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highvoltage · 03-19-2009, 09:03 PM

I'm raising this thread from the dead. It's a good thread with lots of great information on x-phasic sleeping.

Mainly, I'm posting to this thread because I'd like to try out biphasic sleeping. Right now, I'm pretty much on a free-running schedule, but I always wake up on my own around 10:00 AM. I'll go to be whenever, but I always wake up at about the same time. That sounds great, right? Well, the problem is that I go to bed anywhere between 23:00 and 02:00 the night before, so I sleep somewhere in the range of 8-11 hours a day (usually on the high side of that).

It's a huge waste of time, so I'm going to do something about it. Starting tomorrow night, Friday March 20th, I'm going to split my sleep up into two chunks with the goal of reducing my total time spent unconscious. I'll be taking one 90 min. nap in the evening around 19:30, and one 4.5 hour core sleep from about 02:00-06:30.

Next week is my Spring Break at my university, so I'll be able to go through the adaptation phase while on break. I can't start today because of some homework/papers due tomorrow. I won't take a nap tomorrow, but I'll jump right into the 4.5 hour sleep on Friday night (early Sat. morning, really).

I need to have a place to post my progress/failures. I don't really have anyone IRL to hold me accountable, so I'll use this forum. Hopefully I can breathe some new life into this great thread, in addition to finding some kind of accountability for my own biphasic trial.

EDIT: After further consideration, I think I will start tonight rather than tomorrow night. I won't take a nap, but I'll stay up until 02:00 and get up at 06:30 tomorrow morning. Then I'll take the nap tomorrow evening, so tomorrow will be my first full day, rather than Saturday.

03-19-2009, 09:03 PM	#279 (permalink)
highvoltage Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 27	New Biphasic Log I'm raising this thread from the dead. It's a good thread with lots of great information on x-phasic sleeping. Mainly, I'm posting to this thread because I'd like to try out biphasic sleeping. Right now, I'm pretty much on a free-running schedule, but I always wake up on my own around 10:00 AM. I'll go to be whenever, but I always wake up at about the same time. That sounds great, right? Well, the problem is that I go to bed anywhere between 23:00 and 02:00 the night before, so I sleep somewhere in the range of 8-11 hours a day (usually on the high side of that). It's a huge waste of time, so I'm going to do something about it. Starting tomorrow night, Friday March 20th, I'm going to split my sleep up into two chunks with the goal of reducing my total time spent unconscious. I'll be taking one 90 min. nap in the evening around 19:30, and one 4.5 hour core sleep from about 02:00-06:30. Next week is my Spring Break at my university, so I'll be able to go through the adaptation phase while on break. I can't start today because of some homework/papers due tomorrow. I won't take a nap tomorrow, but I'll jump right into the 4.5 hour sleep on Friday night (early Sat. morning, really). I need to have a place to post my progress/failures. I don't really have anyone IRL to hold me accountable, so I'll use this forum. Hopefully I can breathe some new life into this great thread, in addition to finding some kind of accountability for my own biphasic trial. EDIT: After further consideration, I think I will start tonight rather than tomorrow night. I won't take a nap, but I'll stay up until 02:00 and get up at 06:30 tomorrow morning. Then I'll take the nap tomorrow evening, so tomorrow will be my first full day, rather than Saturday. Last edited by highvoltage; 03-19-2009 at 11:29 PM.