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Day Something or Other-Two Week Notice

8. October 2009

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Alright so it has been a bit over two weeks since the 30 days were over and I thought I would throw up an update on how things are going. Things are going pretty well. Before the challenge I was having massive problems sleeping. My insomnia was raging out of control and I was sleeping [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 30 – It is Finished

18. September 2009

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So it is the last day of the experiment and I went out with a whimper. A whimper because I couldn’t sleep at all today. Well, that isn’t really true. I slept for four hours and then I was done. I got up a bit and played video games for a bit and tried again [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 29 – No News is Good News

16. September 2009

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So I was riding pretty high the past couple of days with my nine hours but today I took a bit of a step back. I slept for seven hours. Not as nice but it is better than normal anyway. Also, it wasn’t a failure in the scripts or the process but rather that I [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 28 – Nine Hours: A Love Story

15. September 2009

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This is twice in a row that I have managed to do nine hours of sleep. If you’ve been reading this blog with any regularity, you will know that this is a really big deal.  Here with only a stone’s throw away from day 30 I am finding myself on the precipice of what may [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 27 – Epic Fail

14. September 2009

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Okay so about 45 minutes after last night’s entry I went down like the white guy in a boxing match. Seriously, it was as if someone shot me in the neck with a blow gun. I was out. When I woke up NINE hours later I was filled with shame. That feeling gave way to [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 26 – Endurance Trial

14. September 2009

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We got up early this morning to take my friend from Little Rock to the Desert Museum. Our goal was to get there before it was too hot but we went to breakfast first and then Miss Tiggywinkle’s Toy Store and failed altogether to miss the heat. We were there for a few hours looking [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 25 – Of Movies and Walks and Ruined Sleep Schedules

14. September 2009

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I woke up about 3pm yesterday and immediately started getting ready for the evening. I took a shower and literally had to drag my girlfriend out of bed by her ankles so she could take a shower and get ready. We collected my friend from out of town and took her to Pho Thu, a [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 24 – In Which I Am a Complete Idiot

12. September 2009

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Yesterday I woke up early by design and my lack of sleep was the result of an alarm as opposed to any failure to sleep on my part. Today, I sit at my desk at work only two hours into my shift just yawning like the entrance to Carlsbad Caverns. I got roughly four hours [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 23 – Cancellation Day!

11. September 2009

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Today was one of those days when you have a lot planned and then none of it happens. I wasn’t really upset by that, it just meant that I woke up earlier than I would have liked for said plans and they didn’t go through. So I did my script, I did my process and [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 22 – In Which I Feel Like a Rockstar for Eight Hours of Sleep

10. September 2009

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Okay, so rockstars don’t sleep that much what with the coke and all night groupie fests, but that isn’t the point. It also isn’t the point that I slept for six hours and then went back to bed for another two. The point is that I COULD go back to for that second two. And [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 21 – I Like Pie

9. September 2009

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Sorry I couldn’t think of a snappy title tonight. Really all there is to talk about this time around is I have finally found some consistency. I feel faded and more hypnotized when I do the sleep script, I go right to sleep when I count down and I sleep at least six hours consistently. [...]

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Challenge #1 – Day 20 – Patterns Emerging

8. September 2009

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Six hours. That is the order of the week evidently. I got home from work and true to form went to sleep straight away. I am honestly not sure if I got into the countdown at all before I was sailing through dreamland. I had no nightmares or uncomfortable dreams about anything. Around 12:3o I [...]

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