It’s now the 5th day of the Dymaxion schedule for me and the 7th day on polyphasic sleep overall. My average sleep for the last week is 3 hours per day, and a little less than that over the last 5 days.
Overall I feel I’m adapting pretty well. I’m not as functional as I would like, but I am as functional and alert as I would expect to be at this stage. I’m noticing that the 4am to 10am waking period is the hardest for me. I normally wake from the 4am nap pretty tired but feel fine within about 10 minutes, that I can cope with, but I feel a real drop in energy between 6am and 8am. It is possible to push through it, but I’ve decided to insert an extra nap around 7am whenever I feel like I need it, at least for the time being.
I’m still not spontaneously awakening, and still haven’t remembered a dream from a nap. I suspect yesterdays oversleep when I accidentally set my alarm an hour too late has slowed my adaptation a little, but I am expecting to be experiencing dream recall and spontaneous awakenings any day now.
I’m still a bit under the weather with this cold, but it’s no worse than a normal cold, it’s just come at an inconvenient time. It’s getting better though and my overall alertness and level of function is improving every day now, so I feel confident the adaptation is really starting to take hold.
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