Adventures in Polyphasic Sleeping
I’m on a quest to find all the polyphasic bloggers of the interwebs.
List of Current Polyphasic Bloggers
Last updated on 10/12/09…
- “*Transcendental *Logic” by PureDoxyk (long term)
- “jorel314” by Jorel Pi (long term)
- “The World and I” by Qhost
- “Keighsie’s er… livejournal.” by Keighsie (long term)
- “aeia” by Aya Hu (long term, video blog)
- “Up at 2 AM” by Konrad
- “Nap Time” by thesixthnapoleon
- “Antel on uberman.” by antel
- “Dymaxion/Everyman sleep” by GinMartiniStirred
- “Unlocking the Human Potential” by Emerald Wolf
- “J’s Polyphasic Sleep Log – The Uberman” by Jason West
- “Aqil’s Polyphasic Sleep Experiment“
- “Kyle Murphy’s Blog” by Kyle Murphy
- “xialuote’s sleep blog” by Xialuote
- “randallCbennett[dot]com” by Randall C. Bennett
- “unlikelysquiggle” by Leigh T Cooper
- “Br. David Klecker” by Br. David Klecker O.Cist
- “Steve & Thoughts” by Steve Torpey
- “icasm” by zecqi
- “Puppies & Ponies” by Clutch
- “Francesco Georg’s Blog” by Francesco Georg
- “TendoMentis Projects” by Nick
- “greenGuru” by greenGuru
All the bloggers above currently are on a polyphasic sleep schedule, adapting to one, or are in the planning stages and have blogged about the experience within the past month. The ones that say “long term” have been doing it for more than 3 months.
Around the first of every month, I’ll be updating this list. If existing people on the list haven’t updated in a month or if they stated they are off the polyphasic schedule, they go off the list.
The polyphasic schedule I’m aiming for is called The Batman Sleep Schedule.
The Polyphasic Feed
Also, I decided to create a feed called “Adventures in Polyphasic Sleeping” as a resource for people who are interested in polyphasic sleep. It will include posts donated from polyphasic bloggers of the past and present. The bold polyphasic bloggers in the list above already contribute to the feed.
I am not doing this as any sort of business venture. You will not see any ads on the feed. Everything I do is dedicated to the public domain. I am doing this because I believe that polyphasic sleep can be an alternative to monophasic sleep. Many people switch back to monophasic sleep not because of health issues, but due to social pressures. Seeing more polyphasic sleepers out there can ease the pressure.
If you are a polyphasic blogger and would like your posts included in the Adventures in Polyphasic Sleeping feed, here’s what you can do:
- Whenever you write a post about polyphasic sleep, have the word “polyphasic” in it somewhere (preferably as a tag, label, or category)
- Contact me and tell me you’d like your content to be included in the polyphasic news feed
I can then add the feed using Yahoo Pipes, and your polyphasic posts along with other polyphasic sleepers posts will show up at this feed for people to subscribe to via email or feed reader. View the image below to see how many readers we currently have.
Other Polyphasic Resources
- Polyphasic Sleep Chat Room
- Polyphasic Sleep Google Group
- Polyphasic Sleep Wiki
- Polyphasic Map
- Polyphasic Sleep reddit
- Polyphasic Pie Chart Creator
by Email
by Reader
October 8, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I have created a Da Vinci Schedule (Polyphasic/Uberman Sleep Schedule)and I had come up with this schedule and was wondering if it was workable.
12AM
4AM
8AM
1PM
6PM
9PM
I understand that they aren’t completely spaced 4 hours apart, yet I feel these hours fit me best..
Thanks for the input!
October 9, 2008 at 4:33 am
@O’Donnell
Unfortunately, this will probably not work. Uberman depends on a regular schedule, so mixing 4 hours with 3 and 5 hours of wake time is not a good idea. You will almost certainly not develop a stable schedule that way. (I have never heard of anyone doing something like this successfully, but a lot of people try.)
If you need to do this only on rare occasions, you can do it, but if you do this because work does not allow you exactly 4 hours, you’re better off going with everyman sleep. This would allow you a similar schedule while only losing 2 hours.
October 9, 2008 at 11:10 pm
@O’ Donnell
You never know until you try. I’d be interested in the results if you end up experimenting with a non traditional polyphasic schedule.
