Oddly, I’m sort of the opposite. If I’m too well-rested, I have trouble concentrating. I seem to function best when I’m slightly sleep-deprived, but I frequently overcompensate and end up sleep-depped enough that the loss of sharpness outweighs the (flat) concentration gain.
Have you considered poly-phasic sleep schedules? You’ll not be getting much sleep overall, so shouldn’t get super well rested, but frequent sleep should keep you out of the danger zone.
I would really like to try out polyphasic sleep, but it’s not compatible with my work schedule. I would have tried it when I was in college, but classes presented the same problem. If I’m ever in a position where I’m working for myself, though, it’s definitely something I’m planning to experiment with.
For about a year I adopted a schedule in which I slept 4 hours one night and 10 hours the next. It was convenient, and I got the nice sleep-dep focus you describe every other day. I stopped because I developed emotional instability, but I’m pretty sure the sleep schedule wasn’t the sole cause of that.
Oddly, I’m sort of the opposite. If I’m too well-rested, I have trouble concentrating. I seem to function best when I’m slightly sleep-deprived, but I frequently overcompensate and end up sleep-depped enough that the loss of sharpness outweighs the (flat) concentration gain.
Have you considered poly-phasic sleep schedules? You’ll not be getting much sleep overall, so shouldn’t get super well rested, but frequent sleep should keep you out of the danger zone.
I would really like to try out polyphasic sleep, but it’s not compatible with my work schedule. I would have tried it when I was in college, but classes presented the same problem. If I’m ever in a position where I’m working for myself, though, it’s definitely something I’m planning to experiment with.
For about a year I adopted a schedule in which I slept 4 hours one night and 10 hours the next. It was convenient, and I got the nice sleep-dep focus you describe every other day. I stopped because I developed emotional instability, but I’m pretty sure the sleep schedule wasn’t the sole cause of that.