Friday, February 17, 2006
Experiment Over For Now
Well, I have decided to stop my sleep schedule experiment for now. I'm coming down with a cold, and I believe that this change in sleep is starting to make my cold worse. This week on the sleep schedule has been really tough. I would make it ok until I needed to wake up from my 4 AM or 8 AM nap. At that point I would most likely sleep too long. This happened almost every day this week. On Wednesday of this week I didn't take any naps to try and get back on track. It worked ok until 8 AM when I slept until 11 AM. I want to try this schedule again in a few weeks if I am feeling better and my schedule permits better. I got a lot of stuff done in the extra time. I think now I will try to just sleep a little less maybe (maybe 6-7 hours each night), and see if that will feel better and work better for me.
World of Warcraft update: My warrior is level 57. I want to try to get to level 58 by the end of Monday night, but that may not be feasible. I didn't play much last night because the server was very busy with everyone wacthing the AQ event.
This weekend I would like to get this done if possible:
World of Warcraft update: My warrior is level 57. I want to try to get to level 58 by the end of Monday night, but that may not be feasible. I didn't play much last night because the server was very busy with everyone wacthing the AQ event.
This weekend I would like to get this done if possible:
- Update MythRoku to the latest version.
- Start watching American Choppers on my old MythTV Server.
- Burn some DVD isos to disc.
- Burn to DVD disc the Tournament of Roses Parade for Josh.
- Play WoW: Battleground my warrior or grind towards level 58.
- Wash 2-4 loads of clothes.
- Finish organizing my guitar lessons stuff.
- Continue extracting commericals from my HDTV recordings in order to archive them.
- Go to Best Buy and use the 10% off coupon I have.
Labels: polyphasic sleep
Friday, February 10, 2006
Getting easier I think!
I believe that my sleep schedule is getting easier. I still ocassionally sleep too long, but I get back on track as soon as possible. I do like that I have more waking hours. My to do list is getting shorter quickly. I believe that at most I will stay on this schedule 2-3 weeks more. It will be one whole week tonight at midnight since I started this. It seems like a lot longer than that. The days all seem to run together in my mind.
Last night I checked out the new Wal-mart Supercenter that had recently opened in my neighborhood. I strolled in there at 5 am. Shopping is easy when there are not people to navigate around. The store did only have 2 registers open, so I had to wait a short time to get checked out.
I will definitely have to revisit this Wally world in the next several nights to come. I guess I will have to bring my DVD want list and go through the DVD bargin bin meticuously.
Tomorrow my to do list will be:
Last night I checked out the new Wal-mart Supercenter that had recently opened in my neighborhood. I strolled in there at 5 am. Shopping is easy when there are not people to navigate around. The store did only have 2 registers open, so I had to wait a short time to get checked out.
I will definitely have to revisit this Wally world in the next several nights to come. I guess I will have to bring my DVD want list and go through the DVD bargin bin meticuously.
Tomorrow my to do list will be:
- get my 4Runner inspected
- update my channel lineups on mythtv.
- finish organizing my guitar lesson stuff. Note: I will need to buy some notebooks for this.
- continue watching my old mythbox videos
- burn some DVD isos and clip commercials from my recorded television.
- wash clothes: whites, jeans, and t-shirts at least.
- Play WoW some.
- mail Quicken rebate.
- mail Warner 50th Anniversary rebate.
- check my bills that are due on Monday.
- continue to clean up den clutter.
Labels: polyphasic sleep
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Not sleeping is the bomb
By today, I think my body is starting to adjust to this new schedule. I have still not totally followed it to the letter. However, each day I am getting closer and closer to following it religiously. Today I only overslept by 30 minutes. The day before was an hour. So I am making progress. As soon as two days ago I was seriously considering scrapping this schedule. I normally hit the wall somtime in the mid AM hours (3 AM - 7 AM). I will be so tired that I have to labor to stay awake. This morning I found the movie Predator on the Fox Movie Channel. I don't think I have ever seen this movie before. I watched it for about 30 minutes before it was time for my nap. I did get my taxes done the night before last, but I just remember something else I need to add to it. My itemized to do list for tonight:
- Watch Lost
- Buy a birthday card for Kaeley and Jennifer, and mail them.
- Finalize income taxes.
- Organize my guitar lesson material.
- Finish going through my junk mail.
- Clean out the cat litter box.
- Take the trash can out to the street.
- Play WoW for 2-4 hours.
- Watch an episode of Mythbusters or The Office.
Labels: polyphasic sleep
Monday, February 06, 2006
Polyphasic Sleep
Sorry for the long delay between posts. I have been busy, and I am just now remembering that I need to post on here.
My local CBS station, KHOU, delayed an episode of Yes, Dear again. This is getting ridiculous. At least Yes, Dear is over for now, and they won't be able to to do this to me again.
