At least for this week, I am able to sleep partly at night. I say partly because I spend about 4 hours sleeping from 6PM. The other half I spend in the morning, the first four hours before 10AM.
Crazy? Not really, but not a few would find my sleep schedule impossible to follow. My schedule implies that I can easily flip a switch on and off to sleep.
I wish.
Seeing episodes of Alias non-stop over the weekend, I chanced upon Irina's claim of the benefits of autocircadian meditation: all the benefits of sleep in a fraction of the time. This led me to series of internet research on how to sleep without sleeping.
There's not much information on autocircadian meditation, although if it's the real deal I'd be on board. Looks like it was made up for the Alias episode though, but am not losing hope, not yet.
Then there's the Da Vinci sleep or the polyphasic sleeping method, which reduces your sleeping time into "naps" for 45 minutes each. Literature on this is divided, though.
So how do I call the sleeping pattern I'm trying to emulate now? Two sleeping times, 4 hours each, 8 hours apart. It seems to work, though. I'll know if this will be good for the longer term.
Things I can tell you about this new sleeping pattern that seems to work out:
I see both sunrise and sunset over my place in Salcedo (see photos, yeah that's the view from my window)
I get to workout during midday - that means no gym crush (which might be a better idea)
I get to eat more regularly (like 3 meals a day plus snacks)
Hungry now. Wait, is it dinner or breakfast? Whatever...sleep in an hour.
2 comments:
Glad to know you're doing okay. I've never tried sleeping that way. Seems interesting though.
As long as you don't stress yourself out and abuse your body (leave that to someone else), it's okay.
hmmm
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