Today started out looking pretty grim, Even after the sun came up, I was still so tired that I sat in front of my computer for about 10 minutes doing the head-bob. Finally, I say to my body, “Fine! You gonna be like that? I’m taking a MORNING RUN, bitch)
I’ve never gotten up in the morning and gone running. Not once. Not ever. The very idea of it felt excruciatingly painful. But I did it. I ran till my heart ached, legs throbbed, and lungs grabbed at the thin Colorado air. Then ran some more…
And it totally worked. It woke me up and I haven’t really had trouble for the rest of the day. I was a bit out of it earlier, but now I’m feeling 100%. I didn’t realize how much of an impact oversleeping yesterday would have. It really set me back. I’m going to have to watch out for that tonight and take some serious alarm precautions.
I’m not sure what I did wrong. Even the couple days starting Uberman, I was really tired, but there wasn’t much danger of unnexpectedly falling asleep or sleeping through my alarms. Now while I feel great during the day, I’m actually more tired at night than I was the first three days. It’s as if my schedule is making me more monophasic.
I spent most of today going through exercises to train myself to have a better memory. It’s really working well. People who get good at the technique are able to quickly and effortlessly memorize large lists and huge numbers and even count cards. Maybe I’ll memorize 100 digits of PI tonight… It’s a goal I’d set for myself a long time ago. Or it might be fun to try to memorize all of my friend’s phone numbers. I’m sure training my memory is going to save some big time in school… ya know, cuz I’m not gonna have any free time to waste ;)
I think the biggest problem is that I don’t have a project to obsess over. This memory thing has been a good project but it doesn’t rend me awake and fill me with drive in the same way that building the site had. I should think of a good CS project to start on tonight…
My violin chops are finally back up to pre-uberman levels. For the last couple of days, I’ve been able to concentrate enough to actually practice in a way that helped me learn the music. That takes a surprising amount of focus.
I forgot to report a strange experience, yesterday. While I was in my super-energetic state yesterday morning, it felt like my brain was soaking in a warm bath, and my whole body was tingling slightly. I felt completely relaxed and calm, but almost supernaturally awake. Then later on that night when I started to crash, it was like the brain-bath started to strangle me. The whole world kind of narrowed down and I was utterly unable to concentrate. The only other times in my monophasic life that I’ve had similar kinds of sensations where after taking very long afternoon naps. I assume it’s the effect of circadian-rhythm regulating hormones
All I can say is that this whole thing is pretty freaking weird. It’s way fun to be along for the ride, and unless things totally fall apart during the rest of the adaption phase, I’d like to stick to it for a while and see what life is like.