day 28
July 7, 2006
11:46:20 PM
Great morning. The alarm woke me out of a deep, deep 4.5 hour core sleep at 3:30am, but after stumbling about slowly for the first 5 minutes, I was able to do two hours of computer work after getting some ‘active’ chores out of the way. The mini experiment score (seeing if I awake spontaneously): 1/4.
Though I know it’s not a good idea to change too many variables when experimenting, I’ve decided on an additional slight shift in my schedule. Previously, my cardinal rule was never to skip a nap. Never. And I’ve stuck to that, even if my core has been from about midnight to 4am-ish, meaning that I’d take my 3am nap at around 5am.
The change is that if I can’t start my 3am nap by 4am, I just skip it. I did that this morning with no ill effects. I had a great, deep nap around 7am, 11am, and 3pm, and feel no worse for the wear. I’ll see how that goes.
