02-01-2014, 09:37 AM
Monkeybread, thank you so much for these posts, they are very informative!
Oh, and I certainly will ask you for a general advice:)
Of course, I can make myself to get up at exactly the same time no matter what, so I could maintain the rhythm even if I stay up late, but it requires a lot of discipline in my case because if I don't get my hours of sleep, I get shitty the whole day. And there's no way around it.
So, it's a bit of a vicious circle of going through all the variants within a month or two. Which is EXTREMELY bad, I mean, I know it and feel it.
While I am an "emotional owl" (I like being up at night, as in liking the feeling, not necessarily being more productive or more inclined to night life), I believe I'm actually a lark. Because, when I am at the part of my circle when I'm getting up at, like, six or seven, my day is long, epic, I have the energy (I practically rush to the store to by groceries because I want to do it, I walk by the river and I'm like "oh, good morning mr. tree, good morning grass" like some kind of disney girl etc). At about 19h I'm like "well, I feel this day already lasted for like 30 hours and it has more to go, that's cool". And all that stuff. So, I think that I'm the most energetic and happy and productive if I sleep, for example, 00-08 or something similar.
I Succeeded in maintaining the similar rhythm for about a month (which is like impossible achievement for me), but slipped a week ago, when I stayed up drawing till 5am and that was it. Speaking of which, I don't have problems with staying awake beyond my rhythm, so I even if I went to sleep at about midnight, I had absolutely no trace of a problem staying up till 5. I mean, not even a slight sense of sleepiness. If I went to bed at, say, 1 or 2, I would probably fall asleep in seconds, but because I was sitting and drawing, I had no problems whatsoever.
I might have probably forgot some things, but that would be me in a nutshell:) So, regarding that discipline, what would you suggest?:)
Oh, and I certainly will ask you for a general advice:)
Quote:While you say you are getting the correct number of hours...Yes, I actually meant it as a bad thing. Because it shows that my clock adapted to, well, having no clock. I'll do my amount of hours and that's it. Besides it shows that I lost every trace of rhythm, it also goes against creating a schedule and maintaining and adapting to a rhythm. Say that I get up at 9. And I should go to bed at 00. If I stay up to 2, for whatever reason, I simply slide to waking up at 11. And, of course, then I can't force-sleep myself at 00, but rather go to bed at 2+. And in ten days, here I am, waking up at 21 lol. Also, I think that I have an inclination to have a 25-26 hour cycle.
Of course, I can make myself to get up at exactly the same time no matter what, so I could maintain the rhythm even if I stay up late, but it requires a lot of discipline in my case because if I don't get my hours of sleep, I get shitty the whole day. And there's no way around it.
So, it's a bit of a vicious circle of going through all the variants within a month or two. Which is EXTREMELY bad, I mean, I know it and feel it.
While I am an "emotional owl" (I like being up at night, as in liking the feeling, not necessarily being more productive or more inclined to night life), I believe I'm actually a lark. Because, when I am at the part of my circle when I'm getting up at, like, six or seven, my day is long, epic, I have the energy (I practically rush to the store to by groceries because I want to do it, I walk by the river and I'm like "oh, good morning mr. tree, good morning grass" like some kind of disney girl etc). At about 19h I'm like "well, I feel this day already lasted for like 30 hours and it has more to go, that's cool". And all that stuff. So, I think that I'm the most energetic and happy and productive if I sleep, for example, 00-08 or something similar.
I Succeeded in maintaining the similar rhythm for about a month (which is like impossible achievement for me), but slipped a week ago, when I stayed up drawing till 5am and that was it. Speaking of which, I don't have problems with staying awake beyond my rhythm, so I even if I went to sleep at about midnight, I had absolutely no trace of a problem staying up till 5. I mean, not even a slight sense of sleepiness. If I went to bed at, say, 1 or 2, I would probably fall asleep in seconds, but because I was sitting and drawing, I had no problems whatsoever.
I might have probably forgot some things, but that would be me in a nutshell:) So, regarding that discipline, what would you suggest?:)