Pulling an all-nighter into a sleep experiment probably wasn’t the best idea, and may be why I failed completely at nap #3.
From what I’ve read, the Everyman is a form of Polyphasic sleep that, in total, lets you sleep 4 hours of the day. One core sleep of 3 hours, with 3 20-minute naps thrown about during the day. Since my sleep has felt pretty crappy in the past couple of months, I decided to give it a whirl.
After waking up at around noon the day before yesterday and pushing through until 9:20 AM yesterday, I took my first nap. Felt refreshed, as I would with any 20 minute naps I’ve taken in the past. Then, I took my nap #2 at 1:40 PM.
Then, nap #3. Since it’s Thanksgiving, there was quite the turkey feast that occurred just before it. That, and the fact that I was sleep deprived for a day probably added onto the inevitability of fail to follow.
I ended up with around 6 hours of total sleep time, which isn’t bad, but isn’t great either. I guess I’ll just be easing into this whole process.
I will be keeping a sleep log, just like I log almost everything else. Still need to finish programming that online log, though…
Six Months on Everyman was a very nice post on the subject, if you want to get started.
Oh deaaar… poly-sleep looks too hookey to me. Any sleep that a simple cold can f’ you over looks annoyin’.
I’d go for a diet experiment instead