I was ridiculously tired on my drive in to work today - so much so that I took my first nap at 7:30 a.m. An interesting side effect was I didn’t feel the need to take another nap until well into the afternoon. 4 or 5 p.m. would have been ideal, however I was busy with work and the Sharks playoff game so I didn’t take my nap until 6:30. It was kind of an unexpexted nap - during the 20 minute intermission I just laid down on my mat with the TV was still on. With out a pillow or even my trusty sleeping bag, I just lay there expecting to be awake indefinately. To my surprise, within minutes, I was asleep with my face planted into the sleeping pad.
Waking up was facinating. I had worried that the sound of the television would keep me up. When I first woke up, I heard nothing and the first thought I had was “thats strange, someone came in and turned the sound off.” I then had the experience of having all sound slowly come to my ears. I had never known that my body/mind had the ability to literally block out sound while sleeping.
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Recenty, I’ve been feeling a little tired/unmotivated between 12:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. Playing computer games help keep me up, but I would really rather be working on releasing poker bonuses, working on this blog, planning new business ventures, or doing other challenging activities. Unfortunately, I’ve been unmotivated to do thes things after 12 hr days at work (or longer) and have felt tired; even wanting to go to bed early sometimes.
So, I need to determine if I am actually not getting enough sleep, or if I am not taking advantage of my napping schedule as much as I should. To attempt to remedy this, I have decided to try to keep my naps to +/- 45 min of their scheduled times (11:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m., 11:00 p.m.) for at least 2 weeks. Hopefully after a week I will be adjusted and the second week will give me a good sample of days to see how I feel. I will report back to determine if this helps curb my tiredness in the mornings and evenings or not.