I have a saying that a lot of friends have made an axiom, actually. First said it when i was 12.
I think you have to be insane, to not be insane. See, being a LITTLE insane is good, as anyone who is COMPLETELY sane in this world will soon be driven COMPLETELY INsane. On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I do this, I find the REM extremely bizarre. It also takes me a > good 10 minutes to come "out of it". > > I must admit, however, that I find my creativity enhanced with the > half hour REMs during the hourly cat naps. > > Maybe it's the frequent insanity which avoids permanent insanity. :-) > > Terry > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 8:07 PM, William Beaty <bi...@eskimo.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 31 May 2009, leaking pen wrote: >> >>> on the uberman sleep schedule... im confused... >> >> Different groups seem to worship different schedules. >> >> As for me, I found that I'd be happily working away, when suddenly I'd >> "hit a wall." I'd have to crawl off to collapse somewhere for a few >> minutes REM sleep. But then it would pass, and I'd leap up and go strong >> for several more hours. A fast-cycling biological clock, no theories, >> just empirical. And once this phenomenon grabbed me, it continued without >> further effort. However, to switch back to 8hr nightly sleep, *huge* >> effort was needed. (In a different situation we might say "insomnia is no >> joke.") >> >> I also found what NOT to do: if I kept working through the haze, I'd wake >> up again, and could continue for hours. But the missed naps had bad >> effects, both healthwise and for avoiding something resembling >> schitzophrenia. So I learned to take the onset of groggyness very >> seriously, and not skip any naps, even if I was supposed to be in a >> work meeting, etc. >> >> >>> After moving a couple years ago, i had a LOT of laundry to do. to get >>> through it all, i spent 3 days setting my alarm clock at roughly hour >>> intervals. get up with the alarm, change dryer and washer loads, fold >>> clothes, back to sleep for an hour. I got about 6 actual hours of >>> sleep a night, and fantastic sleep. Why spread it through the day? >>> why not just artificially "reset" your sleep schedule by waking up for >>> 10 to 15 ever 40 minutes or so? >> >> Once you get into that mode, you start sleeping and waking naturally with >> no alarm clocks. But sleeps might be 10-30 minutes long, with several >> waking hours between. And when sleep time arrives, there's no mistaking >> it, it's like drinking a large glass of vodka. >> >> >> (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) >> William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website >> billb at amasci com http://amasci.com >> EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair >> Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci >> >> > >