October 11, 2008 at 1:26 am
O’ Donnell
That can work, but you have to adapt to 4 hours first. If not try to sleep 5 times evenly spaced out, close to that anyway. You might find you can bend 5 naps easier around lunch breaks for work/school. I had done it for one day with 2 weeks of trying everyman before it, with being partially adapted it worked enough for me not to fall asleep however I had barely done it. I do think that 5 naps will definitely work.
October 23, 2008 at 10:35 am
thanks for adding. collecting and connecting should not be underestimated. and good luck with your sleep experiment, whenever you are going to start.
November 8, 2008 at 1:24 am
It honestly psychs me out to think that I might be the first 14 year old to succeed at the Dymaxion schedule, publicly.
November 8, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Haha – thanks for adding me to the list!
It’s a great thing for you to collect all these resources and people together – thanks Jorel!
It looks like I have a couple of nights worth of blog reading ahead of me!
T
November 9, 2008 at 12:50 am
Thanks for adding me to the list as well, I appreciate it. I do not intend to disappoint my readers ;). I post multiple times on a daily basis, everyone else seems to have discontinued writing their blog by the end of october…
November 10, 2008 at 8:37 am
Jorel, do you mind changing my blog’s name? I changed my sleeping pattern to ubermans so change Dymaxion to Ubermans.
Thanks man!
December 1, 2008 at 5:25 am
Mr. Jorel314
Do you still update this list? I have restarted polyphasic sleeping and I am on uberman. If you remember how I used to try everyman then some other thing I made up, and my parents got mad at me because of it getting close to the end of the holidays. Well now I am back on holidays for 2 months. Uberman it is. I would appreciate being added back on to this list.
Alex (originally alexpolyphasic, now statementofviews.blogspot.com)
December 3, 2008 at 12:51 am
Thank you very much for adding me on. That’s great news. I can’t wait to read all the bloggs. I’m not a classic polyphasic sleeper because of work but soon I’m on holidays for 3 weeks so I will be then!
all the best
Mila
December 3, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Hey man, thanks for the link. This is my second full jaunt into polyphasic sleep and its far different from my first run through it.
December 8, 2008 at 5:03 am
Hi I’m Brazilian, and I’m starting in “Dymaxion sleep” and report it on my blog, please add my blog in your list: http://2hpd.blogspot.com/
Thanks man
December 14, 2008 at 10:47 am
Hi there,
I saw that you try to keep track of most blogs about polyphasic sleeping.
So anyways, I’ve just started my schedule and will definitely try to keep it up, so if you wish to add it to your list, feel free to do so:
http://everymansleeper.blogspot.com/
By the way, I’m not on Uberman nor on Dymaxion but on Everyman which seems to fit in better for my current schedule.
See ya!
P.S.: I typed the wrong URL at first, sorry…
January 12, 2009 at 7:01 am
Jorel, I wanted to let you know I mentioned your site, in an artical on polyphasic sleeping I did for my website, I hope you don’t mind.
http://www.acidrayne.net/node/14
January 13, 2009 at 12:05 am
@ Rayne
Thanks for the link! I added you to the list.
January 28, 2009 at 9:04 am
Hi there Jorel, I’ve joined the ranks of polyphasic bloggers. After wanting to do it for several months, I finally have the chance to have my own go at it. I’ll be trying to keep posting daily now during the crucial first weeks…hopefully I’ll be able to keep doing it if I successfully adapt, but either way my experiment will be documented over at http://omalei.wordpress.com/
January 28, 2009 at 8:26 pm
@olaleirfald
Glad to see you back to blogging. I just added you to the list.
February 23, 2009 at 9:52 am
Hey Jorel! I just started doing the uberman sleep schedule with a friend and am blogging about it. Would you mind adding me to your list?
Here is the site: http://ubersleep.wordpress.com/
February 23, 2009 at 12:29 pm
@enaz
You have been added… Happy napping!
April 7, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Thanks for adding me!
Two more to add:
isleephack.wordpress.com (my sister’s blog. She hasn’t started yet, but when she does it will be with doctors and professors running a whole battery of fancy tests on how polyphasic sleep affects someone in transition).
sevepavlina.com (he has a polyphasic sleep blog somewhere on there that’s GREAT)
April 7, 2009 at 3:02 pm
@4allthingsbrightandbeautiful
Thanks for the links. I’ll be sure to add your sister’s blog when she gets started.
