Luxx

Im a bit late with this one but I have been busy with one of the goals for today :) Here goes:

- Sort out my student loan / accommodation

- Attend the Street Dance Class

- Find out about tax returns

I am now close to completing the first 24 hours of the conversion process. I think it’s going really well at the moment. I am getting into the little naps. In fact on my last one at 4 am I woke up by myself, seconds before the alarm went off telling me my 20 minutes is up. I feel tired. Granted. I wasn’t expecting anything different throughout the first week. But I am establishing a firm routine here and I sense that my brain is already readjusting.

I feel a great sense of motivation. In my past experiments with sleep deprivation I could hardly stay awake and it would have been impossible for me to get up once asleep. However because I see the benefits of going through with this I am almost afraid of oversleeping. (Oversleeping on one of the naps during the transition period is almost as good as going to bed for the night.) I have another nap coming up in about hour and a half and I am looking forward to it…big time!

Its a beautiful sunrise outside!!!

As promised today I will start my conversion. This process will take about 10 days minimum and I will keep making entries each day so that any one who wants to try it can see what it’s like. It’s not going to be easy. This week I am meant to be attending a dance class and doing so half awake might prove either very funny or very humiliating.

Anyway, I have decided to go with the “traditional” Ubermen which means a nap every 4 hours for 20 minutes around the clock. I have decided to nap at these times: 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 8pm, 12am, 4am. The idea is that by the end of this week my brain will start noticing that I do not get enough sleep to go through all of the stages, so it will start REM phase as soon as I close my eyes.

The first week will be very similar to the sleep deprivation goal. So, having learned my lessons I will now make a list of things that I should complete during this time:

- Finish reading the Red Queen

- Clean up my room (desk especially)

- List the things to buy for College/Uni

- Keep a dream diary (they get quite vivid)

- Finish reading Three Musketeers

- Watch my National Geographic/History Channel documentaries

- Post up all of the photos on FaceBook

- Start thinking about the content of my ebook

- Take photos with my new camera

- Help my Dad write the home/school/parent agreement (He has been asking me for ages)

- Go through the rest of my seminar videos (and learn)

- Over come my AA

- Attend a Dance Class

- Sort out accommodation and finance for College/Uni

- Sort out my Film/Music library

- Relieve my Sansa Fuze of the songs I don’t listen to

- Find more Indie bands

- Sort out my wardrobe

- Practice maths with my brother

- Find a long term project for College/Uni

- Practice programming ( AHK, Java)

- Play basketball

- Make my bed!

I realise that this is quite a long list but probably not long enough (you have no idea what it means to be awake 22 hours a day) so if any one has any suggestions for creative and effective ways to spend time I would greatly appreciate it.

This list will become my reference point so that any time I’m not doing anything worth while I can look at it and get back to work. It is for this reason that I will probably expand it at some point.

I feel extremely excited by the prospects of the week ahead. I know it won’t be easy but the rewards are great. Think about. I will be getting 49 hours of extra awake time every week (at sleeping 9h a night). YEAH!!