I hate my relationship with sleep I
sleep on average eight to nine hours a
night and I still feel that diner to
take a nap almost every single day why
am i sleeping my life away waste of time
chances are if you're like me you sleep
monophasic alee meaning you sleep in one
continuous cycle only interrupted by
bathroom breaks or Kitty screams why it
turns out our different types of sleep
schedules that separate up that one
continuous phase of sleep into multiple
phases this is the everyman sleep cycle
three hours of nighttime sleep followed
by three 20-minute naps during the day
which equals out to be less than half of
the normal modesty if I get every night
the theory is that if you divide up your
sleep cycles it enables you to feel more
alert and well rested with far less
sleep so I'm wondering if I can survive
this sleep schedule for one full week
attention the following experiment is
for me I want to see how I react to
sleep deprivation and I want to see if a
poly physical sleep cycle can be
beneficial to my mental health and
productivity this is simply a personal
experiment and I want to share the
results this commences night one of the
everyman by physical sleep schedule
let's do this I think the most
challenging part of this whole thing is
going to be actually going to bed on
time and falling asleep on time I'm
gonna try my best close my eyes with
using my phone and we just try to drift
off a naturally I'm ready
I mean I'm pumped up it is almost 1:00
a.m. and I have to set my alarm for 4:00
a.m. that's three hours of sleep that is
unholy so I guess this is it
this is where I close my eyes and drift
off to sleep I will see you in the
morning I suppose I'm slightly nervous
that I'm not gonna fall asleep because I
do have that problem or sometimes I
can't get myself to fall asleep so I'm
not sure what happened that morning but
I didn't wake up so it's 9 a.m. 5 hours
after I was supposed to wake up I don't
know what happened everything was right
I went to bed on time I actually
achieved sleeping on time day one man
the first day but my initial failure
showed me something valuable this wasn't
just a simple experiment on sleep a
rather a test on my perseverance and
self motivation I'll see you tonight
we're gonna try this again and it's
gonna work right let's do this thing for
real I just have to commit I just gotta
do it don't commit alright here it goes
no we got in three hours and if I don't
don't talk to me anymore because I'm a
failure good night
mmm I'd like to give myself a round of
applause I woke up do I look well rested
mm-hmm
so on and behold I got my feeble little
body to wake up after only three hours
of sleep I'm up before the Sun that's a
rarity and I felt good like really good
I feel good
I'm never awake this early let alone out
and about so I feel very out of my
elements it's so pretty
watching the Sun Rise is not something
that I ever do because I'm never awake
to do it I think if anything this is my
takeaway from this whole experience to
see the Sun Rise all worth it to me well
I got about three hours left until my
first scheduled nap and I gotta say as
of now I'm not really tired perhaps in a
couple hours I'll be craving some rest
but until then I guess I'll just live my
normal everyday life and Quarantine so
in terms of productivity a little sleep
I'd say for the first day I do find I
think my body goes into some sort of
survival mode that is until I need a nap
all right I'm ready for my first nap I'm
going for it
my first nap I'll see you in 20 minutes
wish me luck I don't feel refreshed
I don't feel rejuvenated I don't feel
ready to go I don't know what I did
wrong
at first and that made me feel like
absolute trash but then as I started to
wake up I felt good I didn't end up
needing my second nap and then went
directly into the third then I just
didn't feel good but they worked not
member two of the day complete so today
was a success I would say yeah it was
existent so until tomorrow and I am
you forward it's waking up tomorrow I
will say that this is night number two
I'm gonna go to bed yeah good night see
you in three hours good morning I can't
believe that I actually woke up it's
very early in the morning I feel like if
I'm waking up at 4:00 a.m. every day I
need some firm goal or objective to get
myself to get out of bed and these last
two days my objective has been the
sunrise without that objective I don't
know if I'd be able to get myself to get
out of bed that successful day too I
felt better than ever I had so much
energy and felt all-around inspired by
life I even fell asleep on a rock I'm
not quite sure how that's possible yes
the nap sucked every single one of them
but an hour or so after each nap I got
this wave of happiness inspiration and
just love for life something that I
hadn't felt in a long time if I'm being
honest so day two I gotta say I think it
was even easier than day one in the last
48 hours I have slept seven hours in 20
minutes give or take a few minutes
that's almost two hours less than a
normal night sleep for me I don't know
where I'm getting his energy from I will
say I am a little bit nervous about
tomorrow because I've read that the
third day is the hardest day it's the
hump day I'm just gonna stay on my feet
and try my best good night
so you bright and early in the morning
praying for a wave of random energy
Frank okay sorry good night
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day three was officially when things
started to get difficult I'm not in a
good mood this morning I can't stop
thinking about going to bed and I don't
want a 20-minute nap okay I want a full
night's sleep I'm dead yeah it's a
sunrise cool my energy was wearing down
and it was wearing down and quickly I
think I'm gonna take my second nap right
now but delay 10 a.m. I already took my
first nap two hours ago
but I need another one waking up from
every nap was physically painful staying
awake in general was physically painful
it wasn't very fun I find that it helps
if I'm staying active if I'm on my feet
I'm not gonna fall asleep while I'm
doing jumping jacks I kind of screwed
myself over because I took two of the
naps this morning and now I have this
six hours before I can take my next one
day three song
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the fact that I have to wake up in three
hours is it's ungodly they're just gonna
sleep for three hours
good night miss Kim healthy dude this
can't be healthy when you only sleep
three hours a day there's just the day's
wait too long I'm telling you there's
way too much time I just woke up for my
second nap and I'm gonna take my third
nap right here right now no who stopped
me I actually survived the entire day
this is the most excited I've ever been
too good a bit mellow today it's going
to be rough my eyes are burning
I don't know how functioning right now
this is torture this is actually torture
more of today has been a long day like
it really just doesn't feel good it's
the bottom line for me but like I I'm a
person that needs a lot of sleep so
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something changed in me on day six I
became mad irritable annoyed because I
decide this one I was definitely over
its final of sleep so much it's so nice
to just have a good night sleep
it's just feel so and today it's just
gonna be they me slapping my face
dumping water on my face trying to stay
away
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and like at that point like what's the
point I don't even know what I want to
do right now I don't even want to take
my nap because then I have to wake up
and it's just gonna be painful this is
so much harder than I thought it was
gonna be it's way more physically
painful than I ever imagined I'm not
good at sleep deprivation I'm only
playing perhaps I'm a little dramatic
perhaps I'm just weak but after a while
when I don't get enough sleep and I said
you simply don't like the way I feel on
my second half of the day I didn't wake
up I guess it's safe to say even though
I got close I failed so I just slept for
like four or five hours I'm disappointed
that I ended up failing this challenge
but also I think I got some good
information about how I work personally
and how I deal with sleep deprivation
it's not fun so what did I even get out
of all this well first things first
it confirmed the consensus that I love
sleep second it showed me just how bad I
am at getting little sleep
but overall it showed me that yes I can
stay alive Polly physical sleep schedule
I don't think it's for me
it's not to say that they don't work for
me I don't think so I did enjoy the rush
I got after my naps so I think in the
end I'll be taking more of those but for
now I don't mind mono physically
sleeping 89 hours a night the extra time
was nice the sunrises are beautiful but
to my core I am asleep lover even if I
spend half of my life unconscious I'll
try to be as content as possible living
fully through my dreams
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