Yesterday was great until I missed my 5pm sleep by 2 1/2 hours. It was like missing an entire night's sleep. I was so groggy for the rest of the night I wasn't good for anything. Went to sleep about 3am, slept until 9am. I had 6 hours sleep, but it felt like 12.
I fell right back into my polyphasic sleep schedule - 20 minutes at 12, 5 and 11 pm. Now up at 1:12 and feeling pretty good.
I am going to try to come up with another name for the short sleeping periods - calling them naps is entirely inaccurate on this schedule. They are not optional, they are not light sleep; it downplays their importance and restorative nature. When I say I'm going to take a nap people inevitably react as if it were some luxury that can be or even should be delayed or resisted. Power nap is too cliche; somnobrevis? (From latin for brief sleep); brevisom? (sounds like a drug lol) restituo? (latin for restore/repair); renovo; somnus restituo; I will need to work on that. postulo somnus (required sleep) - that's closer.
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The in-progress diary of a would-be polyphasic sleeper.
