Polyphasic Sleep Experiment: Day 1
For those following along, I’m in the midst of a 30 day experiment with polyphasic sleeping.
Today was a piece of cake.
Thanks to a 2 year old that kept waking up and being nervous that I would oversleep, I woke up five minutes before my alarm and rolled out of bed at 4:25am. I felt good and was alert and focused during the day.
Napping was a bit weird. I gave myself a 30 minute window to get my 20 minute nap in but I’m pretty sure I didn’t sleep more than 10 minutes both times. It took awhile to drift off. Apparently this is normal and, as I adjust, it will be easier to fall quickly asleep and go straight into REM.
Overall, the day was a breeze. However as a small business owner and father of two youngsters, getting just 4.5 hours of sleep in a day is not all that uncommon. We’ll see how I’m feeling by week’s end.
