DAY 3

DAY 3 – Thursday June 19^th 2008

3:30 am – Rank: 4

So tired ><

6:30 am – 1 pm  Rank: 0

 OOPS Overslept… see notes 

7:30 pm – Rank: 2.5

Next attempt to get back on track, fell asleep

11:30 pm – Rank: 1

no sleep =(

 

Notes:

I was really tired around 5 am this morning and could feel my mental ability diminishing. As expected, my motivation started giving out, and I was having doubts about this whole thing. It seemed like a polyphasic sleep schedule was going to mess up my eating and exercise habits. I have a fairly high energy existence, and this morning the thought of trying to run 4-5 miles seemed way too daunting. I was also feeling rather ill because my stomach was filled with way too much coffee and a good amount of blood. I got hit in the nose pretty bad while playing soccer and I think it’s either broken or fractured, so blood was dripping down my throat for several hours. Needless to say, I was cranky and unmotivated, so, in my typical lack-of-will-power-manner, I just went to bed thinking “screw it”.

I felt groggy when I woke up again and started slipping back into my old habit of sitting around doing nothing and thinking about things that make me miserable. I really want to make this sleep cycle work. I think it would be a really interesting thing to do and a great story to tell. I was ready to give it up last night, but I can feel the empty and meaningless feelings coming back. I’m pretty lazy and unmotivated when it comes to doing things for myself, and it was nice to feel like I was working towards something for once. I’ve decided to give it another shot and not give up just because I messed up once. Apparently most people mess up quite a few times when first getting into it, so I’m trying to be forgiving about it.