Viliam_Bur comments on Group rationality diary, 8/20/12 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 25 August 2012 10:42:53AM 0 points [-]

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?

Comment author: matt 26 August 2012 01:09:12AM 1 point [-]

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.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 26 August 2012 02:47:05AM *  0 points [-]

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)