Day 7-- I think...
Guh. My will-power is weak. After deciding with typical near-intoxicated sleep-deprived logic that a few hours of sleep wouldn't hurt, I proceeded to sleep from 4:00 to around 14:00. Bloody. Freaking. Hellfire. All my progress down the toilet, says me.
The thing about oversleeping on this schedule is that it doesn't make you feel better. You'd think that it would, but no. It just makes everything worse. I woke up in a terrible mood, feeling icky and cold, and with a piercing headache. I've learned my lesson and have taken to planning vital tasks for immediately after a nap. Well, not vital. Tasks that other people will be seriously annoyed if I don't complete, at least. And I've said it before, but sleeping on soft things is Still a Very Bad Idea. Far too conductive to sleep. I'm still trying to find that proper mix where my sleeping-spot isn't comfortable enough for me to want to stay there for long yet isn't impossible to nap in.
I actually managed to do some creative work today (a few thousand word's worth of planning for a webcomic and some drawing for the same), which is partly why I started this experiment in the first place-- more time for creative pursuits. Sleep deprivation does not make you inspired. It makes you tired. It makes you pissy. It makes you unmotivated. I was ecstatic to reach the point where I want to make something just for the pleasure of making it, not because I was dragging myself through the motions.
I've noticed that my energy seems to take a dip around 1 1/2 hours after a nap. 90 minutes for a normal cycle of sleep-- 90 minutes until my awareness takes a nosedive-- I wonder if there's any correlation?
Hurm.
Another random observation: I don't miss the actual dead-to-the-world bit of sleep, but I definately do miss the bit right before it. I never really realized it before, but I usually use the period between going to bed and sleep for planning, daydreaming, and reminiscing. There's simply no time for it when you're getting up in 25 minutes. Sigh.
The thing about oversleeping on this schedule is that it doesn't make you feel better. You'd think that it would, but no. It just makes everything worse. I woke up in a terrible mood, feeling icky and cold, and with a piercing headache. I've learned my lesson and have taken to planning vital tasks for immediately after a nap. Well, not vital. Tasks that other people will be seriously annoyed if I don't complete, at least. And I've said it before, but sleeping on soft things is Still a Very Bad Idea. Far too conductive to sleep. I'm still trying to find that proper mix where my sleeping-spot isn't comfortable enough for me to want to stay there for long yet isn't impossible to nap in.
I actually managed to do some creative work today (a few thousand word's worth of planning for a webcomic and some drawing for the same), which is partly why I started this experiment in the first place-- more time for creative pursuits. Sleep deprivation does not make you inspired. It makes you tired. It makes you pissy. It makes you unmotivated. I was ecstatic to reach the point where I want to make something just for the pleasure of making it, not because I was dragging myself through the motions.
I've noticed that my energy seems to take a dip around 1 1/2 hours after a nap. 90 minutes for a normal cycle of sleep-- 90 minutes until my awareness takes a nosedive-- I wonder if there's any correlation?
Hurm.
Another random observation: I don't miss the actual dead-to-the-world bit of sleep, but I definately do miss the bit right before it. I never really realized it before, but I usually use the period between going to bed and sleep for planning, daydreaming, and reminiscing. There's simply no time for it when you're getting up in 25 minutes. Sigh.