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eight-month reflection
Been a while! Background info My usual schedule is to have a core-sleep of 4.5 hours at night, and then 20-minute naps at around 7am, 11am, 3pm, and 7pm. If I start the core-sleep particularly early or...
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day 30
This is my last daily post of my sleep experience! In the next day or so I’ll post a ‘one-month-reflection’, and then give a day 45 and day 60 update. Again this morning I awoke without an alarm. Again...
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a partner’s perspective
From Tracy… I was not enthusiastic about the polyphasic sleep experiment. I was worried for a couple of reasons. First, I was worried that it would set Birkin apart from the rest of us. Second, I...
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one-month reflection
Some of these thoughts duplicate the information in my ‘two-week reflection‘ post. As I said then, I plan to continue this method of sleep indefinitely. I love the extra time. Some of the time I use...
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days 30 through 45
Nap-sloppiness… On Saturday, July 15, I forgot my first nap; just worked right through the 3pm target. I realized it about 5pm when my partner picked me up from work. I thought I might take a nap in...
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two-month reflection
Background info My schedule is to have a core-sleep of 4.5 hours at night, and then 20-minute naps at around 7am, 11am, 3pm, and 7pm. If I start the core-sleep particularly early or late, I’ll...
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Didn’t awaken spontaneously last night (mini-experiment score: 0/2), but the wakeup was comfortable. I’ve noticed occasional proof that the body is capable of reaching a REM state in the 20 minute naps...
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Awoke spontaneously about 35 minutes before alarm wakeup! (mini-experiment score: 1/3) I didn’t take advantage of the time; just noted that I felt fairly clear and then crawled back in bed. I think I...
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11:46:20 PM Great morning. The alarm woke me out of a deep, deep 4.5 hour core sleep at 3:30am, but after stumbling about slowly for the first 5 minutes, I was able to do two hours of computer work...
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I awoke early this morning from the core without an alarm, but decided to go back to bed. I didn’t check the time, but guess it was within the 3 to 4.5hr time-frame of this experiment in which my...
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