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The end of week five on my [sleep schedule][schedule] marks the completion of
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one month on the schedule and one week with only a single minor sleep in.
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[schedule]: /personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule/
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The fourth week was much like those prior to it. On schedule for a while then
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a big sleep in. [Matt] suggested that it was time to make a change otherwise
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this pattern would continue forever. The proposed solution was a second alarm
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device out of reach, thus forcing me to get up. This had the added
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psychological hack of not wanting to disturb Amanda and therefore providing
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more motivation to get up and stop the second alarm before it goes off.
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[Matt]: http://twitter.com/#!/matthewfallshaw
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As mentioned earlier the out-of-reach alarm has been a success. I've been up
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at 2am everyday since I started using it. The only sleep-in encountered since
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adding the second alarm was after my first morning nap one day. I now use the
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out-of-reach alarm for that nap as well.
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I certainly feel like I'm adapting to the schedule. The last two days haven't
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taken long at all to shake off the tiredness at 2am. During the day I'm
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usually only tired as a nap approaches. There are still some extreme tired
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moments though. The train continues to see me fighting to stay awake,
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particularly the morning trip. In general my body feels physically tired. Its
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one thing to be able to stay awake and be functional at work but another to
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feel energetic riding my bike to the station.
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Around the middle of this week I was very close to giving up the schedule.
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Partially because of how I felt and also because of a planned night out on
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Sat, in which my core sleep was right in the middle. Working the schedule
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around late nights or the odd party is going to be one of the trickiest
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things. This particular night has been cancelled so I'm remaining on the
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schedule for now. I hope to see further improvements in tiredness and energy
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levels in the coming week. Having been in a state of tiredness for the past
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month there are times when I just want to have a nice long sleep and feel
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fully normal again. However then I think about the huge amount of extra time
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I'm getting and don't feel like giving that up.
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The aim for the coming week is to continue to stay on-schedule and to
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hopefully see further improvements to my adaptation.
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