Sunday, 7 December 2008

Polyphasic sleep day 7

I just woken up from my 4am nap and I’m not happy; I overslept! Not much but still, I’m not myself and feel really groggy. I can’t keep my eyes open…it’s 520am

20min. later and I feel a little bit better but still difficult to write. I’m going to have another nap at 6am and then do some yoga.

That was a good move although I still felt groggy after the nap but yoga just saved me. Now I know that I’ll have to put that extra nap at 6am because the period between 4-8am is the most difficult one. I also decided to jump straight out of bed. This is the hardest waking up as the house is cold and I’m cold and just want to get warm under the covers. Our heating is off between midnight and 4am. Another reason I overslept was due to the fact that I was trying to remember my dream…
It feels good, I’ve got a tactic and will stick to it. As I remember Steven Pavlina also had a problem with this period staying awake. He was taking the extra nap for a while. I shall do the same.
Otherwise the whole day yesterday was great apart from that early morning slot but I didn’t overslept yesterday and felt better. However after 8am nap I woke up refreshed and was trying to remember my dream and after about 30min. fell asleep gain for about 20 min. I woke up without the alarm disappointed at myself that I overslept. The room was very bright and I thought it was very late. Fortunately enough it was only 1h later.
I went to my step aerobic class and managed very well. I was not as sharp as I always am but I enjoyed it and finished it not too exhausted.
I also went for a short walk to my local health shop and discovered raw ice creams!!! I was ecstatic and they tasted beautifully. I also bought lots of other stuff to do lots of yummy raw food. In the latest Get Fresh magazine there are some great recipes for Indian food.
The other extra difficult factor is that I’m doing it in the winter. It is very cold at the moment and dark most of the time. In the summer I could go to the garden in the night for some breathing exercises and/or early morning to do gardening.
Never mind, it is as it is and I’m going to stick with it.

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