I was able to cut back to 3 hours of sleep this last day and spend way more time playing the piano then I have recently :D. But perhaps I should mention something lest you think that I have completely adapted - my tiredness level. For the majority of the time I don't notice it. Then there are those moments like when I was reading a Book today - I just can't read another line; my head does the involuntary jerks of nodding off to sleep. Essentially if I'm doing a task that involves any sort of movement (ex. piano, typing, walking, speaking, grading, cooking, etc.) I don't notice any tiredness or if so very little. But if I'm doing a mentally taking sedimentary task I'm in trouble.
There are only a couple of periods, maybe 1/2 an hour to an hour during three our of my four awake periods where I actually think - Wow, I'm tired. It would be nice to take a nap right now. The rest of the time is no issue and the thoughts don't even cross my mind.
Thinking about this caused me to wonder something - What if I never do adapt all the way where I won't feel this tiredness between periods? What if I do oversleep my alarm occasionally? Would I want to go back to sleeping 8 hours if things never improved more?
The simple answer is this: the benefits of sleeping like this out way the costs. Wait, isn't there some medical concern about these sleep cycles long term? I'm not denying it, but even if there was I still say the benefits win.
For me, the benefits really boil down to one point: time. Not just any time, but time to do things that can enhance my life. Like learning piano, Spanish, and Juggling, as well as spending more time in prayer and in the study of the Word. I have enough mental clarity using this sleep cycle to do each one to the best of my ability, and having time in the evening just feel like I doubled my practical day.
Even if I feel tired every once in a while I'm loving what I'm experiencing.
And this is only the completion of the first week!
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