9:13 p.m.
I’m reaching the evening of the first day of this experiment. I’m surprised that my body has not been excessively tired. When I first committed to this project I envisioned myself being close to unconscious for the first few days. This level of unawareness could come later though but hopefully not.
I’m experiencing the first I’ve been a little drowsy since early this morning. This could be because I had two slices of pizza for dinner and that would not give me any energy. I know as of this far my eating habits have been atrocious. My hope is that this tiredness will fade away once my body becomes used to the schedule. Otherwise I will have to include a third rest period. If I am forced to do this I will keep it as short as possible. Probably thirty minutes and around eight o’clock p.m.
Thankfully the mild body irritations I was experiencing this morning have not returned and that includes the shaky hands. I will state confidently that the shakes were due to the cold I was experiencing. Tomorrow I will wear thicker clothing in the morning and change into lighter wear once the heat kicks in.
Everything so far is going well. I just hope my body doesn’t react too badly in the next few days.
P.s. Prom is actually tomorrow night. This won’t effect the experiment too much if at all.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
After My First Afternoon Rest Period
3:01 p.m.
The first mid day nap did not go well. I went to bed ten minutes before two to give my body some time to prepare to sleep. I think I had dozed off or was at least close to sleeping when the phone rang. Five times. My mom was phoning at twenty after two but I wasn’t able to get the phone on the fifth ring. She phoned again later at three because there has apparently been a mix up with the dates for prom.
After the phone call at 2:20 I couldn’t fall asleep though I did rest. I hope that this is enough to get me to one o’clock tonight. We’ll see.
So far the adjustment has not been bad at all which is a good thing for me. Talking to my girlfriend though she believes the third day will be the hardest. This makes sense as the body will be getting increasingly tired with so little rest. My perhaps unrealistic hope though is that I maintain this level of tiredness (I’m barely tired at all) throughout the entire adjustment period.
I’m not sure if I commented again but the headache, light headedness and stomach issues all went away by noon. It’s going pretty well so far.
The first mid day nap did not go well. I went to bed ten minutes before two to give my body some time to prepare to sleep. I think I had dozed off or was at least close to sleeping when the phone rang. Five times. My mom was phoning at twenty after two but I wasn’t able to get the phone on the fifth ring. She phoned again later at three because there has apparently been a mix up with the dates for prom.
After the phone call at 2:20 I couldn’t fall asleep though I did rest. I hope that this is enough to get me to one o’clock tonight. We’ll see.
So far the adjustment has not been bad at all which is a good thing for me. Talking to my girlfriend though she believes the third day will be the hardest. This makes sense as the body will be getting increasingly tired with so little rest. My perhaps unrealistic hope though is that I maintain this level of tiredness (I’m barely tired at all) throughout the entire adjustment period.
I’m not sure if I commented again but the headache, light headedness and stomach issues all went away by noon. It’s going pretty well so far.
Second Post of the First Day
9:10 a.m.
It feels extremely odd that I have been up for four hours and normally I would have been just getting started in my first class at school. As of now it feels that I have opened my whole day up and I have an endless amount of time to do whatever I please. So far I have read, set up the blog, and watched an episode of criminal minds (I dozed off for the last ten minutes). I have been very lazy for four hours but the thing is it’s only nine o’clock in the morning; I still have my whole day ahead of me, except of course for one nap.
As I mentioned before, I dozed off for no more then ten minutes. I wouldn’t be so concerned about this except I am not tired at all. This is bad news because from about 7:00 until 8:20 I was extremely drowsy resulting in me resting for a few moments. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to stay up until 2 o’clock on the first day. Even if when switching sleep cycles you’re not supposed to be able to stay up for the nine or ten hours after the first night I count this as a loss.
The last thing to note is my hunger. Normally I have dinner at around six or seven then don’t eat until breakfast twelve hours later. That is pretty average for human’s eating habits. What I thought would happen was that my body wouldn’t get hungry until seven in the morning and I could continue to have three meals a day. This is not the case. Even though I had steak last night at six, I was extremely hungry at 5 a.m. today. And since about seven I have been starving. That’s why I am about to make some eggs for my second breakfast. I also had a banana at around six thirty but I’m counting that as my first breakfast. It appears right now that I will have to eat about five meals a day with smaller portions. The approximate times they would happen would be about 5:00, 7:30/8:00, noon, 6:00 and 10:00. I don’t mind this new meal schedule at all and if I remember correctly, many smaller meals is actually much healthier.
