Biphasic Sleeping Schedule? - It's a healthy lifestyle for creatives.

The title of this post suggests that we will be dabbling around a topic that is related to health. Let's set the room right before I dive into today's talking point. Okay?

So, I don't snore while sleeping and I don't sleep-walk. In a broad sense, I've got no disruptive sleeping disorder.

In other words, yours truly (talking about me) is in a good position to say a thing or two about a sleeping pattern that can be explored by us.

This sleeping pattern I will be sharing will allow you to always get a decent amount of sleep and still maximize your performance when you are awake.

_{For the record, I'm writing this as a part of an unspecified amount of entries I will be making to this month's prompt that was presented by @med-hive community. It may be the only entry I will make, but if time permits, I will like to make more before the month runs out.}

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The backstory of my sleeping pattern.

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I'm a normal lad who wants to hit it big in whatever I'm doing. I genuinely believe that effort begets success and that is why I spend an awful lot of time doing things that will set me on the path to a blazing future.

When I was a University student, I burnt my night candles like crazy. When I worked in a commercial bank, I spent so much time on the job. Now that I'm exploring the idea of being a content Creator, it became obvious to me that I've formed a habit which looks cool at face value, but this same 'cool habit' will end up messing up my health when I get older.

Can you imagine the habit I'm talking about?

Nope, it's not an excessive intake of alcohol. I've never had a taste of alcohol since my birth. It's also not drug abuse, gambling or womanizing. I don't do any of those. The whole problem was my 'cool sleeping pattern'.

Don't make a mistake about this. It's nothing you've never heard of before. For example,

• How many of you get up to 4 hours of sleep per day?

• Do you even sleep at all?

You see, if we are being true to ourselves, so many people do not get a decent amount of sleep per day. I, for one, was always guilty as charged. I wake up by 6am and go to bed around 3 or 4am. Imagine that.

I'm not going to say you need 8 hours of sleep per day and I'm not going to cajole you for not sleeping as much as necessary. I believe some variables come into play in this.

So, what I will do is tell you the difference I'm experiencing since I decided to tweak my sleeping pattern. And then, I will allow you to choose what is right for you.

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The rebirth of a new sleeping Patten;

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One thing you need to know about me and the way I approach my health is that I'm in the category of people that likes to taste 'the thing' to know if it's poop or chocolate.

Even if I read a million article that warns about the danger of not getting enough sleep, I will never feel like adjusting my old pattern until I start getting signals that 'this is no longer good for me. The signal came two months ago.

I noticed that my mind was losing focus and I usually wake up with a migraine after being awake for 21 hours straight only to squeeze in 2-3 hours of sleep. When this whole thing started to affect my creativity...,

...I knew that it was time to try something new.

I tried a bunch of things until I decided to try sleeping twice a day. This is the exact thing that worked so well for me.

What I always do is carry on with my activities until 7/8pm before forcing myself to sleep for just two hours or 2.5 hours. After that short sleep, I wake up feeling more energetic and refreshed. Then, I wash up with cold water and eat any fruit at my disposal before getting back to my creative activities.

Once I'm back on the seat, I can gladly do my work from 11/12pm until 4 or 5am before calling it a day. As usual, without forcing myself with an alarm clock or stuff like that, I tend to sleep for 2-3 hours before waking up to face the new day properly.

I was genuinely surprised the first couple of times I tried this because I started noticing that my mind was working better and I was always agile round the clock. Even as I'm typing this, I've already slept the first round and woke up to do a couple of things before finally sleeping again.

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Sleeping twice in a day; Is this what they call Biphasic Sleeping Schedule?

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This is where I will like to mention @beeber and @balikis95 so they can finally get to see what I mean whenever I talk about Biphasic Sleeping Schedule.

For the record, I was doing this without knowing what it's called until I got this comment from our very own @shadowspub...

...in one of the lifestyle posts I made a month ago. I love the fancy name given to this sleeping pattern and I'm glad to share it with you all.

Fundamentally, taking a siesta during the day may prove to be more effective for some people, but when I tried, I spent a whole hour forcing myself to sleep. I still couldn't sleep. What a waste of time! It didn't work for me. The way I do it now is what works for me.

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An important fact that I'd like to state is that the entire trajectory of how much I do when I'm awake has changed completely since I started working with this sleeping pattern. I still don't get some 8 or 10 hours of sleep per se, but the idea of taking a break to sleep for a few hours makes so much difference.

Give it a try and see if it works for you. It's a good way to give your brain a deserved rest.

Thanks For Not Missing Any Full-stop Or Comma.
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