Sleep Hacking
Well the Robot contest I planned to enter had a $5000 entrance fee. Ha! Maybe next year…
I was all set to begin SOMETHING, and the cancellation left a big void. Started having daily mid-life/existential crises. Anyhoo, rather than start one big project, I’ve gone through my trusty moleskine notebook and am working on many little projects. Of course, no chance for a payday from any of them. But I need to excerise my creative muscles- I can feel them aching from disuse.
Also decided, on the spur of the moment, to begin a polyphasic sleep schedule. I’ve played around with it years ago but I’m pretty serious about it. As of now, it’s been 42 hours since my last Core Sleep cycle.
It’s not quite as difficult as I remember when I tried it before- I think it’s because I’ve been biphasic for a while now, getting 4 hours a night and taking a long nap aftet work.
It’s hard, no doubt, but so far it’s been manageable. I want to aim for the two week mark, which is when the real breakthroughs are supposed to start happening. If I last that long, I’ll evaluate it and see if it’s something I’d like to continue.
Now excuse me, I’m going to go bang my head against the wall 
June 11th, 2009 at 6:25 AM
*pats* I’ve been meaning to try it out because… well.. because regular sleep just takes too damn long and work takes up 12 hours of my day. =(
I’ll be following this quite thoroughly to see if I should get started =p