 Day 6, Saturday May 16th
Friday Dinner, 6:00pm - Bean Soup, toast
Rhubarb Crisp/Ice cream at 8:30
Started to get sleepy a little after 9. This seems to be pretty normal. I'm usually not doing anything too important from 9-10 anyway. But some weeks I'll have 9:00 softball games, which will be interesting...maybe a nap later in the afternoon.
Core sleep - 10:00pm Friday night - 2:40am, 4.5hours. or so. Needed alarm.
Exercise - 2.3mile jog. Toast/juice for Breakfast... ok and a little rhubarb crisp.
Lunch, 12:00 - Chicken and sticky rice and a Brat.
Nap - 2:30 - 4:10. Fell asleep pretty quick. I didn't get home until a little after 2:00 this afternoon. Felt a bit tired by that time. Layed down and read for about 10 minutes and started dozing off. So easy to fall asleep today. Slept till I woke up (no alarm for naps)...
It's now 6:00pm. I feel really refreshed now. Getting that full 90 minutes of good sleep in the afternoon makes a lot of difference. But it's historically been tough for me to stop everything and calm myself enough to take a nap. It will take some time for it to become natural, but it's already getting easier than a week ago.
Total sleep in 24 hours: 6 hours.
No drowsiness from 3-6am this morning. And no regrets that I didn't 'sleep in'...This pattern is golden. I get so much more done and don't feel any more tired than normal. In fact, I might even feel more awake from 7-9pm than I was feeling prior. The only downside that I can see is the afternoon nap when I have a full day... Scott Bird says that he is able to miss an occasional nap without noticing a difference. He's been doing this pattern much longer than I have so maybe once I build the routine (habit), that will also be the case for me.
Josh
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