Days 2 & 3: At least I read a book!

Day 2


Day two would have been a success of my goals were it not for the deployment I had to do.  I ended up starting the deployment a bit earlier than anticipated, and got it done by the time 11 PM rolled around.  However, instead of trying to meet the "Sleep at 11PM" goal, I decided to meet the "No computer for an hour before bed" goal.  So I stayed up until midnight reading a junk novel that I had picked up earlier this year since it was on sale and I was in the store for Objective-C books anyways.  I woke up at the alarming time of 8:19 AM however, so I don't think the trade-off was a good one.

Summary: 1/3 goals met, didn't regress.

Day 3


After coming back home early and getting caught in the rain I left early to avoid (btw, I think meteorologists use the term "thunder showers" way too liberally these days) I collapsed to watch TV and cook a small dinner before heading out to my gumdo session.

Tangent: The martial art Haidong Gumdo is a swordsmanship martial art from Korea that I picked up during my first year of university. As a martial art, I find that it puts more emphasis on fluidity of motion and the sound of a sword whistling through the air as you dance around opponents is breathtaking.  Anyone interested should take a look here and find out if there is a practicing dojang near them.

Because of the session running from 9 PM to 10 PM, I didn't get home until about 10:30 and was restless up until 11 PM.  However, I did manage to get to bed at 11! =D

Unfortunately, I still didn't wake up on my own before my alarm, so I was unable to meet all three goals.

Summary: 2/3 goals met

Addendum


Since I was able to get to bed by 11 PM but still didn't get up before the alarm, I will be moving the target bedtime up by 15 minutes to 10:45 PM.  Each night I am able to get to bed by the target time but can't wake up before the alarm, I move up the bedtime.  This is so that I can get an idea of when my ideal sleep cycle should begin and end.  Here's hoping I don't have to move it up too far!

A failed first attempt

Well, for the first night of the sleep cycle correction experiment, I got into bed at 12:30 AM and joined the waking world at 12:30 PM.  I did wake up before my alarm, (6:50 AM, alarm is at 7 AM) but I fell back asleep again and don't remember hearing the alarm so I don't think that counts.

The one thing I was able to do successfully is not use a computer for an hour before bed.  So, I guess that makes me 1 for 3.

Tonight I know I won't be able to make the 11 PM bedtime deadline due to a code deployment that has to go through starting at the same time.  For the same reason, I won't meet the "no computer before bed" goal either.  Here's hoping I can at least make the wake up before alarm goal.

(Reminder: The goal of the experiment is to discover a bedtime that allows me to fall asleep easily and wake up before my alarm goes off at 7AM.  Such a time is considered discovered if I can maintain it for a week.)