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Polyphasic Sleep, Day 16 January 16, 2007

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The past two days were a step in a worse direction due to a change in my schedule. I decided to just follow the napping schedule and let my body and inspiration do the rest. The result was positive in the way that I’ve made great progress in the design and technicalities of this blog. On the downside however, I’ve been spending little time outdoors, reading books, my appetite dropped and I’ve slept more. In general I’ve just felt lazier, less inspired about myself and equipped with less determination of getting things done.

I decided to try this approach because the weather has been windy, snowy and hostile while the sidewalks are slippery enough to take lives. This website was also due for a facelift, some new visitors and the start up of generating some income. Instead of eating six times per day I ended up eating about four times instead. I also overslept daily and this summed up to about three or even four hours of sleep per day, which is totally unacceptable.

Safe to say, I’ve simply discovered another way that doesn’t work in getting closer to my goal. On last week’s Friday and Saturday I actually slept a wee bit under two hours per day, but a major issue is still that I didn’t fall asleep on every scheduled nap. This is quite vital in the sense that it’s a total waste of time just lying there in bed without serving any purpose. While this issue vanished during the past two days, the cost was too high. A healthy and systematized dose of exercise, food, work and other activities is my best bet on generating most optimal sleeping habits also when living polyphasically.

The fact that I’m currently doing no other work than work on my own well-being, success, prosperity and understanding can be a big leap for some. In the past tense, I’ve always faced difficulty in whipping myself to do something, so this project is a great way to break that old habit of having others tell me what to do. The thing is that I’ve never found anything wrong or repulsive about that approach. Becoming more selfishly successful and purposeful comes with its ups and downs. For the rest of this week I’ll be strictly following my schedule no matter what the weather, how sleepy, how hungry, how motivated or how happy I feel about it. Sleeping for 3-4 hours per day might be an inconceivable productivity shift for some, but since I’ve chosen the path of continuous personal development, I can’t find myself feeling truly satisfied until I’m down to only two hours - indefinitely.