Polyphasic Sleep Day 60

– March 26, 2011Posted in: Polyphasic Sleep

Total Sleep Time: 2 hrs 15 min

3am – 00 min

Meals

Artesian Water
1 Beer

Once again I tried to go to sleep and could not. I wish I could get this session down so it wouldn’t effect me so bad later on.

7am – 2 hrs 25 min

Meals

Artesian Water
Blue Sky All Natural Soda – Dr. Becker
Chips & organic salsa

Grr! I went to sleep fine and woke okay, but was tired. My eyes were really tired and I should have ran around the apt or took a walk or something, but instead I said, I will lay down for just a moment and bam! 2 hours later….

11am – skip

Meals

Artesian Water

I was running late with the March Madness work and so I skipped this session.

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3pm – skip

Meals

Artesian Water
3 cups of coffee
1 bowl of chips (from Main Street Coffee Bar)

I am still at Main Street. I got such a late start that I thought I would stay a little extra and enjoy my coffee.

7pm – 10 min

Meals

Artesian Water
2 cups of coffee
Chicken Fried Rice from Lambo Wok (the best Chinese food in Bay City, TX)

I fell straight to sleep. I woke via my cell phone.

11pm – 10 min

Meals

Artesian Water
3 handfuls of organic trail mix

I fell right to sleep and woke via my cell phone. It is amazing the dreams I have since switching to 10 minute naps. They always seem so epic and when I wake, I fell like surely hours and hours have pasted.

Total Sleep Time: 2 hrs 15 min

Thus ends day 60 of the Polyphasic Sleep Project and overall it was a nice day. I demonstrated today how with a solid core nap you can skip sessions if you have to. I really need to get those 3am and 7am sessions down. If I can make it through those time slots with only 10 minutes each, I am pretty sure I can make it through the day with 1 hour of sleep.

Sleep Well,

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Claudie

Posted March 27, 2011 at 2:38 PM

Wow, you’ve been doing pretty well those past days, keeping down those sleep hours. How do you feel after waking up from your 10-min naps compared to the 20-min ones? you seem to have more vivid dreams, but do you feel just as well rested?
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JD

Posted March 27, 2011 at 5:35 PM

The waking part from a 10 min nap is incredibly easy compared to any other naps I have had. The only thing I have not be able to do yet, is make it through a core time on 10 minutes only, but all my nap sessions are extremely easy compared to my 18 or 20 minute naps. I rarely ever even need my back up alarms on the 10 min naps. It is like I am so confident in them. Of course I will know more once I switch over to a 3 hour core and four 10 minute naps. Right now, I am making it on a 1 hour core, but that 1 hour core is extremely difficult. The naps are no problem, but the core is crazy hard. I just don’t want to get up and if it wasn’t for this damn goal I have I wouldn’t, lol…

So, I highly recommend the 10 minute nap over all other naps. You just need to find the right amount of core hours.

Oh, you remember, how we discussed the hassle of sleeping so many naps and stuff. Such as five or six 20 minute naps, well, ever since I switched to 10 minute naps, I don’t feel like they are a hassle at all. I mean, what is 10 minutes after all, practically nothing. Okay, I think I am done making my pitch for 10 minute naps, now it is time for you to try them and then comment about the experience so we can all know if this is actually viable or if I am just some sort of mutant…
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  Claudie
  
  Posted April 3, 2011 at 4:06 PM
  
  Yes, I remember And this 10-min thing does indeed sound pretty good. I too often waste at least another 5-15min after my nap trying to wake up my brain. Polyphasic sounds perfect to reduce sleeping time, but someone must account for all those minutes lost before and after napping The 2-hours on the Ubberman would probably end up being at least 3…
  
  I need to catch up with your blog now to see how you are keeping up with those, but I might really switch to 10-min naps after the next 2-weeks. (My exam session started, and I don’t want to experiment too much right now.)
  
  By the way: do you have any idea how taking a 10 rather than 20-min nap might affect the REM cycle?
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    Posted April 4, 2011 at 4:54 PM
    
    As for the REM cycle, it has changed now that I have been doing the 10 minute or even less naps now. At first I was waking up in the middle of the dream and they always seemed epic. Seriously, like a life time had past and I always felt I must have slept for days to have that kind of dream. It was strange waking in this state, this altered reality that seemed so very real. However, as time moved on the dreams began to not be as epic and sometimes fade right after waking. Now, it is rare that I wake in the middle of one and only really happens if I sleep less than 5 minutes. Apparently our minds just adapt.I am probably in REM sleep for only 5 or so minutes now. Once you start you will probably say, why didn’t I do these earlier. It is just so easy to sleep 10 min or less now. If I could only get the core stabilized I will be golden.
    
    Good luck on your exams