A Week’s Sleep In Review
Dan on March 11th, 2006
This week’s sleeping went quite well. There were oversleeps here and there but overall I’m satisfied. Both school days went perfectly as did last night. Tonight should also go well. What I’ve found is that with the 2 core naps I can skip a 25 min nap when necessary and still function fine. However, the likelyhood of my oversleeping at my next nap in this situation is very high. When I do follow it and take all of my naps oversleeping either doesn’t happen or is much shorter.
So long as I’m doing something engaging I’m not tired at all. The problem is when I’m in class reviewing something I understand and am bored out of my mind. I start nodding off at that point. I probably had 20+ microsleeps in some of my classes on Thursday. I guess that’s better than not understanding the material.
I’ve found that napping in an unusual place isn’t as hard as expected. I’ve been sleeping in the library on campus now for 2 weeks. Every nap resulted in some amount of sleep. I’ve slept while sitting in a normal chair with my head down on a desk and also on a nice soft chair with a foot rest. I’ve been using my Etymotic Research ER4 canal phones (thanks Dave!) along with a white noise MP3 track to assist in blocking out everyone else. Even without the MP3 (as on Thursday when my battery went dead) they work very well as ear plugs. I highly recommend them, if not for the sound quality alone.
March 11th, 2006 at 5:21 am
Man those headphones look really nice and everything, but there is no way I’d drop 300 chucks on a pair of headphones. Maybe if they cost like $40 instead
March 11th, 2006 at 5:22 am
Hey sorry for the double post, but did I read a while back that you were going to try listening to music while sleeping and try to observe the music during lucid dreaming? How did that turn out? (or was that someone else :P)
March 18th, 2006 at 5:49 am
I didn’t spend $300 on the headphones. I got them used from a friend for a lot less than that.
I rarely listen to music while sleeping. Listening to music usually keeps me awake. The few times I’ve done it did not turn lucid.