So today is the first day of my attempt at a polyphasic sleep pattern. There just isn't enough time to do the things I want to do, and rather than spend a third of my life in hibernation, it seemed like an interesting idea concept to try. I have read many reports on the topic, most with overall successes, though they all generally seem to revert back to a "normal" sleep pattern after a year or two, but only because of social concerns.

A few years back I did a sleep deprivation experiment and I stayed awake for 68hrs straight. I found that I needed to eat a lot more frequently, which made sense, my body needed something to provide it with energy. I'm curious to see how this experiment will go in that regard.

I've been up since 3am and will take a 20-30minute nap at 6:30-7am.

To work around a somewhat conventional 8-5 schedule, I will have a slightly modified version of the 4hrs on, 40min nap rotation.

My daily schedule will be loosely this:
07:00a - 11:30a : Awake : + 4.5
11:30a - 12:00p : Nap : - 0.5
12:00p - 05:30p : Awake : + 5.5
05:30p - 06:30p : Nap : - 1.0
06:30p - 10:00p : Awake : + 3.5
10:00p - 10:30p : Nap : - 0.5
10:30p - 02:30a : Awake : + 4.0
02:30a - 03:00a : Nap : - 0.5
03:00a - 06:30a : Awake : + 3.5
06:30a - 07:00a : Nap : - 0.5
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Awake time: 21 hours
Sleep time: 3 hours

I'm not much of a blogger, but this does give me an easy place to record my experiment. The first week is supposedly the worst, I guess we'll see. ;)