Day12 (nap7)

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Day12 (nap7)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

10:23 PM

Light, and fluffy, followed w/ a good dose of refreshing psychological time-extension. That's how this nap was. I ended up falling asleep fairly quickly, and then progressing easily through to what I believe was REM sleep. Obviously, I must be getting some amount of REM to be functioning as I am these days, but I still don't have a solid method for proving when I get it. Of course, I could simply use dreams, but that's still not seeming very reliable for me. Maybe I'm just being dumb about it though. At any rate, I'm hopefully gonna go do some late-night shopping at HEB (much better produce than Walmart). After that, I'll take nap1 of Day13. Finally, after that nap, I will hopefully move to writing a descriptive about the sunset today (it was amazing) and my homework. Ah, yes, even Seniors in college have homework, sad as we are to have to admit such a thing.  PSA:
Psychological State Analysis ( 1=low --> 5=high)

Feeling of "Tiredness"	2
Hunger	3
Clarity of thoughts	5
Willingness to exercise	3
Willingness to write	4
Memory recall ability	5
Awareness of surroundings	5
Feelings of anxiety	2
Calmness	2
Frequency of odd thoughts	1
Errors of mind/typing	2
Schedule Adherence	4
Productivity	3
Hydration Level	4

Day12 (nap5-6) -skipped-

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Day12 (nap5&6) skipped

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

8:47 PM

Not much to this one; I skipped 2 naps, because I had a lot of stuff going on & didn't have time to sleep. Given that I have 3 extra hours from the ill-conceived Everyman attempt, I feel like fine. Just a  little while longer 'till nap7, as the final nap of the day. Then, I'll put up a real log/report.

Day12 (nap4)

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Day12 (nap4)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

10:37 AM

No sleep during this nap period, but it restful. I definitely shouldn't have been greedy earlier on N3. I've learned my lessons though haha… No everyman, and don't be greedy about dreams. PSA:
Psychological State Analysis ( 1=low --> 5=high)

Feeling of "Tiredness"	2
Hunger	2
Clarity of thoughts	5
Willingness to exercise	2
Willingness to write	4
Memory recall ability	5
Awareness of surroundings	4
Feelings of anxiety	2
Calmness	2
Frequency of odd thoughts	1
Errors of mind/typing	1
Schedule Adherence	5
Productivity	2
Hydration Level	3

Day12 (nap3) back on uber

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Day12 (nap3) real update

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

8:24 AM

Haha, ok so this was pretty ironic. When I laid down to take this nap I wasn't sure what to expect. What I ended up experiencing was AMAZING. I fell asleep very quickly, and slipped into a dream. It wasn't just a dream-state, or anything like that; it was a full-blown dream, which means… REM sleep!!! Ok, so I ended up finishing that dream (probably in ~7minutes, which felt like hours) only to briefly wake up, fall back asleep, and… Another dream! This was totally unexpected, and I don’t even remember the dreams, but it was awesome nonetheless. Definitely seems like my body is saying "uberman is better than everyman!"  PSA:
Psychological State Analysis ( 1=low --> 5=high)

Feeling of "Tiredness"	1
Hunger	1
Clarity of thoughts	5
Willingness to exercise	2
Willingness to write	4
Memory recall ability	5
Awareness of surroundings	5
Feelings of anxiety	2
Calmness	4
Frequency of odd thoughts	1
Errors of mind/typing	2
Schedule Adherence	3
Productivity	2
Hydration Level	4

I was dumb and decided to try for 3 dreams, after my alarm went off, so I reset it for ~15minutes. This just led to slight drowsiness, and obviously not following schedule correctly.
Also---> I LOVE how, while following uberman scheduling, waking up is a pain in the ass, but after waking up I quickly become more energetic until about 30min before the next nap. It's like the nap is revving up my body's engine as opposed to just charging a battery and hoping it doesn't die out too quickly.

