Monophasic again
I just returned from a week-long symposium in Seattle, and I was forced to return to monophasic sleep during that period. For the first couple of days, I was doing fine with 4.5 hours a night even after I had ended the juice fast. However, as soon as the lectures started, I found it very hard to stay awake in those stuffy conference rooms. Sometimes I would leave for a 10 minute nap to keep me awake for the rest of the lecture, but I finally just gave it up and slept 11 hours one night. Even the 6 hour nights didn’t seem to be enough to keep me awake during lectures, so I just returned to complete monophasic.
I’ve been thinking that perhaps if I had gone ahead and tried the 4.5 hour core, I may have been successful. This guy seems to have been fine with a 3 hour core, although he was still somewhat sleepy at night by the time he quit. However, it was too much to risk with school work hanging on the line. I’m not sure what I’m going to do at this point as it is very important for me to maintain alertness so that I can finish all the school work I need to do. I may do the early riser thing and wake up at 5 am with an afternoon nap if necessary.
In the meantime, before I try this thing again after school finishes, I will be waiting for Stampi’s book to come in the mail. That should provide some additional insight into how this stuff is supposed to work. This whole experience has also helped me to more closely examine how I use my time and how to make more efficient use of it. I really really want to get to bottom of my procrastination because no matter how great of time management skills I may develop, I won’t get anything done if I’m still procrastinating. Steve Pavlina’s blog has been an inspiration to me beyond polyphasic sleep, and his recent article including tips on time management for college students came right on time.