Dan's Polyphasic Blog: Everyman-in-Training

Summary: Since last time, I’ve had a few slip-ups. Included are details, and my plan for dealing with them.

I dozed lightly in my chair while studying at around 21:30 on Thursday, and snapped out of it about an hour later. This has happened to me for a few minutes at a time before (after which I usually would get up and do something else), but never for so long.

Also, one morning (I don’t remember which one, actually), I got up, and was going to use the shower, like I do right out of bed every day, but my roommate was in the shower, already. So, I waited on the couch. I don’t have any recollection of any sort of break in being conscious, but when he got out, and I went to take my shower, more time had passed than I thought should have passed.

Waking up after my core sleep is also tough. I haven’t crawled back into bed to sleep, but it’s always a difficult battle. One of these days, I won’t have the willpower to fight it anymore. I have been trying slightly different core lengths, and some mornings are better than others. But I haven’t been recording this information, so I don’t really know what the sweet spot is. So, starting tonight, I’m going to start recording when I go to sleep, and how good I feel in the morning. There will of course be some trial and error in this process, since when I lie down in bed is not the exact time I fall asleep, but it should be way better than guessing at random every time .

I think in PureDoxyk’s Ubersleep book, she recommends this technique, but I didn’t think much of it at the time. She even had a table you were supposed to photocopy, or rip out, or something .

Anyway, this weekend is going to be nice and boring. Lots of time to do not very much at all. I’ll just have to be careful to schedule stuff for my nights ahead of time. (Tonight, I’m going to work on my maille some more. Believe it!)

Between being more proactive in scheduling things for nighttime, and figuring out this core length thing, I think I can reduce the frequency at which these slip-ups occur. That’s the plan for now, anyway.

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