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In the early stages of my polyphasic transition, my brain was often flooded with new polyphasic sleep related thoughts. Now my experiences seem to be reaching a sort of equilibrium. My new daily thoughts on polyphasic sleep seem to be diminishing.

I like to consider this new equlibrium as an indicator that I am becoming well-adapted to polyphasic sleeping.

I went for a walk this morning as soon as the sky started lighting up. This was around 4:40am. I was listening to a Spanish Podcast, and the doctor in the segment discussed the health benefits of green tea.

I purchased some green tea, and I have been delighted with it. In addition to being very healthy and delicious, green tea can be of great use to polyphasic sleepers.

In general, caffeine is not recommended in tandem with polyphasic sleeping. However, green has a somewhat mild concentration of caffeine, and unlike coffee and energy drinks, green tea is indisputably wonderful for our health.

I have been using green tea as a delicious remedy to ward off certain times when the sandman is particularly dangerous.

The hardest waking period has continued to be the 7-11am time block. My four hour Chinese runs during this time segment. I struggled immensely this morning to remain awake, engaged, and focused in class. 500ml of green tea helped a great deal in restoring my energy level and enthusiasm for the class.

Another Polyphasic Sleeper would likely guess that the two segments from 11pm-7am would be the most difficult ones to stay awake and perform well.

During my 7pm nap I had a wondrful REM cycle, the first one that I can remember for about 5 days. After the lucid dream, I felt extremely rested and energetic up until my workout.

I have been pushing my daily workout later and later in the night. This way, I can rest and recuperate from the workout twhen the weather is coolest.

I do have suspicions, however, that individuals feel lazy and restful several hours after a challenging workout.

So, the downside of my current sleep plan/schedule that it is even harder to stay awake and remain alert after working out int he early night.

I would be wiling to bet that, ceteris paribas (all other things equal), a lengthy workout will make the following sleep block the easiest and most alert two and the one ahead of that (two blocks and three blocks ahead of the workout) are the hardest to remain awake during.

If our air conditioning is ever frixed, I will consider working out before my previousl hardest section to try and ease the ennui.

In general things are going quite well. I haven't had any scheduling mistakes or small crises in the last two days.

please share your thoughts with me!

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