Sat Mar 31 04:11:04 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 0130
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep? *0130
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 15 minutes.
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • No
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 0930
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 0930
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Lots of commotion as I've been sleeping in the living room
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 7 hours
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • No

Sat Mar 31 04:12:20 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • Yes. Around 1800. 3 hours.
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Large latte from Starbucks between 1300 and 1600.
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 3

Sat Mar 31 04:12:51 UTC 2018

Sat Mar 31 04:15:05 UTC 2018

I have been slowly drifting backwards here in sleep without using melatonin. This is not something I am used to. What's different? Social interaction density? Lots of family around and it is quite tiring. Maybe the naps? That's not something I ever tried to make a habit before. I'm trying to think what the logistics will be when I start working again.

There's plenty of places to sleep at the office. It'll probably be fine. I've noticed while I'm here that I sleep less at night when I nap. I'll probably be sleeping extra tonight despite my nap, however, as I did a ton of exercise between the rock climbing and the helping with the cutting down of trees.

We'll see.

Fri Mar 30 05:18:23 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 0200
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 0200
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • Yes. Once. 20 mninutes
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 0930
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 1000
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Have a light cold
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 7 hours 30 minutes
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • No

Wed Mar 28 04:56:21 UTC 2018

Wed Mar 28 04:56:11 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • No... not really. Woke up and went back to sleep, kinda.
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Coffee when I woke up and I went to Quills around 1500 and got an alchemist coffee. (Delicious)
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 2

Fri Mar 30 05:26:24 UTC 2018

Didn't track time great today so purely hanging out in timeblock, basically.

Went grocery shopping with my awesome uncle at some point between waking up and 1430.

Went to Quills and then Sinking Ship between 1430 and 1730. Sinking Ship is a cool place with half vegan options, half normal options. I ordered a bunch of vegan foods, but... I may have accidentally gotten normal braughts (the meat kind). Tasted pretty normal... but I got them before and they tasted that way. But I feel like about a year ago when I got them they were green....

In any case, if I made a mistake, it's okay. Massive reduction is almost as good as 100% reduction, and I know I don't care about meat. If anything, my suspicions were because it wasn't super tasty. Won't get vegan braughts next time.

Then I played Euchre with family between 1800 and 2200. We taught my nine-year-old nephew how to play and he had wicked sweet beginner's luck (and thus I won cause he was on my team).

In the background today were three terrible Easter-based movies. Super terrible. Glad I wasn't paying attention.

Thu Mar 29 03:04:07 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 0300
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 0300
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • Yes. Once. 20 minutes.
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 0900
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 0930
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Still visiting aunt. Still a bit sick.
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 5 hours 30 minutes
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • No

Thu Mar 29 03:05:32 UTC 2018

Thu Mar 29 03:07:01 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • Yes. Twice. 1100 and 2200. 1 hour each.
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No.
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Coffee right after first nap.
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 2

Wed Mar 28 04:50:10 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 0300
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 0300
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • Yes. Once. 20 mninutes
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 1130
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 1130
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Have a light cold
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 8 hours
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • Yes. Melatonin around 0200.

Wed Mar 28 04:56:21 UTC 2018

Wed Mar 28 04:56:11 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • Yes. 2200. About 2 hours.
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Coffee when I woke up and some diet coke a bit later.
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 2

Wed Mar 28 04:56:41 UTC 2018

Having gotten sick I have definitely decided no work. Every once in a while I think about it and get a bit anxious because things should be done and instead I did a lot of work where it didn't need to be done.

But that happens and is fine.

Or rather, that happened, I can't change that it happened, and I will work to improve myself so it doesn't happen again.

Having a lot of fun hanging with the family. There was a snow storm the whole day after I arrived. My brother arrived during it. The next day the snow was perfect for snowmen so my brother made a snow E.T., I made two snow bunnies (for Easter, of course), and my sister made a very professional-looking, short snowman.

There's been lots of food shopping since I arrived. The fridge is full now so we'll probably not do more tomorrow. Probably.

I have been napping, and I have been loving it. It also seems to be making my sleep schedule more consistent? More data needed there. If so, then I can maybe be on this schedule in Seattle, as it'd be 0000-0800, with an 1-2 hour nap between 1700 and 1900. I had a late, long nap today, so I'll know whether or not that'll hurt my sleep consistency tomorrow. Falling asleep later may be fine, but waking up later would not.

I have totally not gone with the caffeine removal. In all honesty, it's probably unnecessary. Sweet coffee drinks from starbucks are also one of my vices right now.

Wed Mar 28 04:50:10 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 0300
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 0300
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • No
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 1100
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 1130
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Have a light cold
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 8 hours
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • Yes. Melatonin around 0200.