I’m wide awake and alert which concerns me because of my ten minute nap. I am also very hungry. My mental state appears to be fine (maybe skittish) but I just noticed now as I’m typing that my hands are shaking. I could attribute that to the fact that I’m slightly cold even with a cardigan on.
I thought about changing into pants because I was cold earlier (I never experienced being awake on purpose that early before). However, I decided against it not wanting to change outfits multiple times a day. I think that I may have to wear pants and sweaters in the morning then change into shorts and t-shirts around noon or before my second rest period.
I should have another update after three o’clock.
It feels extremely odd that I have been up for four hours and normally I would have been just getting started in my first class at school. As of now it feels that I have opened my whole day up and I have an endless amount of time to do whatever I please. So far I have read, set up the blog, and watched an episode of criminal minds (I dozed off for the last ten minutes). I have been very lazy for four hours but the thing is it’s only nine o’clock in the morning; I still have my whole day ahead of me, except of course for one nap.
As I mentioned before, I dozed off for no more then ten minutes. I wouldn’t be so concerned about this except I am not tired at all. This is bad news because from about 7:00 until 8:20 I was extremely drowsy resulting in me resting for a few moments. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to stay up until 2 o’clock on the first day. Even if when switching sleep cycles you’re not supposed to be able to stay up for the nine or ten hours after the first night I count this as a loss.
The last thing to note is my hunger. Normally I have dinner at around six or seven then don’t eat until breakfast twelve hours later. That is pretty average for human’s eating habits. What I thought would happen was that my body wouldn’t get hungry until seven in the morning and I could continue to have three meals a day. This is not the case. Even though I had steak last night at six, I was extremely hungry at 5 a.m. today. And since about seven I have been starving. That’s why I am about to make some eggs for my second breakfast. I also had a banana at around six thirty but I’m counting that as my first breakfast. It appears right now that I will have to eat about five meals a day with smaller portions. The approximate times they would happen would be about 5:00, 7:30/8:00, noon, 6:00 and 10:00. I don’t mind this new meal schedule at all and if I remember correctly, many smaller meals is actually much healthier.
I’m wide awake and alert which concerns me because of my ten minute nap. I am also very hungry. My mental state appears to be fine (maybe skittish) but I just noticed now as I’m typing that my hands are shaking. I could attribute that to the fact that I’m slightly cold even with a cardigan on.
I thought about changing into pants because I was cold earlier (I never experienced being awake on purpose that early before). However, I decided against it not wanting to change outfits multiple times a day. I think that I may have to wear pants and sweaters in the morning then change into shorts and t-shirts around noon or before my second rest period.
I should have another update after three o’clock.
Morning After the First Night
6:09 a.m. June 26, 2012
Running sucks. I thought that it would be a good way to start the day and it was. That doesn’t change that it sucks. I woke up at 5:00 a.m. right on schedule and was going to go for a run right away but it was still too dark. Instead I had breakfast and waited half an hour. Do not eat cheerio’s minutes before you go for any kind of run. That’s an important lesson.
This morning when I awoke I did not feel rested at all. I slept for nearly the entire 1 to 5 time-period with a little trouble at the start just because my body hasn’t had the need to fall asleep right away. Nevertheless, I guess that I fell asleep with twenty minutes after 1 o’clock. However, when I woke up I felt like I hadn’t gotten any rest at all. This was not a problem until just now as my head is starting to feel a little funny. It has a tinge of a headache and my head almost feels light headed. I don’t quite feel myself this morning, (I had developed a bit of a sore throat a few days ago. The physical senses being a little off might be a direct cause of having a small cold).
Last night it felt very odd making myself stay up until one o’clock when my body was telling me to go to sleep. I watched the daily show, the Colbert Report and Conan. Upon telling my girlfriend that I was in the midst of watching these, in all her subtly she texted me, “Ohhh so this sleep cycle will give you lots more time to watch tv.” This was not my intention; to watch more TV. I had just watched these shows to keep me up last night. However, she raised a question that I had to mull over; “What am I going to do with all the extra time?” I will attempt to finish as many side projects as I can. These include unfinished paintings, short stories, books I’ve yet to read and other small undertakings. So I guess that’s my goal; to have more time to complete more things.
