11/25 Sat Nap 12N-130P//1:30 + 4:30 = 6:00hrs/ 4Cycles
Day 10 11/24 Fri Nap 530-700P// 1:30 + 8:00hrs = 9:30hrs(!!!)/570m/
6Cycles+30m OVERSLEEP ??TURKEY???
Day 9 11/23 Thurs Nap 330-500P//1:30 + 4:30h = 6hrs /4Cycles
Day 8,7 11/22,21 Wed, Tues XXX
Days 6 11/20 Mon Nap 5-630P//1:30+6:00=7:30 hrs OVERSLEEP
Day 7 11/19 Sun NO NAP//0 + 4:45 hrs (3~+ cycles)NO NAP
Day 6 11/18 Sat NO NAP//0 + 6.5 hrs NO NAP/OVERSLEEP
Day 5 11/17 Fri Nap4-450P//:50+7=7:50hrs/5Cyc/InterruptedNap,OVERSLP
Day 4 11/16 Thurs Nap 615-745P// 1:30 + 4:30 hrs=6hrs/4Cycles
Day 3 11/15 Wed Nap 800-1100PM// 3:00hrs + 4:15= 7:15hrs OVERSLEEP
Day 2 11/14 Tues Nap 730-1030P//3:00+4:30=7:30hrs/5Cycles OVERSLEEP
Day 1 11/13 Monday Nap 630-800PM---1:30+4:30=6hrs/4Cycles
90 min Cycles: 1=1:30hrs; 2=3:00hrs; 3=4:30hrs; 4=6:00hrs; 5=7:30hrs
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