Changing to polyphasic sleep. (4h night/2x30min nap)

Has anyone good tips??

Sleep 8 hours each night.

It's very hard to sleep 8 hours per day. Don't get that much time if you are working on 2 projects. Your office work and a side project.

Sleep in increments of 90 mins. That's how much a sleep cycle is :)

First weeks will be horrible, but you must not oversleep! Otherwise your body won't get used to shorter core sleep.

I would also recommend either 4.5h or 3h for the core sleep, so you don't wake up in the middle of a cycle.

Good luck!

@hullu198 thx, mut is it ok, for tarting to sleep 4h? And how do u know, when the phase is over?

@linuxer4fun In case you aren't a masochist, it's usually much easier to move gradually to polyphasic sleep. In the beginning, I myself slept 6h + 1,5 nap, then transitioned after a month to 4,5h core sleep. The pain in the ass period was about two weeks after both transitions.

Of course it's possible to jump straight into shorter core, but it might take longer to adapt. My guess would be three weeks or so.

And you will know you have adapted the rhythm when you wake naturally at the right time, and are not tired.

@hullu198 ok, so im masochistic :)