I’ve read Steve’s polyphasic posts, however, I believe he is no longer on the schedule.
April 10, 2009 at 4:16 am
Great idea, thanks for this post – I`ve some discovered excellent blogs here and it motivated me into making my own. Currently I`m at day 3 of Everyman and it`s going brilliantly so far.
April 10, 2009 at 2:05 pm
@Hank
Glad you found it useful. I added your blog to the list.
Happy napping!
May 6, 2009 at 7:40 am
Hank, and anyone else just getting started, welcome, good luck, and don’t be afraid to ask for input/help!
June 2, 2009 at 5:34 am
This is a great idea. I know I’m still in the newb phase of biphasic, but thanks for the include. It just means I really have to stick with it now, because I don’t want to get off the list!
June 2, 2009 at 7:50 am
Hi, Thanks for linking my site here, I started to blog about polyphasic sleep in my personal blog and started to implement the progresses that i make, there is a long way to go and success is not that easy as well because u are fighting against your own self.
June 4, 2009 at 6:39 am
Hello! I just started polyphasic yesterday. Here is my blog and I would love feedback! http://whyamidoingpolyphasic.blogspot.com/
June 7, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Thanks for posting the link to my blog. Could you please post this link (http://akshatrathi.wordpress.com/misc/polyphasic-sleep/) instead?
June 7, 2009 at 9:11 pm
@akshatrathi294
You got it.
June 26, 2009 at 9:46 am
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July 7, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Thanks, man! I went to your blog for motivation and inspiration during the hardest times of adapting so I am honoured to be on your list! My twin has a polyphasic blog as well (she is 34 or 35 days in.) She also has a video blog on youtube somewhere. I’ll find it if you’d be so kind to add it.
July 7, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Thanks for featuring my site :)
July 7, 2009 at 1:25 pm
@Keighsie
I’d love to add it.. Send me the link and I’ll check it out…
July 7, 2009 at 1:37 pm
@Angel
My pleasure…
July 7, 2009 at 3:08 pm
@Keighsie
I think I found the video blog. I added it.
July 15, 2009 at 3:38 am
I had some luck with an irregular polyphasic cycle, and what you need to know is simple. You need to start portioning your time for how long you are to be awake rather than how long you HAVE been awake. takes sme planning ahead, and it’s a real pain in the ass, Even more so than strait up berman scheule. I have done polyphasic sleep twice. first time, strait up uberman. 4 hours betwen 20 minute naps, but then a month later I changed jobs, and that was out 5.5 hours .5 hour break, then 2 hours, and that was not the only obstacle that dictated my schedule. Anyhow, then I did the math and looked at my sleep to awake rationand tried to work that one out. I instead looked at the time between now and my next opportunity to nap (in hours) multiply by 5 and that’s how many minutes you should sleep. Another tip that helped immensely is music. A lot of experts say music canbe a great sleep aid, especially familiar music. Here’s something you won’t hear anywhere else so listen up. for my 45 minute nap, I listened to pink floyd dark side of the moon. And for my other lenth naps, I burned my own cd’s (I’m a musician) This ishow you tip your brain off to how long your nap will be. You may personally now how long your nap is going to be, but your brain is fucking stupid, and you have to train it like a dog… with auditory recognition. Ths should help any of you who can’t fit this into your schedules. When starting out, I actually recommend not keeping it regular, throw your brain some curves. Tell your brain who’s boss. The sooner your brain initiates crisis mode, the faster it will go into rem cycle. Good luck!
August 9, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Just saw that I was mentioned here. Thanks a tonne Jorel314! It means heaps :)
September 16, 2009 at 3:46 am
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September 18, 2009 at 1:08 am
My blog is still active! http://thesixthnapoleon.wordpress.com/
September 18, 2009 at 9:55 am
@thesixthnapoleon
Thanks for the update.
October 13, 2009 at 6:44 am
Woo! You’re the first link to my first legit website. Thanks a lot for adding me to the list!
May you nap soundly :)
-fgeorg
October 15, 2009 at 10:41 am
Thanks for the link up but I will be giving polyphasic sleep a rest (pun unintended) for the next few weeks cos I’ll be traveling.
October 15, 2009 at 3:54 pm
@M
Thanks for the update..