Oversleeping is a problem

I’m kicking off my polyphasic sleep schedule, and I seem to be oversleeping quite a bit. So far:

• Sunday Morning (4-8)
• Monday Morning (4-5:30)
• Tuesday Morning (midnight – 1:45

I hope this is not a harbinger of things to come. I’ve been using a timer app on my Android phone to wake up :30 min later. I’m going to switch back to using the trusty (and low tech) egg timer and see if that makes any difference.

So far I’ve felt really good. I exercised Monday morning at 2am, rode my bike to the Dr (1 hr), and was able to awake after :30 every time other than the incidents mentioned above.

I’ve decided that I’m going to take measurements of my mental acuity from time to time. I’ve got a “brain training” Nintendo DS game and a particular high score. I’m interested if I’ll be able to beat my high score, perform dismally, or something in-between (and normal). I’ll post results.

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