WoW update: My tauren warrior, Rudolf, is now level 55. Only 5 more levels to go before I reach the maximum level of 60. My orc shaman, Rwen, is level 28, and my undead rogue, Rogerrogue, is level 18.
The real reason that I decided to post today is to start logging my daily data for my new sleep schedule. As of Friday at midnight, I am attempting to follow a polyphasic sleep schedule. What is that you ask? It is a schedule where you sleep only for short periods throughout a whole 24 hour period. For example, I am sleeping 30 minutes at 12 AM, 4 AM, 8 AM, 12 PM, 4 PM, and 8 PM. That adds up to a total of 3 hours a day. I should be able to get a lot of more stuff done if I can stick to this for at least several weeks. This has become a topic of conversation around the water cooler where I work. At least no one says that I am crazy for trying this to my face. I don't think I want to keep this schedule for a long period of time, just for several weeks to see if it is valid and works for me.
OK, to the results so far. I started at midnight on Friday after having a normal work day. I took my scheduled naps as planned until Saturday morning. At 8:30 AM when I should have woken up, I slept until noon. I got back on track right away. I stuck with the schedule again until Sunday morning when I slept from 8 AM until 9:30 AM. I stayed with the schedule again until Monday morning when I slept from 7:30 AM until 10 AM. I took my naps today at 12:30 PM and 4:30 PM. I was getting tired just before my 4:30 PM nap today, but I feel really good right now. Tomorrow morning I don't have the luxury of sleeping longer for my 8 AM nap. I have a meeting at 10 AM tomorrow morning. I am limiting my caffeine intake in order to help me adjust to this new schedule. I might have a caffeinated drink right after I wake up in order to adjust as well.
I have been able to get a lot of stuff done so far. I alphabetized my DVD collection. It really needed to be done because I was starting to not know what I had in my collection. Now it should be easier to determine what I have and don't have. I have several more things to do that need to get done. I want to organize all of my guitar lesson files. This should take a few hours at least. Most of them are in a stack of loose leaf paper. I will have to go through and categorize each one. I also need to do my taxes. I hopefully will be able to get these two things done tonight while I am awake. I also have to watch the new episode of 24. Don't miss it if you like this show.
Oh, I also bought a concert ticket to The Cult concert here in Houston on March 11, 2006 at Warehouse Live. I have never seen them before, and it is at a small venue. It should be a good show.
My local CBS station, KHOU, delayed an episode of Yes, Dear again. This is getting ridiculous. At least Yes, Dear is over for now, and they won't be able to to do this to me again.
WoW update: My tauren warrior, Rudolf, is now level 55. Only 5 more levels to go before I reach the maximum level of 60. My orc shaman, Rwen, is level 28, and my undead rogue, Rogerrogue, is level 18.
The real reason that I decided to post today is to start logging my daily data for my new sleep schedule. As of Friday at midnight, I am attempting to follow a polyphasic sleep schedule. What is that you ask? It is a schedule where you sleep only for short periods throughout a whole 24 hour period. For example, I am sleeping 30 minutes at 12 AM, 4 AM, 8 AM, 12 PM, 4 PM, and 8 PM. That adds up to a total of 3 hours a day. I should be able to get a lot of more stuff done if I can stick to this for at least several weeks. This has become a topic of conversation around the water cooler where I work. At least no one says that I am crazy for trying this to my face. I don't think I want to keep this schedule for a long period of time, just for several weeks to see if it is valid and works for me.
OK, to the results so far. I started at midnight on Friday after having a normal work day. I took my scheduled naps as planned until Saturday morning. At 8:30 AM when I should have woken up, I slept until noon. I got back on track right away. I stuck with the schedule again until Sunday morning when I slept from 8 AM until 9:30 AM. I stayed with the schedule again until Monday morning when I slept from 7:30 AM until 10 AM. I took my naps today at 12:30 PM and 4:30 PM. I was getting tired just before my 4:30 PM nap today, but I feel really good right now. Tomorrow morning I don't have the luxury of sleeping longer for my 8 AM nap. I have a meeting at 10 AM tomorrow morning. I am limiting my caffeine intake in order to help me adjust to this new schedule. I might have a caffeinated drink right after I wake up in order to adjust as well.
I have been able to get a lot of stuff done so far. I alphabetized my DVD collection. It really needed to be done because I was starting to not know what I had in my collection. Now it should be easier to determine what I have and don't have. I have several more things to do that need to get done. I want to organize all of my guitar lesson files. This should take a few hours at least. Most of them are in a stack of loose leaf paper. I will have to go through and categorize each one. I also need to do my taxes. I hopefully will be able to get these two things done tonight while I am awake. I also have to watch the new episode of 24. Don't miss it if you like this show.
Oh, I also bought a concert ticket to The Cult concert here in Houston on March 11, 2006 at Warehouse Live. I have never seen them before, and it is at a small venue. It should be a good show.
Labels: polyphasic sleep
