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09 November 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Polyphasic Sleep Days 4 and 5

Friday was the first day I was able to significantly ratchet down my total sleep. I was under four hours for the day and feeling pretty good and that continued into Saturday.
Saturday
Saturday was the best day I’ve had so far with a total of seven 30 minute naps.
Saturday Sleep
3am-3:30am
7am-7:30am
9:30am-10am
11:10am-11:40am
3pm-3:30pm
7pm-7:30pm
11pm-11:30pm
Saturday Sleep Total 3h 30m
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07 November 2009 ~ 7 Comments

Insomnia Induced Polyphasic Sleep Trial

This post details how I randomly started polyphasic sleeping. Polyphasic sleeping is sleeping at short intervals throughout the entire 24 hour day as opposed to sleeping all in one big chunk at night.
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On Tuesday night I had a lot of trouble sleeping. I got into bed, and I [...]

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27 October 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Anatomy of a Growth Epidemic

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell teaches about how little things can make a big difference in any type of epidemic. I’m interested at seeing how this applies to a an epidemic of personal and social growth. Let’s look at some of the principles from Gladwell’s epidemic model and apply them to growth and development.
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