Yesterday I was reading on Slashdot about different sleep patterns besides sleeping 6 to 8 hours a night. Doug and I are experimenting with polyphasic sleep – a pattern where you take frequent “naps” at regular intervals during the day. We’ve decided to sleep for 30 minutes, then stay awake for 3.5 hours, consistently.

We’ve only had one night so far. It was painful, staying awake between 4:30 and 8am, when everyone else was asleep, but we pulled through it, and now it’s light outside and we’re awake again. Supposedly it’s tough for the first 3-5 days, but after that, if we stick rigidly to the schedule, it’ll become easier. There’s a blog of some guy who had great success, Steve Pavlina.

Anyway, we’re sticking to our schedule so far. As of this writing, we’ve had three naps, and they have been on-time within five minutes. We both go to sleep very quickly after putting our heads on the pillow, which is apparently a good sign. I’m excited for this – it’s really cool, and it has great potential.