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By: Why Focusing On Work/Life Balance Misses The Point

Why Focusing On Work/Life Balance Misses The Point — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:02:57 +0000

[...] course not. They’re natural parts of your life. (Unless you’re on Uberman’s Sleep Schedule, then you might indeed talk about sleep/life balance [...]

By: Ubersleep Mission Statement « UberSleep

Ubersleep Mission Statement « UberSleep — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:16:58 +0000

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By: A Good Museum Day Morning | Fun Life Development

A Good Museum Day Morning | Fun Life Development — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:02:45 +0000

[...] Yea, I know I promised to post at least once a week. Unfortunately, I came down with infectious mononucleosis (an eeevil virus). It’s also leaving me a bit weak over the next month, so I won’t get a chance to try switching to polyphasic sleep. [...]

By: Vlad Dolezal

Vlad Dolezal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:38:30 +0000

@Benny:

I Actually switched to biphasic sleep some years ago… and I don’t even think of it as biphasic. I simply take a nap in the afternoon, when my brain gets too tired. Definitely worth it

Also, I’ll be re-trying polyphasic sleep this September. I’ll be posting about the experience here on this blog, so if you’re interested, keep an eye out.

By: Benny the Irish polyglot

Benny the Irish polyglot — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:59:41 +0000

Hey Vlad! Excellent blog Didn’t know you had this excellent site when I met you!!
It’s interesting that you mention this – I tried it a long time ago; I had a month to kill with free accommodation in Dublin and nothing to do. I was inspired to try it when I read that Leonardo Da Vinci tried it! (“It” being “polyphasic sleep” as others have commented). He certainly needed it for his vast amounts of inventions and investigations.

The material I read about it suggested staying awake for 40 hours to reset your sleeping clock. I did that (it was HARD staying awake; and coffee cannot be used of course) and got into it quick enough, but I had the same problem as you… back then (2000) I could only access the Internet from the university computers and they closed at 9pm I tried reading and all sorts of other projects but it was incredibly boring. So I had to give up. Also, having a normal working timetable soon after made it impossible to maintain it.

Luckily I’ve found a good solution! A few years later I moved to Spain and got used to the concept of a siesta. This is necessary in Spain with everything closed (due to the heat) in the afternoon, and the small amount of sleep younger people get at night because of going out very late. I now bring my siesta with me everywhere in the world Our bodies have a natural low-point in the afternoon as blood is diverted to digest your lunch and your body temperature goes down. It’s hard to focus and it’s people’s least productive time of day. I have my 20 minute siesta and do indeed enter REM sleep, remembering my dream! I don’t need an alarm anymore as I come right out of it on time; refreshed and energized. Better than coffee could ever do

Biphasic sleep is a good compromise for the 9-5 lifestyle. For those with just 1 hour break if you are imaginative enough you can find somewhere safe and secluded, put on an eyemask and earplugs and get your snooze. I give myself more time for lunch than most people, but it means that when I start in my afternoon work session I am totally energized and efficient
Give siestas a try Don’t know if you noticed, but I had one the whole week at both the ISo and the SES!

Benny the Irish polyglot’s last blog post..Imagination: your key to enjoying memorizing hundreds of words quickly

By: Vlad Dolezal

Vlad Dolezal — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:02:47 +0000

@Michael:

Definitely do, I’m interested in how it works out for you!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:44:04 +0000

yeah like i said my exams finish on tomorrow (wednesday) and im gonna do it from then ill keep you informed about what happens and stuff

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:05:53 +0000

I am definitely going to try this. More study hours. Easier time falling asleep. Seems to be a solution.

By: Ashwing13

Ashwing13 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:33:23 +0000

NOTE: There was no ‘Uberman’ who did the research. She’s known on the net mostly as Puredoxyk, and she coined the term ‘Uberman’. She did this sleep method for around 6 months while majoring Philosophy in college back in 1999/2000. Her website is http://www.puredoxyk.com

Ashwing13
P.S. Her book, ‘Ubersleep’ is brilliant. A definite must-buy if you’re interested in sleeping polyphasically.

By: neon

neon — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:54:52 +0000

i already try to sleep 3-4 hours per day ( from 3am to7am) and @ 8.30 go to work
in the first few days its no problem but after the 4th day every thing is getting bad
i try it with 3 daily 20 min naps 1 @ 11.30 am the next one @ 50.00 pm and the other
@ 11.30pm and it still don’t getting better…
even worser head ache, muscle pain, my eyes starting to hurt and getting easily nervus

now im taking my normal scedule again 7 hours sleep and a small nap per day
(after i had a motorcycle crash because i fall asleep)

i think the best resolution for this is to sleep normal 7-8 hours per day and produce or make more in the time you are awake
our race wasn’t built to sleep 4 hours per day
7-8 hours sleep per day already exist over millions of years
i think since the human race exist we sleep 7-8 hours per day
so i think better dont brake the rules in 2 or 3 days…

but every thing is up to person