And just like that, it's over

My parents aren't going to let me drive until I stop trying to polyphasic sleep, saying that being ''over tired'' hinders my driving ability. Feel free to support the situation one way or another. Either way, I think I'm out. I apologize

Houston We have a Sleeper

My schedule is a very busy one, not usually allowing any set time where I can be home and in bed, or alone and in bed period, being that at around 8 – 9 o’clock I’m out and with friends. For the sake of the experiment, the weekend parties could be given up temporarily, or I could possibly take a nap at the earlier times just to get through these thirty days, however, negotiating the noon time nap might also be an issue. Napping at school is one of the more difficult things I’ve tried to do. Trying to find a private place to lay my head down in the midst of busting crowds is one of the things that innerves me quite deeply. The Library, once again is a possible solace, and chances are, I’m going to try out that venue tomorrow.

There has been a minor set back, in that I slept a total of five hours last night, having a core of 4 hours and over sleeping my nap this morning. It is a slight set back; however, I was not able to get either of my naps today. Thursday: it is the sole reason I can’t sleep at 4 o’clock every day. I have to teach guitar, across town, every Thursday by 4:30pm, as I get off school at 3:30, this leaves virtually no window of opportunity for a well placed nap until nearly seven thirty in the evening. I think this may be a little far from the normal 4:00, therefore I’m proposing moving my normally 4 o’clock nap to after supper at 5:30, or six, therefore, pushing it, but not crucifying myself every Thursday when I lay my head down to sleep. The only issue with this 5:30 nap may be Sundays, but I can’t see too many problems arising.

Soon, I’ll make a complete assessment of my schedule and start into part two of the polyphasic sleep experiment, successful time management. I’ll be making a bodied schedule of how I’ll be spending this extra time, and letting all of you know how I will be spending these extra four hours a night. I’m assuming there’ll be a lot of writing to be done, video games, ect. My physics project will definitely need some attention, as I have nearly thirty pages to write on Alcubierre’s Warp Bubble before the next two weeks are out. This’ll be hard, actually focusing my attention on the goal, but I feel like I can get there.

I’m starting to hope that my body is going to adapt sooner than later, almost a month to adapt would probably be pretty damaging, though surprisingly enough, my marks have increased since I started depriving myself of sleep. Seems a little odd hmm?

I’ll update again tonight, however, just to let you all know, the sleep is still on.

The Everyman Project Day (1.5)

It's fourth period, I'm at school, and I'm actually not all that tired. I managed to fully grasp the concept of torque in physics, and I'm about to progress to test myself in the wonderful field of calculus. If I can make it through that, I'm pretty sure I can knock over buildings.

I did a little bit more reading, and I was incredibly happy with what I saw. There's some one who did the Everyman for six months (you can find them here) and said that adapting to the Everyman was harder than the Uberman, however it was easier to be flexible once fully on the schedule. Me being a man of constant social movement, the lee-way between naps will definitely be something I take advantage of. Steve Pavlina stated that the Uberman schedule had to be moved by incredibly small increments at a time, while this very avid Everyman user agrees, he says the Everyman allows nearly a full hour before and after your supposed nap time can be allowed.

Schedule Talk

Okay, so I'm thinking about revising my schedule already. Like I said, I'm a little bit social, so I've considered maybe moving my core sleep ahead an hour. This allows me to not require the three hours sleep until possibly 1am. Giving me a larger window to party if need be, and also giving me a much more able social life. As long as I'm home by 1:30, I'll be settled in enough to sleep on the schedule. The flexibility is absolutely perfect.

Error Log

Today I ran into some problems trying to sleep at school at lunch. I can see this being a recurring issue.

a) The student council room (where my chosen nap spot would be) has a comfy couch for me to repose on, however, there is some heavy traffic around there at the beginning of the lunch break.

Possible Solution

The Library has chairs that are comfy, I may try there tomorrow. It's the perfect solace.

b) Some one pulled the fire alarm today while I was halfway through a nap. I think this is unavoidable, it's for my own good, however, I don't look to missing too many more naps on account of this in the future.

Possible Solution

Reinforce more strictly Darwin's Theories.

Final Notes

Over all it's not that bad yet. I'm looking forward to the nap after school.

The Everyman Project Day 1

Okay, so I've come to the conclusion that doing this experiment might not be as hard to handle as I thought, but then again, we're only on day 1 here.

Last night was my first night with only a three hour core sleep. Of course, it was a little difficult staying up between the end of my core sleep and the nap I took at 7:00, however, I'm sure that this is only going to get worse.

Good news about it though, is that I actually got some significant work done. I updated some of the blog layout, I watched a very intriguing move called Jerome Bixby's The Man from Earth
 and I read up on Alcubierre’s Warp Bubble. Fascinating stuff. I wanted to push myself intellectually for a couple of reasons last night.

1) To sustain wakefulness, I needed focus.

2) Nothing passes time like physics!

3) I wanted to see how well I retained memory.

Good news, I remember almost every detail about last night’s little foray into over tiredness, including the details about Alcubierre and his illogical theory on warp speed. This is a lucky factor for me as I’m still attending school, and I’m not exactly sure how I could handle not knowing things in time for tests on account of my experiment.

Another pro, I woke up from my nap this morning feeling incredibly rejuvenated. It was like I’d slept for a couple of hours. I think this might be on account of my body already triggering REM sleep just a little bit more quickly that usual. I had quite the vivid dream during the little nap! However, I’m sure this could also be on account of my just starting the experiment.

More insights to come as the day progresses!