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Originally Posted by David Hausladen  From my experiences, I would say your comment on regular "proper sleeping" is fairly accurate: I've had plenty of energy as long as I did get the six hours of sleep, even when it was off-schedule. As I said in my Day 14 post, I still think it would be valuable to reach consistency with my sleep schedule so that my body can start making me tired at the appropriate times (and not tired at inappropriate times)--that is to say, so that my body can move my circadian rhythm to coincide with the new schedule. I think that's what a lot of "sequential days with 'proper sleep'" will do for me. In the long-term, I think consistent sleep is also important if I want my sleep cycle to eventually shorten so that I don't need so much of it. |
Same here, I'd like to see a regular schedule, both circumstantially and physiologically. It also makes sense that using both pure and simple old self discipline and "arrangement" of circumstances as much as possible is one way that a regularized sleep schedule might be accomplished for some number of days. Not easy though and we're picking a heilluva time to try that part of things
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Originally Posted by David Hausladen My guess would be that the main problem behind these disruptions is simply that the body is still working on getting in line with the timing and amount of sleep on the biphasic schedule. As you know, I had to move my nap backward to 9am because my body was still expecting most of its sleep in the morning (and almost none of it afterward). I think with time it will get easier and easier to keep on schedule--except for difficulties caused by circumstances* (severe thunderstorms, staying out way too late with friends, etc.)--as the schedule gets more and more physically ingrained. |
Seems so, we'll see. I'm starting to realize that some of my assumptions have been a bit off, most interestingly so! Example, just the tally of number of days I've actually done this in a given day compared to how I've been feeling (last post), doesn't make sense per previous assumptions...
That does call for an empiric test of most of this, doesn't it?
I am aiming for a regularized schedule just for that purpose. If it makes little difference after all, then what may be true is the 90 minute routine--It'll be interesting!
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Originally Posted by David Hausladen I think we'll see whether that theory's true as we get into the latter half of our respective 30-day trials. |
If we can do it by then !
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Originally Posted by David Hausladen * Place here an obligatory Law of Attraction-based admonition that I need to stop attracting problematic circumstances. |
Yah, in translation!
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Yesterday, weird day circumstantially, got home in time for a 530P nap, but bipped around the house and on this forum (
) til 8P, just like that! My time do fly when I'm unfocused. ("pure and simple old self discipline", where'djago??)
Interesting to consider that some of the changes we are seeing may have to do with length of time attempting/doing this.
Day 18 12/2 Sat Nap 8-930P//1:30 + 4:30 =6:00hrs/4Cycles
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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