Saturday, June 30, 2012

Art Work Is Almost Done. New Cycle?


Almost done!
4:17 p.m.
I had my afternoon sleep period at 2:00 today and it went well.  I went to sleep within minutes and even though I felt a little groggy afterwards I was still refreshed.  As far as this morning went however, I was slightly tired up until about 9:00 or 10:00.  I’m not sure for the reasoning behind this as the mornings have usually been a time of alertness so far.  I don’t think that this was a sign for concern as it was only a slight drowsiness and I functioned completely fine.

This morning I got a lot of stuff done.  I did some work for my dad, I almost finished the art work that I had posted earlier in the blog and I also updated the blog a bit.  I don’t know if the sleep cycle has given me a new mentality or it just allows me to get more work done but for the amount of work that I have completed I am very satisfied.

I have no side effects to mention although I had been thinking and since this biphasic sleep cycle has gone so well and the transition has been relatively easy, I might be able to try another sleep routine later this summer.  I would like to try something that has even less rest in it.  I am thinking of the dymaxion cycle.  For information or an easy to understand graph, go here.  This cycle looks to be the most extreme as it calls for four 30 minute naps a day.  That’s a total of two hours slept a day.  Hopefully that will provide a greater challenge.

Let me know what you think of these ideas!

Another Early Morning

6:16 a.m.
I am very happy this morning.  This is because not only did I get work done last night, but I also went to bed right on time and fell asleep within ten minutes.  Then this morning I got and stayed up at 5:00 a.m., which hopefully means I am back on schedule. 

I went for a run this morning so I am also excited about that.  If anyone really dislikes the heat, like I do, but they live in a climate where they will get lots of heat all day, there’s a simple step you can take to be cooler; get up earlier.  It is much much colder early in the morning.  I am extremely happy I found this out as I am a lot more comfortable for most of the day.

Beautiful sunrise in Canada
I am still not experiencing any mental or physical side effects so that’s exciting.  I have found so far that this transition has been much easier than I thought it would have been.  I have barely been overly tired at all. 

I should have another post up after 3:00 p.m.