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Originally posted by djmcmath
You might try taking up a career in nuclear submarines. After a qualifying deployment, you learn to consider 2 hours at a shot a long time. 4 hours is considered a lot of time. 6?! Ha! This kind of inhuman sleep cycle is maintained by fantastic quantities of caffeine. Submariners are actually just a little famous for the hyper-caffeinated twitch.
If you are inexperienced at this, you may find that less than 6 hours a night will cause serious problems. When I first started sleeping like that, I was ok for the first month or so, then I started passing out routinely. It was a real bummer. I'm much better now -- I did 22 energetic hours last weekend before I realized I should have been tired, then slept for 4 hours to recover. For serious starting points, I'd recommend a good exercise routine and a really healthy diet. I'm always amazed at how much more alert I am when I cut back on greasy foods.
BTW, what's your motivation?
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Good advice Dan, thanks. I'm drinking a lot of water, not as much excercize as I would like, at least out of the bedroom that is, and I do eat relatively healthy. What are the next steps? When I was younger, I was the head coach of Brandeis Crew, worked a 40 hour/week job and got Modern Dad magazine going all at the same time. I slept maybe 4 hours every night for months, but never felt it.
Now at 38 (next week), I'm slowing down, but believe reality is based on perception, and am sure I can get back to that level if I can train myself to. It's all about strengthening neural pathways, at least that's the theory. Would like to make it real.
Motivation? The list is long and I really forgot how much time a girlfriend can take up, especially when you'd actually rather be with her than: 1. G9Girl 2. the cars. I'm shocked at myself. Partial list:
1. Girlfriend
2. G9Girl
3. Cut targa bar off the 84 and make it a cab
4. Ground up restoration of the E. Harvey Weidmann called yesterday and said my wheels were done... deep 6's finished a la RSR, the rears widened to 7Rs. I've collected parts for 2 years to make the E an ultimate sleeper and just need about 400 hours to make it a reality.
It was Harvey's call that did it.