Alright, this is my sleep schedule: |
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This will be my second time trying Everyman, but this time I'm going to adjust to it and stay on it. The last time was towards the end of the semester, and I didn't have enough time practically to adjust to it. But its still the beginning of the semester, and I intended on going for it again, so here I go... |
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Alright, this is my sleep schedule: |
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Hey there, good luck! I've thought about doing it but then decided I would get bored easily at night because all I'd be able to do was homework, reading and watching movies. I guess it would be awesome for exam studying though. I might do it then... |
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Well, I'm a music major so I'll be able to get in as much cello practice as I want lol, but after I'm adjusted I'll also use it for reading and homework. And to just generally chilling out from things. But I'm a somewhat night person already and enjoy being up at night, and I can also use any extra time possible to focus and center myself more. I also feel like the Everyman polyphasic sleep cycle is right for me, and in the short term it feels like I'm functioning better on it. I'll have to see in the long term how it is. |
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Yesterday went well, except for my last nap. I went to sleep at about 1:40am and overslept through my phone alarms to about 4:30am. and I was doing so well up to this point, so I felt disappointed that I didnt wake up after 20 minutes lol. My phone wasn't set at the highest volume for the alarms, so that might've had something to do with it. I was also sleeping on a really comfortable couch, and the lights were off. I'm thinking that my 20 minute naps should at least be in low-lighting, if not all the way on so I don't oversleep. Perhaps I was just too comfortable in that room too lol. |
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Day 5 (continued) |
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I accidentally fell asleep after my core sleep this morning, and because of that I slept four extra hours. Now it seems like having this much sleep (7 hours) is unnecessary lol. I feel more centered on Everyman (four hours of sleep) than I do from oversleeping this morning. Overall I feel pretty adjusted, but I'm still giving myself another week or so of just focusing on making my naps before I start to utilize these extra hours. Even though it seems like I'm pretty much adjusted, I don't want to stress out my body/mind in case I'm not. |
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Day 13 |
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I'm interested in trying a schedule like this when I go off to college. I already know what I'd do with the free time. I've heard of a few success stories with this and they seemed very energetic after the process of adjusting. Has the intensity of your dreams been increased at all? I would think that squeezing that much sleep into naps would really boost the vividity. |
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For me personally I havn't had recall at all from my 3-hr core sleeps, and skipped my noon nap yesterday and that completely messed me up and caused me to sleep in lots this morning. But, every time I go from Everyman back to sleeping more than 5 hours at once, I always have extremely vivid dreams. If and when I adjust completely to Everyman, then I will see how my dreams are affected. Right now its my 15nth day of attempting Everyman, and these past few days have been met with successes as well as mistakes. I think I know now why it takes longer to adjust to Everyman than Uberman, because with Everyman you still have somewhat of a core sleep which determines a sense of "day" still, whereas Uberman seems like it forces you to immediately adjust you to the six 20-minute naps. |
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Ok, so I didn't sleep at all last night (and today is also day 18 of everyman, I put down the wrong number yesterday) and I'm feeling fine so far lol. But I feel kinda like this right now: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcY7m6AuqJA . So yeah, we'll see how today goes. Plan on taking my naps at the normal times. |
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So, I deviated a ton from Everyman last week, and at the moment I am trying to stick as closely to it as possible. Realistically I've been able to gain hours to my day, but its difficult sticking to the naps because of either school obligations or hanging out with friends. But for the sake of experimenting with Everyman, it can work, but it takes work to maintain. |
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My last post is ironic now, because I've decided to discontinue "Everyman", but still sleep somewhat polyphasically. And I miss dreaming, and will post later why I've decided to discontinue it. Its not that I've "crashed" or burned out, but I've definitely gotten too far off track. And also, like another polyphasic sleeper has said, the rest of the world is not on polyphasic sleep. |
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This has been my second attempt at doing Everyman, and its certainly been more consistent than last time, and I've been able to get a better feel for it and its implications for the long-term. But there are factors in my living situations that make it difficult to maintain Everyman, as well as by missing naps it greatly affects me. These factors include: |
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Last edited by Neo Neo; 10-02-2010 at 07:59 PM.
I've actually gotten sick with something (supposedly upper respiratory and sinuses) and have had it since Sunday, so not sure if its related to Everyman or not. I was around sick people before so thats why I'm confused as to why I've gotten sick now. There have been significant weather changes lately, and I was around another of my friends who was sick, so maybe thats it. I just know switching back from Everyman has been one of the biggest changes, so maybe the lack of sleep is contributing to my immune system crashing, but hopefully it'll pass within the next couple days. |
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I have still been on monophasic sleep, and just now getting completely better. Turns out I had some form of bronchitis and fever, and on a couple inhalers now so I've gotten a ton better the past few days. It seems like it could have been a combination of things that made me sick, although I won't rule out the possibility of a shock my body went through suddenly going back to monophasic. And I did not tell the doctor I went from polyphasic back to monophasic or that I was changing my sleep schedule, but I did say that I was not getting very much sleep due to stress (because it was the campus doctor and I did not want to get lectured on why polyphasic sleep is bad for you/doesn't work) and they got really "Oh no, that's not good, you need sleep!" type of attitude. |
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I've gotten over my sickness and so I feel fine again, except that I'm having trouble feeling awake enough and getting enough sleep . But, I've definitely moved back to monophasic, and although I'm struggling to get enough sleep again, the trade-off is that I don't have to worry about oversleeping during naps anymore. Relying on 20-minute naps is intense when its the only sleep you are getting, so its been nice not having to focus on making all these naps. Think I have other issues and factors influencing why I'm so tired during the day, and Everyman (or any other polyphasic sleep schedule) is not the answer for me. |
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