Wed Mar 28 04:53:23 UTC 2018

Wed Mar 28 04:53:33 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • Yes. 1930. About 75 minutes.
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Starbucks coffee around 1630.
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 2

Wed Mar 28 04:41:21 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 0300
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 0300
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • No
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 1100
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 1130
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Starting to feel a bit sick (light cold)
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 8 hours
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • No

Wed Mar 28 04:42:32 UTC 2018

Wed Mar 28 04:47:59 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • No
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Starbucks coffee around 1400.
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 3

Sun Mar 25 02:29:21 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 0300 EDT
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 0300 EDT
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • No.
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 1100 EDT
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 1130 EDT
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Arrived at my Aunt's
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 8 hours
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • No

Sun Mar 25 02:30:10 UTC 2018

Sun Mar 25 02:31:06 UTC 2018

Going to be at my aunt's for the week, Stephan. Pretty excited. Didn't finish what I wanted to at work last week, though, and it's weighing on my head. I have several paths forward there, all of them not exactly what I would like. I can do work while on vacation. Which is "fine", in my opinion. The only reason I took PTO for this week is because I didn't trust myself to do work whilst at my aunt's. I tried "working from Indiana" last Thanksgiving and I didn't do much work. But it's kinda a bad precedent to set, maybe.

The other real option is to just let it go until I get back in April. I don't like this because... well, I don't trust myself to let it go, and I'd really feel better with this work being done.

The third thing, which I'm currently doing, is debating with myself over what to do, which is absolutely the worst choice.

I'll work on my habits while I'm here, I think.

Wed Mar 28 04:39:38 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • No
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Caffiene around 1500
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 2

Sun Mar 25 02:19:01 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 0100
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 0100
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • Yes. Twice. 50 minutes.
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 0730
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 0730
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Have a flight to catch
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 5 hours 30 minutes
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • Melatonin 2300

Sun Mar 25 02:22:16 UTC 2018

Sun Mar 25 02:24:39 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • Yes. Napped on plane. About 1 hour.
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Caffeine in Denver layover around 1600 MDT
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 5

Thu Mar 22 20:29:25 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 2400
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 0100
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • Yes. Twice. 20 minutes.
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 0930
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 0930
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Met a new person
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 8 hours
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • No

Thu Mar 22 20:38:40 UTC 2018

Thu Mar 22 20:41:47 UTC 2018

Last night the Seattle library informed me that the "Why We Sleep" audiobook was available for me to borrow and listen to. So today I have downloaded it and started listening to it. It's already pretty good, Stephan.

It also is inspiring me to repeat some experiments I have tried in the past.

Rather, one experiment. Other things make me want to do other experiments in parallel. This book makes me want to not drink caffeine for some long period of time (let's say a month). I also want to try to switch to one meal a day again. And lastly to stay awake whenever it is I wake-up first after falling asleep.

The last one is something I did for a few months in 2014 to great success. I ended up waking up at 0400 every morning from Feburary 2014 to June 2014. It was extremely fragile and the schedule died when I went on vacation.

I've had a few instances of doig this in the last year, but interestingly enough, I was actually tired enough several hours into the day to need to go back to bed. I want to see how consistent this tiredness is and also if forcing longer wakefulness between interuptions to my sleep will teach my body to sleep better. There's a lot of lingering after wake-up laying in bed that I do, wherein I feel like I'm falling in and out of sleep, and I just wonder how valuable that part of my routine is.

Sun Mar 25 02:19:20 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • No
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Caffeine around 1200
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 3

Wed Mar 21 17:37:54 UTC 2018

Morning sleep questions:

• What time did you get into bed last night?
  • 2300
• What time did you turn everything off and try to fall asleep?
  • 2300
• How long did it take you to fall asleep?
  • 10 minutes
• Did you wake up during the night? How often? How long were you awake total?
  • Yes. Several times. 50 minutes.
• What time was your final awakening this morning?
  • 0930
• What time did you get out of bed?
  • 0930
• Did anything unusual happen yesterday that might have affected your sleep? (illness, disturbances, emotional stress, etc.)
  • Staying at hostel in SF
• What is the total amount of time you slept last night in hours and minutes? (best estimate)
  • 9 hours 30 minutes
• Did you take any medication that might have affected your sleep? What? When?
  • No

Wed Mar 21 17:39:11 UTC 2018

Thu Mar 22 20:07:25 UTC 2018

Evening sleep questions:

• Did you nap today? How many times? When? How long?
  • No
• Did you consume any medicine that you do not take on a daily basis? What? How much? When?
  • No
• Did you have any caffeinated or alcoholic beverages today? What? How much? When?
  • Yes. Caffeine through 1600.
• Please rate your average sleepiness today on a scale of 1 - 10. (1 = wide awake, 10 = very sleepy)
  • 2