diff --git a/content/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule.html b/content/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule.html index 3f49de9..19586c7 100644 --- a/content/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule.html +++ b/content/personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule.html @@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ 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/) diff --git a/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-2.markdown b/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-2.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca8f754 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-2.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +My second week on a [polyphasic sleep schedule][schedule] has been plagued by +unplanned sleep-ins during the core sleep. In an attempt to avoid sleeping in I +tried placing my phone (which is my alarm) at the foot of my bed to force me to +get up to turn it off. This failed though, as the first time I woke up and +turned the alarm off but then went to sleep again. The second time I apparently +slept through all three alarms. So I reverted to having the phone under my +pillow again but with an extra alarm. So there's now four alarms as as follows: +1:58, 1:59, 2:00 and 2:05. The last one uses a more obnoxious tone as well. + +[schedule]: /personal/2011/01/polyphasic-sleep-schedule/ + +On Mon I slept in 45mins and was extremely tired all day. The train trip into +work was a total battle to stay awake and the general lack of sleep was having +a negative effect on my mood. My chocolate experiment which involved having a +small amount of chocolate on the train to help me stay awake didn't work. On +Monday night whilst waiting for my train I actually fell asleep for a brief +second whilst reading on my phone. That's a somewhat disconcerting feeling. + +As a result of this I decided to tweak the schedule again so that I had a nap +before getting the train to work instead of when I arrived at work. The +adjusted schedule looks like this: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Core Sleep10:30pm -- 2am
Nap 16:30am
Nap 212:30pm
Nap 36:30pm
+ +**Note:** I snuck in an extra 30 mins in the core sleep. + +So far I've felt better on this schedule and have not had much trouble keeping +awake and being able to work on my laptop on the train trips. However the first +two days on the revised schedule saw cumulative sleep ins of almost 3 hours so +most of the benefits may be attributed to that. + +I definitely feel like my body is adapting to the regular naps. When I first +began taking them I felt like a didn't sleep or if I did it was quite shallow. +Now when I take them I fall asleep quite quickly and feel like I've been quite +deep when the 20 minutes is up. I have started dreaming in them too, which is a +sign that its working. The initial problem of waking up around 15 minutes in +has stopped as well. + +The aim for the following week is to avoid the sleep-ins. diff --git a/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-2.yaml b/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-2.yaml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eadaa0a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/personal/2011/02/polyphasic-sleep-schedule-week-2.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +--- +title: Polyphasic Sleep Schedule - Week 2 +extra: A summary of my second week on a polyphasic sleep schedule. +kind: article +section: personal +created_at: 2011-02-04 02:54:00 +keywords: +- sleep +- polyphasic +- schedule +short_url: http://bit.ly/ffm0Xp