Polyphasic Sleep / Sueño Polifasico

Day 8-10 Everywoman

So I skipped a few days writing during the regrouping phase. We made it through day 8 and then lost it, the first night for only a few hours of oversleeping and the next night more.

Last night I practically had a normal night 2am to 8am. 6 hours…Ugh. I definitely lost all the hard work I put into the first week, and we were so so close.   And I also feel like I let go of the whole thing in kind of a haphazzard way.  We wanted to suggest a tip to people, if you decide to quit, make yourself last one more day before quiting because making a decision at 4am when you are in a lot of pain is not always the best idea.

The first few days back living among the humans has been great. I am altert and sharp enough to finally get down to business and do a bunch of the things I had wanted to do.  That is one thing you certainly miss in the first week of adaptation, you don’t feel like doing much and that can get very boring.  Lucas keeps laughing as he remembers me wandering aimlessly around the apartment.

I have decided to go onto a very light schedule because I so disappointed in the tails I hear about everyman…in that people sleep 3 hour core and then naps and feel tired for 1-2 months, and never really have that energy thing that Ubermen talk about.  I figure rather than be tired, go ahead and sleep 4 hour cores and use my other hours in a better way etc. I figure I will still have a lot of time, but will also feel more rested.

It would be nice to find a groove, because it would be cool to have so much extra time.  I am currently thinking about 2pm, 8pm, 2am (all for 30 min) and then a core between 4 and 8am or 8:30.  We figured this schedule would also help us, help each other get up, though I do think it might eventualy be better to put the core at 3am to 7am… but I guess it is not that different.

Lets see how she goes this time.

We are still trying to find someone on the internet who actually was able to do Dymaxion sleep…amazing that we have come up empty handed so far.  Also read about a guy that is doing triphasic.  This sounds cool…I like the idea of having three equal sleep times. I want to learn more about the sleep cycles, and how the body goes through the cycles etc.