diff --git a/content/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule.html b/content/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule.html index 28d3673..e7fc11a 100644 --- a/content/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule.html +++ b/content/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule.html @@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ Updates * [Polyphasic Sleep Schedule - Week 1](/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-1/) * [Polyphasic Sleep Schedule - Week 2](/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-2/) * [Polyphasic Sleep Schedule - Week 3](/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-3/) +* [Polyphasic Sleep Schedule - Weeks 4 & 5](/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-weeks-4-5/) diff --git a/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-weeks-4-5.markdown b/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-weeks-4-5.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7d4f97 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-weeks-4-5.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +The end of week five on my [sleep schedule][schedule] marks the completion of +one month on the schedule and one week with only a single minor sleep in. + +[schedule]: /personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule/ + +The fourth week was much like those prior to it. On schedule for a while then +a big sleep in. [Matt] suggested that it was time to make a change otherwise +this pattern would continue forever. The proposed solution was a second alarm +device out of reach, thus forcing me to get up. This had the added +psychological hack of not wanting to disturb Amanda and therefore providing +more motivation to get up and stop the second alarm before it goes off. + +[Matt]: http://twitter.com/#!/matthewfallshaw + +As mentioned earlier the out-of-reach alarm has been a success. I've been up +at 2am everyday since I started using it. The only sleep-in encountered since +adding the second alarm was after my first morning nap one day. I now use the +out-of-reach alarm for that nap as well. + +I certainly feel like I'm adapting to the schedule. The last two days haven't +taken long at all to shake off the tiredness at 2am. During the day I'm +usually only tired as a nap approaches. There are still some extreme tired +moments though. The train continues to see me fighting to stay awake, +particularly the morning trip. In general my body feels physically tired. Its +one thing to be able to stay awake and be functional at work but another to +feel energetic riding my bike to the station. + +Around the middle of this week I was very close to giving up the schedule. +Partially because of how I felt and also because of a planned night out on +Sat, in which my core sleep was right in the middle. Working the schedule +around late nights or the odd party is going to be one of the trickiest +things. This particular night has been cancelled so I'm remaining on the +schedule for now. I hope to see further improvements in tiredness and energy +levels in the coming week. Having been in a state of tiredness for the past +month there are times when I just want to have a nice long sleep and feel +fully normal again. However then I think about the huge amount of extra time +I'm getting and don't feel like giving that up. + +The aim for the coming week is to continue to stay on-schedule and to +hopefully see further improvements to my adaptation. diff --git a/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-weeks-4-5.yaml b/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-weeks-4-5.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc9dcda --- /dev/null +++ b/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-weeks-4-5.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +title: Polyphasic Sleep Schedule - Weeks 3 & 4 +extra: A summary of my fourth and fifth weeks on a polyphasic sleep schedule. +kind: article +section: personal +created_at: 2011-02-25 04:38:00 +keywords: +- sleep +- polyphasic +- schedule +short_url: http://bit.ly/gpMpvE