Looking back at my biphasic sleep schedule, it really didn’t meet my goal of having more time to pursue my interests. As a result, now that my time isn’t dictated by the hours I work at the gas station, I will pursue the Everyman sleep schedule starting at 2 am today.
- Previously: 6 hours of core sleep with a 20 minute nap in the middle of the day and one more 20 minute nap if I had Judo. TOTAL: 6.33-6.67 HOURS OF SLEEP
- Now with the Everyman sleep schedule: 3 hours of core sleep with four 20 minute naps spaced about every 4 hours. TOTAL: 4.33 HOURS OF SLEEP
To make this transition successful:
- Since I have a Blackberry (albeit the ancient Blackberry 7290 I bought cheap on eBay), I will set reminders and alarms to take a nap every 4 hours.
- Blogger Puredoxyk made a post more than a year ago about her success with the Everyman sleep schedule. Just to summarize a couple tips she has: 1) being sick means sleeping as much as your body wants to though you should still try to keep to your sleep schedule and 2) missing a nap means just skipping it and waiting until your next nap to avoid messing up your schedule. Her blog is here.
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Tentative outline of my Everyman Sleep Schedule:
2-5 am core sleep
9:00-9:20 am nap
1:10-1:30 pm nap
5:20-5:40 pm nap
9:30-9:50 pm nap
and it starts all over again
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