April 15, 2012
by alvaro
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Today, on day 39 of the experiment I’ve had to give up my naps for the first time. I’m travelling to a conference in Denmark so the prospect of 3 naps per day looks slim. I woke up early feeling good and awake to … Continue reading
April 14, 2012
by alvaro
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day 36, April 12: Perseverance seems to be paying off. There are small difficulties (but not that different from the monophasic ones: snoozing, tiredness at work, etc). Generally I can feel my energy levels improving day after day. Smart Wake … Continue reading
April 11, 2012
by alvaro
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Day 33 (April 9th): (2012/04/09, awake all morning, slight dip at 5pm) health: Sore throat + sneeze. adaptation: After about 1 month I’m surprised by how well I feel only sleeping 4h30 per day. However I’m not sure if I’ve … Continue reading
April 10, 2012
by alvaro
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Why would I pull myself out of bed at 2:30 am? Or even attempt a schedule with 2h30of sleep? There are 5 main reasons that keep me motivated. More time. Completing the 70 items on my todo list. Experiencing new states of mind and lucid dreaming. Challenging the accepted human limits and getting interesting results for my sponsors. Continue reading
April 9, 2012
by alvaro
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An email exchange with my friend Pavithra the other day revealed some interesting stuff about many students in India (related to sleep, of course). It may not be so uncommon for people to spend years on a 4 – 4:30h … Continue reading
April 7, 2012
by alvaro
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Dear readers, First of all apologies for the long delay in my posts. I’m working very hard while carrying out this experiment, and I haven’t managed to automate the data processing yet. This combined with some travelling means I take … Continue reading
April 5, 2012
by alvaro
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Warning! Geek post! If you’re not interested in the tech side of measuring sleep, just scroll to the bottom for todays sleep graphs. It’s been very frustrating to find out that the very tool I bought to track my whole … Continue reading
April 3, 2012
by alvaro
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Day 26: It was a difficult morning. This was most likely due to yesterday’s strange naps (predominantly light sleep) which didn’t feel very re-energizing and left me tired through much of the day. (2012/04/02, (3:21,5, “eyes feel more irritated than … Continue reading
April 1, 2012
by alvaro
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Some of your comments and emails expressed concern about this experience being very hard. Re-reading some posts I realize that there’s a bias towards the downsides and difficulties. But in reality it is quite easy most of the time. I’ve … Continue reading
March 30, 2012
by alvaro
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Day 22: Things seem to be getting easier. The morning hours are quite productive even if naps don’t always fall into place. (2012/03/29, (3:30, 6, “just woke up”), (3:55, 7.5, “learning Object Oriented Programming“), (5:27, 6), (5:40,7), (6:20,5,”heavy eyes, sleepy”), … Continue reading