Sleep 1

23:31 to 03:02

(3:30 hours)

Last night was the first night that I wasn't sure I'd be able to fall asleep for my core. Yesterday I felt myself become a bit more awake just before each sleep, but in the end I slept through all of them. I must have fallen asleep for my core in a couple of minutes at most.

I had a good sleep as always, but I do feel a little groggy now like I normally do.

Sleep 2

06:25 to 06:47

(0:22 hours)

I moved this morning nap forward a little bit and shortened it. I did this because I was becoming more and more alert before the nap, and I thought if I don't take it soon, I will not be able to sleep!

I fell asleep pretty quickly and woke up feeling pretty good. I felt like I would normally feel after getting up on my monophasic schedule.

Sleep 3

12:17 to 12:42

(0:25 hours)

Before my nap today I didn't know whether I felt tired or not! I would say that my sleepiness was pretty low - I had no drowsiness at all really. My eyes on the other hand felt very tired but this could be from staring at a screen too much.

Today I slept on the couch for my 12:20 nap. I put on my eye mask and ipod and fell asleep pretty quickly.

My favourite technique at the moment for falling asleep fast is to count my breathes up to 10. If I get to 10, I start again at 1. I don't know why this works so well but it does, and most of the time I either don't get to 10 or only do it once.

After waking up a lot of my eye strain was gone and I feel better, but I would say now I feel more drowsy than before...

Sleep 4

16:41 to 17:03

(0:22 hours)

I didn't feel majorly tired for this nap but I fell asleep for it quickly and had a good sleep. Now I am feeling a little groggy.

Sleep 5

23:24 to 03:02

(3:38 hours)

Wow I am tired! This is definitely the most sleepy I have felt after my core. I'm wondering if the extra 8 minutes I had past 3:30 hours was enough to push me into deep sleep, because this is seriously uncomfortable!

Normally when I wake up from my core I am a bit groggy, and I have a desire to go back to sleep. Today I am having to try extremely hard to fight off sleep: If I were to lay / sit down I would be asleep in seconds.

I also am switching from black to green tea after this sleep for the first time, to try and reduce the amount of caffeine in my system.

Now I'm off to listen to loud music and do the washing up!