Matt, how important is it in Everyman 3 to have your naps distributed evenly through the day? Basicly I am thinking about optimizing for too many things at once—less sleep time, 8-hour job without sleep (plus commute time), and being somehow synchronized with my significant other; so here are the two schedules I was considering:
a) core 03:00 -- 06:00; nap at 16:00; nap at 19:00; nap at 22:00
b) core 22:00 -- 01:00; nap at 6:00; nap at 16:00; nap at 19:00
Do you think any of them would be sustainable? If yes, which would be better: would having the core sleep right before the long wake make it easier?
I think 10hrs awake, especially while adapting, is going to be very tough. I think you want to aim for 4 to 6:30 hr periods awake. I know that that requires a nap during normal working hours—as I said in my minicamp unconference presentation (unconference: polyphasic sleep isn’t endorsed by CfAR) I think you’re going to have to try talking to your employer about it, or sneaking off during a break.
Duplicate http://bit.ly/poly-schedule-tool and play with the times in blue for my advice—the blue cells will turn red if I think what you’re attempting is going to be hard to make work.
Thank you for your answer! If I succeed to have a nap at work, then I have no reason for having awake periods outside of the 4-6 hours range. I would go with this schedule:
Matt, how important is it in Everyman 3 to have your naps distributed evenly through the day? Basicly I am thinking about optimizing for too many things at once—less sleep time, 8-hour job without sleep (plus commute time), and being somehow synchronized with my significant other; so here are the two schedules I was considering:
a) core 03:00 -- 06:00; nap at 16:00; nap at 19:00; nap at 22:00
b) core 22:00 -- 01:00; nap at 6:00; nap at 16:00; nap at 19:00
Do you think any of them would be sustainable? If yes, which would be better: would having the core sleep right before the long wake make it easier?
I think 10hrs awake, especially while adapting, is going to be very tough. I think you want to aim for 4 to 6:30 hr periods awake. I know that that requires a nap during normal working hours—as I said in my minicamp unconference presentation (unconference: polyphasic sleep isn’t endorsed by CfAR) I think you’re going to have to try talking to your employer about it, or sneaking off during a break.
Duplicate http://bit.ly/poly-schedule-tool and play with the times in blue for my advice—the blue cells will turn red if I think what you’re attempting is going to be hard to make work.
Thank you for your answer! If I succeed to have a nap at work, then I have no reason for having awake periods outside of the 4-6 hours range. I would go with this schedule:
core 02:45 -- 06:00 (5:00 hours awake: breakfast, commute, work)
nap 11:00 -- 11:20 (4:40 hours awake: lunch, work, commute)
nap 16:00 -- 16:20 (5:40 hours free time)
nap 22:00 -- 22:20 (4:25 hours free time)