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Originally Posted by Sam988  1. While i can have this sleeping schedule easily during weekdays, in weekends it might be hard to hold the habit (friday and saturday). Sometimes i'll only go sleep at around 4am in the weekend. Assuming i've already established an habit, can i easily go back to biphasic sleeping on the weekdays?
2. In the first 21 days of developing the habit, what if i screw it for one or two days like sleeping later than i should for core sleep or sleeping too much (i have this problem, i turn the alarm off without noticing it)?
I know that every person has slightly different sleeping needs so i would only know the answer for these questions by trying it for myself, but i would appreciate some insight or similar experiences you biphasic sleepers have had. |
Hi Sam,
A couple of quick answers (I'm about to head out) :
1. I'm currently sleeping with a biphasic schedule for 5 days per week, and monophasic for the other two. No problem at all switching between them.
The only adjustment I make is to allow an extra sleep cycle for the monophasic days. So if you get a total of 6 hours on biphasic days, allow 7.5 hours on the monophasic ones.
2. I wouldn't worry about stuff like accidentally oversleeping. It happens to everyone occasionally, and all you can do is minimise the chance of it happening.
One distinction I made - particularly in the first month or so - is to only sleep _on_ the bed (or couch, whatever) for the nap; and _in_ the bed for the core sleep. It also seems to help to get up and move around inbetween sleeps - don't just stay in bed and grab your laptop.
Good luck, it's well worth the change.