I don’t know what I’m gonna do to stop this oversleeping during my morning naps… but they have tended to get shorter so maybe I’m just very slowly phasing out of it.  My bike ride the other morning helped a lot, but still I went down for my 5:30 AM nap and didn’t get up till about 8.  That was extremely weird though.  I could almost swear I turned both my alarms on, but when I did get up they were both switched off.  I cant be sure I didn’t get up and turn them off, but it sure seemed like I didn’t… of course I could be mistaken that I even turned them on.  What I want is a better alarm system.  I’m thinking a timer might work better than this setting an alarm time all the time.

In fact I had an interesting idea for a timer to help with polyphasic sleep specifically.  I was thinking if I had a button that when released started a 20-25 minute timer would be perfect.  The reasoning would be that sometimes I fall asleep faster than at other times, and if I’m holding the button as I fall asleep then when I actually drop off I’ll release the button and have a nap timed just right.  This has been a frustration sometimes cause I sometimes lay down for my nap and after 10 minutes or so am not sure whether to set my alarm back or what so I get the sleep I need.  I’m gonna see what I can do to build one… I’ve already bought some parts to build a clock with polyphasic sleep in mind and this could be a good addition to it.  If anyone is interested maybe I could build more and sell them to hopeful polyphasers.

Anyway the last week has been just OK.  Sunday, Monday and last night I slept most of the night due to not waking to my alarm.  I’ve still effectively gotten less than 8 hours of sleep, but it’s difficult to kick the old circadian rhythm.  I’m alright most of the time, but every few days it seems my body wants to play catch up in the night and I don’t wake to my alarm.  I think this whole sleep schedule would be a lot easier if my wife or somebody were there to make sure I got up each nap.  Unfortunately, no one here is awake at those times, and most of the people I know think polyphasic sleep is a pretty crazy idea anyway.  I’m not sure it’s not myself, but I have enjoyed some extra time I’ve had on my hands.

You may have noticed that I changed the URL for my blog to nathandansie.com from thraze.com/blog/.  Being Nathan Dansie and all, I’ve intended to own my domain for some time, and I figured it was a better place for my personal blog anyway since thraze.com is going to have a whole nother purpose.  That’s a project for another sleep cycle though.