Comments on: Just chillin’ http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/04/23/just-chillin/ Failing the Turing Test since 1986 Sat, 19 May 2012 11:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: smokering http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/04/23/just-chillin/#comment-35 smokering Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:00:48 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=94#comment-35 What a crazy random happenstance. After I posted I started thinking "Hmm" and thinking of all the potential benefits, and discussed it with Helpdesk Man at lunch. He's willing to let me give it a go, but we'll see. I can't recall any <em>female</em> polyphasic sleepers in my research, so I don't have any info on whether it could compromise my milk supply (I'm breastfeeding) or whether it "works" differently for women for any reason. Plus of course, there's the not-inconsiderable problem of what to do with the baby during my daytime naps! Not to mention the shorter-term but logistically pesky problem of the transitional "zombie" phase, during which it would be irresponsible of me to watch the baby solo in case I took an axe to her wee neck. It's also coming into winter in NZ, which is a psychologically difficult season in which to consider staying up all night. I wonder whether polyphasic sleepers end up spending more on heating? Last night it was chilly and I realised I didn't actually <em>want</em> to be awake on a freezing winter night. Still, the time management aspect is certainly compelling. So I'm wavering! Steve Pavlina mentioned on his blog that he started the experiment as an early riser, so I could always start waking at 5AM and napping throughout the day in order to make any future adjustment to polyphasic sleep easier later on; plus of course, it'd be good self-discipline! But we'll see... I'm not going to try anything rash until I've completed the article, as I doubt the editor would appreciate the irony of my missing the deadline for my sleep article on the grounds that I was sleep-deprived. Let me know if you try polyphasic for yourself! What a crazy random happenstance. After I posted I started thinking “Hmm” and thinking of all the potential benefits, and discussed it with Helpdesk Man at lunch. He’s willing to let me give it a go, but we’ll see. I can’t recall any female polyphasic sleepers in my research, so I don’t have any info on whether it could compromise my milk supply (I’m breastfeeding) or whether it “works” differently for women for any reason. Plus of course, there’s the not-inconsiderable problem of what to do with the baby during my daytime naps! Not to mention the shorter-term but logistically pesky problem of the transitional “zombie” phase, during which it would be irresponsible of me to watch the baby solo in case I took an axe to her wee neck.

It’s also coming into winter in NZ, which is a psychologically difficult season in which to consider staying up all night. I wonder whether polyphasic sleepers end up spending more on heating? Last night it was chilly and I realised I didn’t actually want to be awake on a freezing winter night.

Still, the time management aspect is certainly compelling. So I’m wavering! Steve Pavlina mentioned on his blog that he started the experiment as an early riser, so I could always start waking at 5AM and napping throughout the day in order to make any future adjustment to polyphasic sleep easier later on; plus of course, it’d be good self-discipline! But we’ll see… I’m not going to try anything rash until I’ve completed the article, as I doubt the editor would appreciate the irony of my missing the deadline for my sleep article on the grounds that I was sleep-deprived. Let me know if you try polyphasic for yourself!

]]> By: Mark http://smokeythemagnificent.com/2009/04/23/just-chillin/#comment-33 Mark Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:06:57 +0000 http://smokeythemagnificent.com/?p=94#comment-33 Hi, Sorry I couldn't find your name anywhere. I just set up Google monitoring on "polyphasic sleeping". And a link to your website just popped up in my inbox. I am a student and an entrepreneur and I have years of content and work to go through at the moment. I have known about polyphasic sleeping for awhile now and I am currently seriously looking into polyphasic sleeping. I am looking to do this for a year or two just to get through my cue. I hope to hear more from you about polyphasic sleeping! Hi,

Sorry I couldn’t find your name anywhere. I just set up Google monitoring on “polyphasic sleeping”. And a link to your website just popped up in my inbox. I am a student and an entrepreneur and I have years of content and work to go through at the moment. I have known about polyphasic sleeping for awhile now and I am currently seriously looking into polyphasic sleeping. I am looking to do this for a year or two just to get through my cue.

I hope to hear more from you about polyphasic sleeping!

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