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taylor · 12-23-2006, 09:38 PM

Thanks vuurstorm! I think we'll both get there eventually, although you may be ahead of me now after my accident.

I slept during my last few naps. I don't feel tired at all right now. Maybe my eyes are a bit tired, but I'm reading like crazy so this normal. I have no idea how to intepret feeling fine since the everything2 poster said I would be tired for the next two days after oversleeping. Perhaps it will hit me later. Perhaps we're just different.

I've discontinued my Enya habit for the moment, simply for the fact that it takes up more time.

Since starting this schedule and going back home for the break, I've gone from spending 99% of my time with other people, to spending something like 10% with others. Fortunately, I'm one of those people who are fine either in groups or by themselves. I actually kind of like the change of pace. After the first night of not sleeping I understood Steve's thoughts on the passage of time being continuous now, instead of clumped into days. Actually, I found it amazing that I could just say, "no" to sleep, and the body obeyed.

I rented Taxi Driver and watched it with my family. I had to leave before the ending to take a nap. I came back 25 mins later to finish it up. It wasn't that big of a deal. I still got to share 90% of the movie with my family. I wasn't about to stop the movie so that we could watch the very end together. We even talked about it later when I finished. I remember Steve listed this hassel as a reason he quit. Uh, not even a big deal. He also listed how he liked natural sunlight to work in, instead of fluorescent, so perhaps Steve's a little sensitive.

The biggest downside I see this as potentially having is putting a hassel on others. I'm already a vegan, which is quite a hassel in having group meals with family members. Depending on how flexibile this turns out to be for me, polyphasic sleep might be another hassel to deal with when going out and doing stuff. But giving up 5 hours of life a day for this? I'll reserve my judgment for later, but it sounds crazy to give that up.

12-23-2006, 09:38 PM	#194 (permalink)
taylor Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 50	Thanks vuurstorm! I think we'll both get there eventually, although you may be ahead of me now after my accident. I slept during my last few naps. I don't feel tired at all right now. Maybe my eyes are a bit tired, but I'm reading like crazy so this normal. I have no idea how to intepret feeling fine since the everything2 poster said I would be tired for the next two days after oversleeping. Perhaps it will hit me later. Perhaps we're just different. I've discontinued my Enya habit for the moment, simply for the fact that it takes up more time. Since starting this schedule and going back home for the break, I've gone from spending 99% of my time with other people, to spending something like 10% with others. Fortunately, I'm one of those people who are fine either in groups or by themselves. I actually kind of like the change of pace. After the first night of not sleeping I understood Steve's thoughts on the passage of time being continuous now, instead of clumped into days. Actually, I found it amazing that I could just say, "no" to sleep, and the body obeyed. I rented Taxi Driver and watched it with my family. I had to leave before the ending to take a nap. I came back 25 mins later to finish it up. It wasn't that big of a deal. I still got to share 90% of the movie with my family. I wasn't about to stop the movie so that we could watch the very end together. We even talked about it later when I finished. I remember Steve listed this hassel as a reason he quit. Uh, not even a big deal. He also listed how he liked natural sunlight to work in, instead of fluorescent, so perhaps Steve's a little sensitive. The biggest downside I see this as potentially having is putting a hassel on others. I'm already a vegan, which is quite a hassel in having group meals with family members. Depending on how flexibile this turns out to be for me, polyphasic sleep might be another hassel to deal with when going out and doing stuff. But giving up 5 hours of life a day for this? I'll reserve my judgment for later, but it sounds crazy to give that up. Last edited by taylor; 12-23-2006 at 09:40 PM.