Day12 (mini-update) -everyman=no bueno-

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Day12 (mini-update)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

6:58 AM

Ok, so it's almost 7am, which means I've only been up for ~2hrs since my 5am nap. Eff this! I'm going back to Uberman Right Now! Switching to Everyman was bs! I'm just about as tired right now as I sometimes am in the 2am-6am range on Uberman. Seriously, this was a bad idea. I'm taking my Nap3 30min's late, but other than that I'll be back on schedule. Just consider the stupid experimentation with Everyman as an unintended 3hr oversleep. That's still not much of an oversleep, but at least I know that on Uberman, that'll translate to about 1 whole day of amazing cognitive ability. I'll suffer from it a bit on the psych. Level, but that's something that can be easily overridden.

Day12 (nap2-3) -alt. core=

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Day12 (nap2-3) -alt. core-

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

5:57 AM

    This nap is somewhat difficult to categorize, but essentially I slept from 2am-5am (3hrs) as an Everyman "core" sleep period. I've decided that, if I stick w/ this Everyman method, I will be following a 3hr core + 3naps structure. That will provide me with a solid 4hrs sleep every day, which is still a significant cut from what most people receive (we Americans are true sleep-whores). The "ALTERNATE" schedule can be seen on the Home Page of this blog.
    Just over a week ago, I would have typically gone to sleep around 11pm or midnight, just to wake up at 8am or even 10am. So, 4hrs of sleep, as compared to 8 or 10hrs, is a real difference, and one that I hope to be proud of. During the next few days, as I'm testing out the "Everyman" schedule, I urge any1 following the experiment to submit any ideas about this change.
    I know that Everyman is, in some regards, easier than uberman, in that it is more forgiving if you shuffle nap-times around. I have also heard, though, that to be fully adapted to an Everyman schedule can take upwards of 2months. If this is the case, then look forward to seeing fewer and fewer blog updates.
    However, my ultimate goals are for Everyman to springboard me to an even easier Uberman adaptation. If, after a couple days on Everyman, I see no significant difference in feelings or the ever-acclaimed PSA charts, I will revert back to Uberman adaptation and continue where I "left off."
    And with that light mention of them, let us turn our attention to this nap's (core) PSA chart:
Psychological State Analysis ( 1=low --> 5=high)

Feeling of "Tiredness"	2
Hunger	4
Clarity of thoughts	4
Willingness to exercise	2
Willingness to write	4
Memory recall ability	5
Awareness of surroundings	4
Feelings of anxiety	2
Calmness	3
Frequency of odd thoughts	2
Errors of mind/typing	2
Schedule Adherence	4
Productivity	2
Hydration Level	2

Aha, there's something I didn't consider when looking at switching to Everyman. Hydration levels are going to drop, due to the extended amount of time (3hrs) that I am actually asleep. This may not seem like a big deal, and it probably isn't, but I do find it interesting to look at.

Day12 (nap1)

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Day12 (nap1)

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

1:11 AM

Nap1 ended w/ a level of distress that I'm noticing all too frequently these past few days. I am extremely tired still, and I believe I will switch to "everyman" and simply do a core sleep from midnight-3:30 or so. Actually, I have a better idea. I already have a nap from 12:30am-1am, so I'll continue that one. Following that nap however, at 2:00am, I will begin a 3hr core-nap. This means that I will then be getting up at 5am, which is fine by me. That will allow plenty of "awake" time still, and then I'll keep Naps(4,6, and maybe 7). That would be ~4hrs of sleep every day (3hrs core + 3x(20min. Naps). I think that should be reasonable, but I'll test it out here soon and see if it's really viable. PSA:
Psychological State Analysis ( 1=low --> 5=high)

Feeling of "Tiredness"	4
Hunger	2
Clarity of thoughts	4
Willingness to exercise	2
Willingness to write	4
Memory recall ability	5
Awareness of surroundings	4
Feelings of anxiety	2
Calmness	4
Frequency of odd thoughts	1
Errors of mind/typing	2
Schedule Adherence	4
Productivity	3
Hydration Level	3

Oh, and I started writing a true journal. It's not going to be posted, so don't count on seeing it.