Back From Up North

4:08 p.m. July 31, 2012
So I didn’t get around to blogging yesterday after we got back at around three thirty.  I hope that that’s okay with you.  I have four days to catch you up on so what I plan on doing is releasing a big blog post tonight or tomorrow that includes my weekend.  I’ll just post what happened today. 

I woke up late at eight thirty but I was okay with that because I was fairly exhausted from the weekend.   However, I forgot about the afternoon nap until my alarm went off.  I went to bed at three and could not fall asleep.  I guess I just rested my eyes.  This might make it more difficult to stay awake tonight; we’ll see.  I really want to get running again so I might make an effort tomorrow morning.  This would help keep me on track I think.  I’m getting pretty tired of not keeping to the schedule I set up and I don’t want to call this entire experiment a fail.  I realize there have been some legitimate reasons but it’s still frustrating.  I’ll post the big one later so stay tuned.

Au Revoir For The Weekend

5:11 p.m. July 26, 2012
Yesterday and today I slept in.  I wasn’t utilizing the snooze button so that messed me up.  I did rest in the afternoon though.  Yesterday was harder to fall asleep while today there wasn’t too much of an issue.  As promised here’s a picture of the painting I finished up;

Sunflowers

This weekend I’m going up north on a fishing trip with my brother, dad and uncle.  During this time I may be able to stick with the schedule or I may not.  I don’t really have a plan going into this; I’ll just work with what happens.  So until Monday, happy sleep cycles!

Getting Back On Track, For Now

10:29 p.m. July 24, 2012
I was kind of up at five today.  It was closer to five thirty but close enough.  After a very long break from running and the discovery that it was the physical activity in the morning that made me dread waking up, I have decided that I want to start the daily runs again.  I am hopeful that I was get my lazy self up before five thirty tomorrow and be back and showered before six tomorrow.  That’s the ideal plan.

Today my afternoon nap was delayed until three o’clock because I forgot.  I found it more difficult to fall asleep and had a much lighter rest than I normally do.  I’m not worried about it at all though as tomorrow I will hopefully have returned to my normal schedule.

I'm also planning on working on a few paintings tonight as I haven't even touched one since the last update I gave.  I'll post pictures once there's something to post.

Last Double Post

This is another double post but I promise it's the last.  After this point we'll be completely caught up and we'll be moving forward.  I'd also like to apologize for the recent lack of posts; I was away this weekend.  They will be much more consistent and frequent so stay updated!

My weekend destination

1:09 p.m. July 18, 2012
Yesterday I got my afternoon nap in and everything went well.  My brother and I however took a couple friends up to our trailer and needless to say we went to bed later than my normal bedtime of 1:00 a.m.  I also woke up at eight o’clock in the morning so that I didn’t disturb them too much.  I don’t really care that I didn’t stick to my schedule yesterday as it was a one time kind of  thing. 

Right now I’m really looking forward to my nap since I’m tired physically and mentally.  It will be very nice.

3:24 p.m. July 23, 2012
I know it’s been a few days since the last time I had an update but that’s because I was away for the weekend and I’ve been pretty busy overall. I went up to Peterborough on Friday with my youth group and while I was there I didn’t get an afternoon rest period for three consecutive days.  Today, (Monday), is the first one I’ve had since Thursday.  Switching back to a regular sleep cycle is a bit odd but not too difficult.  I was just more tired earlier, that’s all.


This morning I slept in to ten o’clock.  That’s the latest I’ve slept for the entire summer and it was a bit of a disappointment but I understand that I was incredibly tired and drained after spending a weekend with over a dozen people.  Tonight I should be up until one and tomorrow I should be up at five.

Getting Caught Up

5:13 July 14, 2012
I know it’s been a few days but there hasn’t been much to report.  I’ve been sleeping in lately which sucks.  I haven’t been meaning to; I just hit the alarm button and I fall back a sleep.  I even had a shower then fell asleep after that.  I have however been able to stay up until one o’clock so that’s good to see.  Other than that there’s not really anything to report

4:30 July 17, 2012
This past week has been not very good for the sleep cycle.  That’s mainly due to the fact that in the past five days I have not had the afternoon nap for five of those days, (today is the first time I’ve had the nap).  I’m a bit embarrassed by this lack of will power but it’s not entirely my fault.  I was out on Thursday, (Niagara Falls, Albright-Knox Art Gallery), Friday and Sunday were spent with my girlfriend and Saturday and Monday I just forgot. 

I was still able to stay up until my bed time though so that’s positive.  What’s not good is that I slept in every day that I missed my rest period.  That means I was sleeping in about six hour blocks and that’s it.

Today was different though.  I woke up at 5:00 a.m. and got up half an hour later.  I also took my one hour afternoon nap.  I really hope that this is the start to me getting back on track. 

It should also be noted that I didn’t go for a run once since I was wanting to see if I hated getting up because I was running.  This was definitely the case but it meant that I also allowed myself to sleep in.

Until next time good luck with your sleeps!

I'm Back

As you can see by the previous post Allyssa can't continue the sleep cycle.  That's fine; it's not for everyone.  This means that I will be taking over the blog again after her brief stint.  I have only taken a few notes during this time frame so I will be posting a couple a day until the blog and I get on the same page.  At this time I will be doing daily or every other day posts.  I realize now that I had been blogging much too frequently.  So, here's the first post of my return;


7:34 a.m. July 9, 2012
A couple days ago I went without the afternoon sleep period and not entirely on purpose.  I would not recommend doing this for anyone out there wanting to try a new cycle.  I fell asleep before my bedtime and I was tired for much of the night.  You are able to do it but just once.  Any more than that and it becomes unhealthy.

I have had a dread of waking up.  Initially I thought that this was because I was getting up so early but now I think it’s because I knew that I had to go for a run.  So for a few days this week (including today), I won’t be going for runs.  This is just to see if that the anxiety will be gone once I don’t have to worry about running.


3:55 July 11, 2012
After having gone a few days without running in the morning I can definitely say that that the desire to not wake up in the morning was directly because of the runs.  Now I don’t really care if I wake up at 5:00 because I won’t have to be running.  This kind of sucks but it’s the truth.

Another thing that has happened is that I consistently sleep in now.  I will hit the snooze button half a dozen times and then I might doze off after my shower.  This of course is not done on purpose but it is still happening.

Allyssa's Cycle - Resignation

10:39 pm

To my disappointment I will not carry on the sleep cycle for the ten days or any time after that (for now). Here are my reasons:

1.     I have personally found it has no better effect on my tired levels than my normal 8 hour night sleep

2.     It hinders the amount I can do in the day (social wise, and waking up from the nap is difficult)

3.     My family goes to bed around 10, and work early in the morning so I have been accidentally waking them up all week.

4.     I am getting canker sores from being over tired

These reasons are all because of my personal experience, I encourage everyone to try the sleep cycle and contact Corbin about how it’s going, and maybe this blog could just be full of people’s experiences with the cycle? Just a thought

thank you for reading about my experience!

Corbin will be posting shortly about how the cycle is still working

Good luck :)