It is now that I feel my stomach not agreeing with something. Was it the cheerio’s before my morning run? Quite possibly. It also could be messing around with me since I am messing around with my body. I will comment later.
I guess I had not told my parents about this sleep cycle as both asked me at separate times this morning why I was up. They showed some interest that I am starting a sleep cycle. I am glad that I did not wake anyone up today though as the alarm went off for a couple minutes and the shower was turned on before six o’clock.
Looking back I realize that I have not disclosed my actual schedule. It is simple and is as follows: 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. is sleeping time. 2 p.m. to 3p.m. is also sleeping time. That’s all for now. If I decide to include other activities in my schedule such as my morning runs or yard work I will write it down.
I have done minimal research so my hope is that the afternoon sleeping period is very flexible. I mean that some days I can start it at twelve and go to one or start it later at four or five. If I have to rest at one o’clock everyday then this experiment becomes very restricting.
After the first night my body feels off and uncomfortable. My eyes feel as if I have just woken up an hour and a half after I woke up. My stomach feels funny and my head isn’t doing too well either. Last night was a bit of a challenge to stay awake and I don’t feel rested. I feel as if I am running off of four hours of sleep (makes sense). As of now I am very much looking forward to my afternoon nap.
Running sucks. I thought that it would be a good way to start the day and it was. That doesn’t change that it sucks. I woke up at 5:00 a.m. right on schedule and was going to go for a run right away but it was still too dark. Instead I had breakfast and waited half an hour. Do not eat cheerio’s minutes before you go for any kind of run. That’s an important lesson.
This morning when I awoke I did not feel rested at all. I slept for nearly the entire 1 to 5 time-period with a little trouble at the start just because my body hasn’t had the need to fall asleep right away. Nevertheless, I guess that I fell asleep with twenty minutes after 1 o’clock. However, when I woke up I felt like I hadn’t gotten any rest at all. This was not a problem until just now as my head is starting to feel a little funny. It has a tinge of a headache and my head almost feels light headed. I don’t quite feel myself this morning, (I had developed a bit of a sore throat a few days ago. The physical senses being a little off might be a direct cause of having a small cold).
Last night it felt very odd making myself stay up until one o’clock when my body was telling me to go to sleep. I watched the daily show, the Colbert Report and Conan. Upon telling my girlfriend that I was in the midst of watching these, in all her subtly she texted me, “Ohhh so this sleep cycle will give you lots more time to watch tv.” This was not my intention; to watch more TV. I had just watched these shows to keep me up last night. However, she raised a question that I had to mull over; “What am I going to do with all the extra time?” I will attempt to finish as many side projects as I can. These include unfinished paintings, short stories, books I’ve yet to read and other small undertakings. So I guess that’s my goal; to have more time to complete more things.
It is now that I feel my stomach not agreeing with something. Was it the cheerio’s before my morning run? Quite possibly. It also could be messing around with me since I am messing around with my body. I will comment later.
I guess I had not told my parents about this sleep cycle as both asked me at separate times this morning why I was up. They showed some interest that I am starting a sleep cycle. I am glad that I did not wake anyone up today though as the alarm went off for a couple minutes and the shower was turned on before six o’clock.
Looking back I realize that I have not disclosed my actual schedule. It is simple and is as follows: 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. is sleeping time. 2 p.m. to 3p.m. is also sleeping time. That’s all for now. If I decide to include other activities in my schedule such as my morning runs or yard work I will write it down.
I have done minimal research so my hope is that the afternoon sleeping period is very flexible. I mean that some days I can start it at twelve and go to one or start it later at four or five. If I have to rest at one o’clock everyday then this experiment becomes very restricting.
After the first night my body feels off and uncomfortable. My eyes feel as if I have just woken up an hour and a half after I woke up. My stomach feels funny and my head isn’t doing too well either. Last night was a bit of a challenge to stay awake and I don’t feel rested. I feel as if I am running off of four hours of sleep (makes sense). As of now I am very much looking forward to my afternoon nap.
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