Going Polyphasic again
Being without a regular full time job makes what I’m going to try out possible. I’m doing away with monophasic sleep for about a month. That is, I’m not going to sleep in one chunk of my usual 6-7 hours but break it up into naps. You can read more about this in StevePavlina’s blog about polyphasic sleep. My previous tries were unsuccessful because I was not disciplined enough. This is my second attempt. Anyway, what this means is that I will sleep in short bursts of 20-30 minutes naps taken 6 times a day. Planning naps in 4 hours intervals (2am - 6am - 10am - 2pm - 6pm -10pm)
If I can get into the rhythm, I would only sleep about 2-3 hours a day. Think about the extra hours I will have !! Of course, some will say sleep deprivation will impair one’s daily functions and may even be dangerous to one’s health. But I don’t believe so since there are those who have already experienced this successfully (like Steve Pavlina). The reason I’m doing this is I’m already maintaining irregular hours, working at odd hours like 11pm-4am 8-12am and sleeping in between. Another reason is of course, the tremendous number of waking hours gained in a day.
Chess will be a good measure of the effect on my mental faculties. My current online ratings on playchess is 1200 and 1600 for bullet and blitz respectively. It’ll be interesting to chart my rating to see how much falls and for how long before it goes back to it’s base (if ever).
Success or failure of this experiment will be recorded on this blog 
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Your purposed sleeping time look more complicated then Air Asia and MAS airline domestic flight schedulle…hehehe :0.
However, chess player like to experiment as what they always do at the board.
My personal advice you should becareful not “to be trapped” into insomia
The best thing is quality sleep is better then quantity! So make sure you got a good quality nap whatever time schedule you choose.
The first few days is supposed to be hard. I’m a zombie the last 2 days
Yeah, I’m definitely hoping to get quality REM sleep during those naps. Otherwise this experiment is a total waste of time.
Problem now is oversleeping and can’t get to sleep at the specified “Air Asia” time..
Yeah thanks to Colin + Jimmy for the report.
Happy napping! I’ll be sure to look out for updates on your progress.