[Minsc]

I've been trying to find a good schedule for a while(one that works with school)... I've been changing it around since school started..

-Be persistant about it...

-If you oversleep, wait until the next cycle where you feel sleepy and sleep then. (you'll probably end up skipping some cycles) Oversleeping is common so don't let it discourage you... You won't oversleep more than eight hours total in a 24 hour period so you're always better off with polyphasic in terms of time spend sleeping.

-If you aren't sleepy during a cycle, you'll oversleep sooner or later, assuming the schedule's right.

-Make your bed cold and uncomfortable(you might get used to it though).
(a cycle would be a block of time where you're supposed to be sleeping)

-You can drink some caffine... I've determined that I can drink a cup of tea for each hour after I wake up except the one right before I go to sleep. (so if I go to bed at 6AM and it's 3AM, I can drink two cups of tea; it's actually a bit more though)

-Not sitting helps. (most of the stuff I do involves the computer though so I can't really make use of this)

-You'll want something to wake you up if you dose off(I wrote some software for myself but it can fail and doesn't actually wake me up most of the time since the alarm's not loud enough).

-If you decide that you're going to sleep for just five minutes, you'll wake up two hours(more if you've just started) later wondering what happened. Although 10 minutes of rest can really help with tiredness if you aren't exhausted, just tired...

-Don't eat fatty foods before you go to sleep. They're fine more than two hours before you're about to sleep(it depends on the food though).

-Start it now unless you have a good reason not to.

-Don't listen to what everyone else thinks about it. They probably haven't done it, you're the only person who's going to be afffected by it, and you can judge for yourself wether or not it's worth it.

Also, sleeping three hours a day would double your free time if you have school.