Polyphasic Sleep: Day 28
At this point, I’m going to stop guessing what my body wants from me and just go with the flow. Rather than call myself a specific sleeping label, I’m going to go to sleep when I’m tired, and be awake when I’m not. I know the difference between “tired,” “groggy,” “unproductive,” and “awake,” and since I can manage my feelings, I’ll just manage my sleep based on which category I fall into. I’ll sleep when I’m unproductive every time, I’ll debate sleeping when I’m tired, I’ll be awake when I’m groggy, and I’ll naturally not force myself to sleep when I’m awake.
Yesterday, I took two naps. One normal nap at about 11am, and then a really long nap sometime in the afternoon. We’re talking like 2 hours, maybe.
This would be consistant with Biphasic sleep, which as you’d guess is sleeping twice in a day. The author of that post says he does 4.5 hours and 1.5 hours, whereas when I’m polyphasic I do some combination of 3 hours + 3 x naps of 20 min, or 4.5 hours + 2 or 3 20 min naps.
Yesterday, I went to bed at about 10 or 10:30pm, and slept till only 2am (exactly). I beat my alarms, especially since I had them set for later, and woke up immediately.
I’m debating whether to add an exercise routine into my schedule. I think I have the time now, but not sure. If I ever have another person working on TechVi who’s based on the east coast, I’d definitely consider an exercise routine simply because I could do it without drama.
On the flipside, sadly, one thing I haven’t yet added is a regular religious study time. In my religion (Mormonism), it’s encouraged to read and study different scriptures daily, and with all this increased time awake, I’ve definitely added the ability to do the scripture study, but its somehow managed to fall out of my routine into “I don’t have time.” Let this be a lesson to anyone who’s adding time in their schedule: You’ll always have time for what you care about, and you’ll always ignore stuff you don’t prioritize. Yes, this is my self directed call to prioritization.
