Day1 (nap4)

Nap4

Saturday, September 12, 2009

10:57 AM

This nap was from 10:00am-10:30am. Using the iTouch, by putting it FAR away from bed (by my cpu) was a very good idea. I was actually mostly able to fall asleep, despite having overslept earlier and had breakfast only 1hr before napping. Aside-Many ppl claim that you should eat at least 2hrs before napping to receive optimal sleep ( meal > 2hrs before nap = good nap). So technically I "broke" that rule, but it worked out (also I was starving from staying up all night). That's another good thing about polyphasing (the act of polyphasing sleep i.e. "googling") though; I get to eat a few hundred more calories b/c my body is active longer. This will especially be true if I begin taking walks after waking, or a stricter exercising regimen.

Psychological States ( 1=low --> 5=high)

Feeling of "Tiredness"	2
Hunger	1
Clarity of thoughts	4
Willingness to exercise	2
Willingness to write	3
Memory recall ability	4
Awareness of surroundings	3
Feelings of anxiety	2
Calmness	3
Frequency of odd thoughts	1
Errors of mind/typing	1
Schedule Adherence	4
Productivity	3

It may be interesting to use the Psych. States data and compare certain markers as it relates to times of the day. For example, maybe I will find that "Schedule Adherence" significantly increases during the day, but drops dramatically at night (a hypothesis I worry about).