Carnival of Improvement January 18, 2007
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Welcome! I’ve decided to organize and host a weekly carnival that shares the same purpose as this blog - to improve the quality and success rate of all things related to personal development. Following is explained what a carnival is, what the specifics of this particular one is, how and what kind of entries bloggers can submit and why this concept benefits all people involved, from reader to submitter to organizer.
A carnival aims to collect great articles from various bloggers and put them all together in a single blog post filled with the links to the submissions. The carnival organizer decides upon what kind of entries are wanted, how often and what kind of a description there is to each article, if any. Consider a blog carnival as a place to find great content from various authors where you can find not only great insights on the given subject, but also new blogs you want to bookmark or subscribe to.
I will publish a new carnival every Thursday, which means that the deadline for all submissions is Wednesday. Entries submitted after that will be evaluated for the following week’s carnival. There’s a limit of one entry per blogger and it is up to each submitter that the given information entered into the form is accurate. Nothing will be altered unless given a good reason. Entries are divided into seven categories presented below.
For now, there will be a maximum of five entries per category and the outlook of the carnival entries on this blog is subject to change. All carnivals will be posted under the [Links] category. To directly go to the submission form, click here.
For readers, the benefit of carnivals comes from the value of packing together several great articles into one place. Furthermore, readers are given a greater view of the current magnitude of the blogosphere within the given topic. For submitters, the value lies in increasing the traffic to their blogs and getting constructive feedback on their articles. Remember to leave comments! As for the organizer or host, traffic building is also a great motivator. Personally I will also receive the benefit of social bookmarking and pleasure of reading lots of great submissions that drive to excel even further.
This is it for now, Be sure to return for updates and upcoming carnival entries. 
Here’s the list that I’ll keep updating.
Carnival of Improvement 01
Carnival of Improvement 02
Carnival of Improvement 03
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Polyphasic Sleep, Day 8 January 8, 2007
Posted by The Probabilist in : [News], Dreams, Exercise, Sleep , add a comment
48 hours since my previous oversleep I repeated the loop. I simply end up unconsciously turning off my alarms, polynap audio files or removing my earphones altogether. The kind of sudden tiredness that arrives every time I end up oversleeping from, arose about 30 minutes before my scheduled noon nap. Even though I could find myself reasonably satisfied with this pattern, I’m still not convinced of its sustainability because the gap between level 2 tiredness periods is increasingly increasing. 
I did some running again at 4 am identically to last night, except that this time I got some minor soar joints and muscles afterwards. They dissipated during my oversleeping nap and might have aided to feed the urge to sleep and recover for that extended period of time. Overall, I’ve decided to turn up the stakes and try some changes for a change.
The first alteration is increased dream induction. This was the first time for me that I actually recalled having a dream. I’m not saying I’ve been getting very little REM sleep during this experiment, but actually remembering my dreams would certainly help to evaluate at which naps I definitely did get a dose of REM. Simply reading more material about lucid dreaming and dream recall is bound to have an impact, something I haven’t been focusing on very much for about a month now. When I get totally occupied with something new, the old sources of inspiration start to stagnate and drop lower down on my subconscious’ pile of to do tasks.
Secondly, I’m stepping up to get more disciplined over my schedule. By this I mean what I tangibly do between the naps. I’ve found myself falling astray and doing different things at different times strongly according to my inspiration. Everything I do is still in tune with personal development, but I’m thinking that stronger discipline may induce the subconscious mind to feel an obligation to wake up from every 20-minute naps, because what’s in the schedule, must be done. This may be against my best interest, but I don’t really know for sure which one of them is dominant until I give them both a go. I may start to update my advancements every two days from now on unless radical events start happening on a frequent basis. The final verdict is 1.
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