Thursday, February 3, 2011

Day 4 - Distraction from fatigue

Last night I got home from work at 1 am. I felt kind of sleepy for the last 30 minutes and wanted to be awake again. Fortunately, our next 'crazy project' arrived yesterday:


The largest jigsaw puzzle in the world with 32,256 pieces (http://www.passionforpuzzles.com/weblog/2010/08/largest-jigsaw-puzzle-ravensburgers-double-retrospect-32256-pieces.php). So, I started sorting the pieces by color. I could focus on the puzzle without any problems and felt awake again after 10 minutes. At 2.45 am, 15 minutes before my scheduled core sleep, I decided to play the piano to see if I am still able to. There was no problem at all and no difference to playing at daytime with a monophasic sleep schedule. I could concentrate and focus on everything during the whole day starting at 6.30 am and ending at 3.00 am.

Again, I used the brainwave tool to induce sleep and set it on 3 hours. Additionally, I used the Sleep Cycle app to monitor my sleep phases. Unfortunately, this morning my alarm did not go off since the Brainwave app was using the audio output. I woke up by myself at 6.44 am after a total sleep time of 3h 30m. Apparently, I was already awake at 6 am, but I did not know.


For tonight, I will use the Brainwave app on my iPad and the Sleep Cycle app on my iPhone, so I can use two audio sources. During the next days, I will alternate between sleeping with and without the brainwaves to figure out a difference.

The huge difference this morning was, that I did not feel tired at all. I woke up and did not have to force myself to get up. I took a shower and was just feeling great. The rest of the day was pretty unspectacular. I took my naps at the scheduled times, could fall asleep immediately and finally went to bed at 3 am. My tiredness at night is also becoming less. Let's see, what the next day brings...

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