Archive for the ‘Polyphasic’ Category

Polyphasic Sleep Experiment Day 3

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

If the difference between yesterday and today is any indication, then I think I’m over the hump. There were only two times today when I felt like I couldn’t stay awake. One was during a two hour meeting at church where I couldn’t move around, speak, ...

Polyphasic Sleep Experiment Day 2

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Well, Steve was right about day 2. It was much harder than yesterday. The whole principle of the adjustment period is that by deliberately depriving yourself of sleep, your boy has to quickly adapt in order to keep up. I think that sleep-deprivation is ...

Polyphasic Sleep Experiment Day 1

Friday, April 13th, 2007

I’m not a superstitious person, but I thought it was a little odd to start something as unusual as polyphasic sleep on Friday the 13th. I considered renting a bunch of horror movies to watch while I was trying to stay up through the night, but I decided ...

Polyphasic Sleep Experiment Background

Friday, April 13th, 2007

A few weeks ago, I read about Steve Pavlina’s experiment with polyphasic sleep. Polyphasic sleep means taking short naps every few hours, as opposed to monophasic sleep, which is sleeping for one long period a day (this is what most people do). In Steve’s experiment, he slept ...