Progress at-a-glance
End of
day 3*
- Mental alertness: 9
- Physical energy level: 9
- Quality of sleep: 9
*On this
scale, 10 represents my original state prior to beginning this experiment.
Detailed comments
Merry
Christmas everyone! Celebrating the best news that came in the smallest
package, Jesus entering the world so that God might dwell among men.
Today
went according to plan! I was able to sleep at home for my daytime naps, which
made it easy to fall asleep. I also took my first nap in this experiment on the
train tonight. In all my sleeps, I was able to go to sleep, then wake up when I
was supposed to, and not oversleep, while still functioning fine throughout the
day. After my incident
with oversleeping yesterday, today I took extra care in not delaying
getting out of bed when my alarm went off. It turned out well.
My
midnight nap returned to a quality similar to the first day, and I woke up
feeling refreshed and awake. I managed to stay awake till my scheduled 4am nap,
feeling only a little drowsy. This time, instead of having only one dim light
during my awake time, to simulate daytime and to avoid falling asleep, I turned
the main room lights on and kept them on till I went to bed again. I spent the
time making some travel plans in the upcoming few days spent at my dad's place.
I didn't eat anything between my midnight nap and my 4am nap this time.
Up until
my 8am nap, I caught up on some email, watched some TV, and did some light
aerobic exercises to pass the time. I spent the daytime reading, writing emails
and watching TV. For breakfast I had yoghurt and cereal, and for lunch I ate
some bread and rice with stew.
The whole
morning, I suffered fog of brain which led to slightly slurred speech, but my
bladder control and appetite were both functioning normally. Another sensation
I thought I'd mention is that I feel quite cold even indoors. I don't know if
it's because it's currently winter, or because I'm having issues with
thermostatic homeostasis, or both, or something else altogether, but maybe I'll
be able to interpret the sensation better as time goes on.
After my
4pm nap, we set out for Ginza for a dinner my dad had booked from a while back.
It would have been nice to have been attend the Christmas Eve service at
church, but my dad had booked already before I'd shared that idea, and it's
kind of difficult changing reservations around this time of year. Well, I have
this Sunday to visit the church I was planning on going to. In the meantime,
the dinner itself was amazing. It was a Japanese style meal that came in
several courses (lost count) and it was themed around fish and seafood. We had
sashimi, fish head miso soup, grilled fish, scallops, and rice cake dessert
with abalone, amongst many other dishes. Probably not the best idea to eat such
extravagance when I'm adjusting to a brand new sleep regime, but it was an
experience worth every bite.
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| In hindsight, we all regretted not dressing up more formally for today :P |
In the
end, I was still able to sleep reasonably soundly so that was a relief. The
only issue was, the dinner finished at 7:40 and it would be awkward to pass out
at the dinner table so I had to either delay my sleep till I got back home, or
sleep on the train. It just so happened that at 7:58pm, we transferred to a
train that we rode to the terminal station, and the trip was exactly 29
minutes, and I managed to get a seat. So I took my nap on the train. I
recollect hearing the announcement for the first stop after I'd prepared to
take my nap, but nothing else after that till the train pulled up at the
terminal stop, which suggests I managed to get at least some shut eye. I
consider that pretty impressive, since I have never been in the habit of napping
before commencing this sleep experiment. Even if I terminate this sleep
experiment for whatever reason, I am still glad to have gained insight into the
art of taking short naps.
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