Recap, and Restart

Sorry about the late post, but I've been pretty busy. This update is pretty big though, so I've decided to provide an overview of our last week, and talk about next week.

Today, both Russell and I slept 13 hours. Yup, that is not a typo. THIRTEEN hours. We had been going strong beforehand, and there was no reason to think that something like this would even occur. We went to sleep at 6 am, and for some reason, we both woke up at 1:30 pm, having missed our classes, then slept until 7 pm. We both have no idea what happened, but either: we slept through the 6 am alarm, or I didn't actually set it (unlikely). Either way, both of our schedules are completely screwed up now.

So are we done with Uberman-ing? No way. Both of us agree that this schedule is awesome and don't want to go back. Instead, we're starting over with day 1 (starts at midnight tonight). This week has taught us a lot, but I don't think we've transitioned to the new schedule, yet. We're going back into the schedule with much more experience and optimism. If anyone wants to try it with us, feel free to comment below.

Now I'll go into some common misconceptions, pros and cons:

Myth #1: You won't be able to fill up your 22 hours awake!

Both of us have been able to fill up the space pretty well. We thought we'd need a lot of stuff to keep us entertained (Runescape, Settlers of Catan) but we haven't been using them. Maybe its because we have so much work (at least I do) or because we're entertaining ourselves, but we haven't succumbed to boredom.

Myth #2: This sleep cycle isn't possible!

Both Russell and I loved sleeping. We would sleep until 3 or 4pm on the weekends, and probably would every day if we didn't have class. Both of us have been pleasantly surprised by how easy sleeping 2 hours a day was. Honestly, the sleeping 2 hours a day part isn't hard at all; the hard part is not accidentally oversleeping. We both felt the most tired when we oversleep, actually.

Myth #3: You're not spending your time doing work, you're just messing around.

We are not using all of our extra 6 hours to do work, that's true. However, we definitely spend some fraction of that time working. Russell spent 12 am - 5 am working on programming only (although, for those who know Russell, that's probably a bad analogy).

Pros:

• 6 extra hours awake!
• Not having the awful feeling of oversleeping
• Open shower/laundry at odd hours in the night
• Weird dreams (I had a dream about choosing different kinds of soup in a lecture)
• Feeling refreshed after each nap
• Not worrying about sleeping through class (except for rare occasions like 13 hours)

Cons:

• My eyes are probably getting worse
• I get really jealous when people fall asleep in my room.
• I have to eat more (but not a LOT more)

Again, if anybody else would want to try this schedule, comment below and we'll share some more of our experiences. Honestly, I think more people should try it; at the very least, it'll be a very interesting experience that you could tell others. And who knows, it might just change your life.