I should have taken over-sleeping an extra hour the other day a lot more seriously. It turned into 3 hours yesterday, and 9 hours today. With a sad heart, I have decided to give up the experiment for now. I am going on tour for just over 2 months, and I leave in a week. I cannot afford to be feeling sleep deprived when playing on stage.
To be honest, it’s really surprising to me that I was not able to make the adjustment. I don’t think I underestimated how hard it would be, although I didn’t enjoy it at all. I thought I was making real progress yesterday, because I was feeling more clear-headed than normal, but it must have been the 3 extra hours that I slept.
It’s a great lesson for me, so honestly, it’s bittersweet at worst. I have learned that I need more self-discipline. It’s really clear. I think before this, I thought of myself as a pretty disciplined person, but it became apparent that it’s just not the case. I have some discipline, but I need more. In that sense, I look forward to the weeks ahead, and my quest to become more disciplined.
Once I feel I am ready again, and I have some more time to be really flexible with, I will attempt to switch to Polyphasic Sleeping again. I already have a few ideas of what I will be doing different.
OK,
First things first. I posted yesterday (which I am not really sure actually happened because of my radical change of perception of time–but I’m already getting ahead of myself) about sleeping polyphasically. I meant to post every day about my experience with it, but alas–I wasn’t able to get this blog up in time. Here we are in any case. Here’s what I was rambling about:
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So,
I’ve recently (2 days ago) switched to a sleep schedule that is called polyphasic sleeping. If you don’t know about it, look it up! Google is your friend. I am too loopy and foogy to articulate it here. Apparently, there is an initial adjustment phase that totally blowz0rs. I’m in that phase right now, and I cannot think straight. I have been up for the past 36 hours with only about 4-5 hours of sleep. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day, and hopefully I can put this on a real blog sometime. I’ll make sure and keep you updated, cap’n.
Being a full time musician has so many benefits, it’s hard to believe that it’s within reach.
It’s also hard to believe that people are paying me to do what I am passionate about and love doing.
After spending the night in Ft. Collins after a late night show and an interview for Ft. Collins radio, we left for Lubbock TX at 4am. Woo. It wasn’t too terrible, but it was pretty rough. Sleeping has become one of my best friends. After we get back from this tour, I plan on switching to polyphasic sleeping, which I am really excited about.
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