1st Nap + More Info

Day 1. Nap Count: 1

I just took the first nap and let me say it was really really boring. I just laid there bored for probably the longest 20 minutes I have felt in a while. But for the last 10 minutes of the nap I slipped into a sort of half asleep state. I was a lot more relaxed and I felt like if I was to sleep for another 10 minutes I would be really asleep. I was actually surprised when my alarms went off.

Speaking of alarms, here is the set up: I set the alarm on my ipod to go off after 30 minutes. Then I have my phone as my back up alarm. I want to get ahold of some sort of kitchen timer from a pawn shop or something for really cheap so I can have that as a last resort back up.

I read on the internet that you should try to stay away from sleeping in your actual bed when you take your naps because it increases your risk of oversleeping. So to avoid this I am sleeping on an air mattress in my room. While it is still comfortable I have never really felt like sleeping on an air mattress to be the same as sleeping on a bed so hopefully I wont oversleep.

I also found this chart on the official uberman sleep blog during the research period. It is what I am gonna base how I feel from day to day.

1=Foggy; losing interest in remaining awake; slowed down

2=Functioning at high levels, but not at peak; able to concentrate

3=Awake, but relaxed; responsive but not fully alert

4=Somewhat foggy, let down

5=Foggy; losing interest in remaining awake; slowed down

6=Sleepy, woozy, fighting sleep; prefer to lie down

7=No longer fighting sleep, sleep onset soon; having dream-like thoughts

X= Asleep