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openeyes · 12-17-2006, 01:47 AM

The first few naps were interesting. I generally woke up after 7 to 14 minutes, remembering having had 1 to 4 dreams. I was able to stay fairly active during the day, going by the gym in the morning, cooking a couple times throughout the day, and dancing in the evening. The main challenge came around 1 to 3 am, as at that point I seemed to have little reason to still be up. My initial motivation for trying polyphasic had been simple curiosity. I could read, write, or watch a video, but there wasn’t anywhere open that I’d want to be, and I couldn’t think of anything more active. Perhaps I need to get back into video games

I then read about the “everyman sleep schedule” with a 3 hour block at night plus three 20 minute naps during the day (this one still interests me). So I set my alarm for about 3 hours and woke up after 90 feeling rested, but still had little to do. So, I’ll remember the utility of 90 minute cycles at night, and nap when I need to during the day, but for now I’ll likely sleep a bit more, just for fun. I’ll have to keep looking for something I have a burning passion for.

For the uberman schedule to be of sufficient interest, there may need to be 24 hour coffee shops, book stores, and active classes/clubs to sign up for (such as dance, toastmasters, improv, etc.). When I’m awake I prefer to be able to go out and do things or be around people, cutting down on periods of introversion. I actually have become more active in the past couple days though, just in thinking about how I could spend my time during the day. I’ve walked to areas of town I’d never seen, visiting new bookstores, coming across a coffee shop I’d heard great things about, and finally checking out the local improv comedy theatre tonight. So the experiment wasn’t a loss, as the process managed to improve my experience.

Now I’m going to have a look at Steve’s article on building passion for something, as well as actually having a go at the freewriting experiment to see what my purpose is. If I try reducing my time spent sleeping again I want to have ample energizing things to do planned out ahead of time. For now I think I’ll be quite happy to fill up the hours of my waking life with fulfilling things while also getting a good night (often 7.5+ hours) of rest, along with a short nap or two during the day

Best of luck to all in your experiments.

12-17-2006, 01:47 AM	#165 (permalink)
openeyes Family Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,629	The first few naps were interesting. I generally woke up after 7 to 14 minutes, remembering having had 1 to 4 dreams. I was able to stay fairly active during the day, going by the gym in the morning, cooking a couple times throughout the day, and dancing in the evening. The main challenge came around 1 to 3 am, as at that point I seemed to have little reason to still be up. My initial motivation for trying polyphasic had been simple curiosity. I could read, write, or watch a video, but there wasn’t anywhere open that I’d want to be, and I couldn’t think of anything more active. Perhaps I need to get back into video games I then read about the “everyman sleep schedule” with a 3 hour block at night plus three 20 minute naps during the day (this one still interests me). So I set my alarm for about 3 hours and woke up after 90 feeling rested, but still had little to do. So, I’ll remember the utility of 90 minute cycles at night, and nap when I need to during the day, but for now I’ll likely sleep a bit more, just for fun. I’ll have to keep looking for something I have a burning passion for. For the uberman schedule to be of sufficient interest, there may need to be 24 hour coffee shops, book stores, and active classes/clubs to sign up for (such as dance, toastmasters, improv, etc.). When I’m awake I prefer to be able to go out and do things or be around people, cutting down on periods of introversion. I actually have become more active in the past couple days though, just in thinking about how I could spend my time during the day. I’ve walked to areas of town I’d never seen, visiting new bookstores, coming across a coffee shop I’d heard great things about, and finally checking out the local improv comedy theatre tonight. So the experiment wasn’t a loss, as the process managed to improve my experience. Now I’m going to have a look at Steve’s article on building passion for something, as well as actually having a go at the freewriting experiment to see what my purpose is. If I try reducing my time spent sleeping again I want to have ample energizing things to do planned out ahead of time. For now I think I’ll be quite happy to fill up the hours of my waking life with fulfilling things while also getting a good night (often 7.5+ hours) of rest, along with a short nap or two during the day Best of luck to all in your experiments. Last edited by openeyes; 12-17-2006 at 01:55 AM.