The Quest for the Perfect Hexaphasic Week

I've had plenty of really good nights and plenty of bad ones. I think it's time I start focusing on a new goal. Eventually the goal is the Perfect Hexaphasic Week. Obviously I'll need a few milestones in-between, so I'm going to start with something very achievable: Three Perfect Days.

So what's a Perfect Day anyway? Here's my list:

• There must be no less than 6 and no more than 7 naps in a day (okay, you caught me, that's not EXACTLY hexaphasic, but it's close :-) )
• The max nap length is 35 minutes (the catnapper CD is 32 minutes long)
• Each hexaphasic nap must be taken within 1 hour of the scheduled times (that's 6 out of the 7 naps). This gives me a little bit of flexibility but hopefully not too much to get into trouble.
• Two consecutive naps must be at least an hour apart (that's an hour of waking time)

Since each "day" starts at midnight, today is unfortunately shot already. This morning I took an extra nap that turned into a bit of a mess. Plus I'm letting my wife sleep in (she had a rough night as well and is still recovering from her surgery) so I'm delaying my 8:30am nap.

I think the biggest key to success is going to be strengthening my discipline muscle. At this point I'm starting to revert to old bad habits with alarms and there's no way I'll succeed like that. For instance, my wife woke me up from 3 naps yesterday despite my "precautions". The only way I'm going to make this work is by not allowing myself to change the rules when I'm tired. It's amazing what you can rationalize when you just wake up :-)

I'll be numbering my attempts just to provide some extra incentive for success. Tomorrow is Perfect Day 1 of 3, Attempt 1

Okay, that's about it for now. I'm starting to fade fast without the 8:30am nap.