{"id":278,"date":"2012-04-10T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/six40winks.com\/?p=278"},"modified":"2012-04-10T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T16:00:40","slug":"5-reasons-for-polyphasic-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"5 reasons for polyphasic sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many people are intrigued by the idea of sleeping less or hacking sleeping schedules.\u00a0 But the vast majority of people confronted with the idea of sleeping 2h30<\/strong> or even 4h30<\/strong> have the same reaction:\u00a0 WHY would you DO that to yourself<\/span>?\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>Some polyphasic sleepers don’t sleep well or don’t like sleeping much (for ex.\u00a0fabid\u00e9e<\/a>, puredoxyk<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0D. Curtis<\/a> …) but it’s not my case. \u00a0I love sleeping. \u00a0 I can easily spend 10h or 11h in bed on a lazy weekend. \u00a0So why would I pull myself out of bed at\u00a02:30<\/strong> am? Or even attempt a schedule with 2h30<\/strong>of sleep? There are 5 main\u00a0reasons that keep me motivated.<\/p>\n

Time.<\/h2>\n

I would like more free time. I’m quite certain I work enough. Often\u00a0too much (at least when I escape procrastination<\/a>). So I don’t want\u00a0work to eat away my free time. I’m hoping polyphasic sleep can let me\u00a0continue working but will add hours for sport, friends and time with\u00a0my partner. Like most, I have lots of little projects which need time\u00a0(coding<\/a>, DIY<\/a>, travel, startups<\/a>, community-projects<\/a>, and the 10 websites I own).<\/p>\n

ToDoS<\/h2>\n

During the last 7 years I’ve been quite busy. I’ve moved country 3\u00a0times, moved houses 11 times, done a PhD, had two jobs … and have\u00a0recently started my own company. Oh, and I found my other half in the\u00a0mean time! \ud83d\ude42 All this has left a mounting pile of chores that I just\u00a0keep postponing. For example: sixteen<\/strong> paperwork items (pension, tax, consulate, scanning of papers, etc, etc …) five<\/strong> finance items (banking, planning, accounting) twelve<\/strong> things to sell on ebay, amazon or give away. ten<\/strong> bicycle, motorcycle items ten<\/strong> important personal emails\/calls. six<\/strong> travel items ten<\/strong> Sleep Experiment items So about 60<\/strong>items, plus maintaining this blog of course.\u00a0So I’m hoping the structure imposed by polyphasic sleep, and the extra\u00a0time can help me tackle those items. Especially during the tired\u00a0hours of adaptation where doing mindless paperwork \/ organization\u00a0tasks can help me get through. I am also trying to start a company so\u00a0that to-do list is almost endless. \u00a0 Polyphasic sleep should provide me a few extra hours per day of lucid and focused work.<\/p>\n

Conscious Experience<\/h2>\n

Steve Pavlina<\/a>‘s and Kuro5hin<\/a>‘s account of \u00fcberman<\/a>sleep is quite fascinating. Especially regarding time and awareness. One must certainly have a different perception of time as you are awake all day. \u00a0 There is no beginning or end of a day but rather just a continuum of “being” with short 20mn interruptions. \u00a0From their accounts time seems to slow down while your actions and effectiveness speeds up. \u00a0Dreams become more vivid and lucid dreams are more frequent. \u00a0Their accounts don’t sound like the effects of sleep deprivation but rather a different state of mind altogether. \u00a0 Finding out first hand whether this is possible is a great motivator.<\/p>\n

Challenging human limits<\/h2>\n

In a few occasions I’ve really had to push myself. For example writing my PhD thesis in 3-1\/2 months, or mountain-biking 1100km alone (with no mobile, no tent, and no GPS).<\/p>\n

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Also moving to a foreign and not using English to be forced to learn the local language for a year or learning Quantum Field Theory<\/a> in German. \u00a0But these challenges have also given me a great feeling of achievement.<\/p>\n

Mountaineering and competing in swimming and cycling (mostly in my teens and 20s) have taught me that our limits can be pushed much further than originally expected. \u00a0And it often has more to do with patience, temperance and determination than physical fitness or strength. \u00a0Polyphasic sleep is one such challenge. \u00a0Sleeping 2h30\/day <\/strong>for an extended period of time sounds impossible. \u00a0But our bodies can function beyond the accepted parameters (multiple accounts of survival, sports achievements and lifestyles in other cultures are living proof). \u00a0Exploring these limits is an exciting adventure.<\/p>\n

Rewarding my sponsors<\/h2>\n

This blog is sponsored by some of you (see right column, or 2nd post<\/a>). \u00a0You helped buy the sleep monitoring equipment and the hosting. \u00a0You also wrote to ask me all sorts of questions. \u00a0But most of all you were all curious to find out the results of this experiment. \u00a0Is it really possible? \u00a0What are the benefits and drawbacks? \u00a0How does it affect you? etc, etc. \u00a0Carefully recording the data, analysing it, posting here, maintaining the schedule is also for you. \u00a0So you can find out about these weird sleeping schedules from a person you trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,11,12,13,14],"tags":[62,76,109,125,150,151,155,176],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adaptation","category-meta","category-motivation","category-polyphasic-sleep","category-schedule","category-science-of-sleep","tag-everyman","tag-health","tag-motivation","tag-polyphasic","tag-sleep","tag-sleep-deprivation","tag-sleeping-quality","tag-uberman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/six40winks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}