Life Experiment 01 - Day 4, Block 3

Well, this last block was pretty good.

My nap was excellent. Despite sleeping so much earlier in the day, I was tired about an hour to an hour and a half before my 5:30p nap. I stayed up reading the first half of "Ubersleep" which is an excellent book.

I feel even more encouraged than I did earlier, due to the fact that there really are many people out there that have no only been successful at achieving polyphasic sleep, but that some continue and it is part of their lives.

On the flipside, my extra naps and my setback sleeping in this morning may have pushed off my acclimation period. I must do whatever I can to prevent that from happening again. Ubersleep has many suggestions on what to do to stay on track, especially when Narcolepsy sets in. I'll try to put those into practice tonight. I'm not too worried about being functional for the bridal show this weekend. I could have done a bridal show pretty much any day this week, during the day.

My stats:

Sleep – 30 minutes, got up refreshed about 1 minute before my alarm went off... excellent.
Fatigue – none when I awoke, minimal towards the end of the block.
Exercise - 20 minutes on the exercise bike
4.08 miles
178 calories
31.2 carbs
Weight - 256 lbs
Water - 24 oz
Food - Chicken and Rice
Mood - Fine
Health - good
Memory - mediocre

I have less than an hour before my next nap, and the cleaners arrived which simply drove me back into the loft. I'll read further in Ubersleep before my 11:30p nap. The next 2 blocks will be important for me, as they are the hardest. I do not feel any extra refreshment from my unscheduled sleep this morning, so I fully expect to have to employ more stringent measures to stay awake. I cannot wait to get through this acclimation period, and I'm disappointed that I may have really reset my progress today. I stand as committed as ever, however. When Jimmy saw me this afternoon he wondered if the whole thing had exploded and if i was giving up, as he heard me sleeping. I can certainly understand the question. My resolve has not wavered however, and these new books are answering and clarifying and directing me much much better than the scant information I've found on the web.

To quote The Office, "When I return I hope to be a whole new person," to which all my friends and family reply, "Let's hope so." ;)