It has been a little while since I posted about my polyphasic sleep. I have become a believer in 15 minute naps. If I sleep any longer then that then I get sleepy, but if I am 15 minutes or less then I feel great. My core has been giving me trouble [...]

Taking 15 – 30 minute naps during the day is a great way to get your energy up, even when you are not doing polyphasic sleep. One problem though is how to wake up when it is time, especially when you are not at home.
At home my wife got me a great dual-alarm clock [...]

I didn’t get my evening nap last night, and then I ended up sleeping 8 hours for core and then only took 1 nap at work today.  Time to change plans.  Before I was kind of winging it, so I want a more defined plan.
I am going with a Core Uberman: 3 hours of core [...]

Today, being Monday, found me at work during the day.  I work a traditional cubicle dwelling 8 to 5 job as a Software Engineer.
I actually woke up later then I planned, but I still got to work at a good time and took two 15 minute naps at work. The first was in the [...]

The traditional monophasic sleep schedule has never fit me really well. When I was younger I experimented a lot with sleep deprevation, which usually ended with a much longer then normal monophasic sleep block. I decided I would start experimenting with polyphasic sleep.
Here is my plan: Start adding 15-30 minute naps every 4 [...]

There are two types of sleep: Monophasic and Polyphasic. By about 7 years old most people in the United States practice Monophasic sleep, or sleeping for one solid chunk of time from 6 to 9 hours, usually at night.
Interestingly, we are all born practicing Polyphasic sleep – rotating through a cycle of sleep and [...]