I’m planning on starting my polyphasic sleep schedule experiment thingy today. If you’re unfamiliar with what that is then read up on it on the wikipedia page.

Basically, rather than sleeping once a day for around 8 hours, I’ll be breaking up my sleeping into multiple periods. There is less total sleep time but more REM sleep time (theoretically). The most common polyphasic sleep schedule is called the Uberman Sleep Schedule which breaks up your sleep into twenty minute naps every four hours. I thought was way too hardcore so I decided on the easier route, the Everyman Sleep Schedule.

The Everyman Sleep Schedule is one three hour core “nap”, followed by three twenty minute naps spread about five hours apart. There’s a bunch of info on it here, if you are interested. I have it all planned out on Google calendar. Sleep from 4:00 – 7:00, 20 minute naps at 12:20, 18:55, and 23:20. Because of my class schedule I won’t have exactly five hour gaps between each of my naps but whatever.

What I’m planning to get out of this is more time to work on homework and projects as well as feeling more rested. Yes, believe it or not, this schedule is supposed to make you feel less tired and have more energy. Not sure if this is true or not, but I guess we’ll find out soon.