Postponing Uberman start one day

I feel a bit sheepish but I am postponing the Uberman start another day to get my health back 100%.  I still have some cold symptoms and I have been sleeping a lot which has been quite healing for me (I seem to be naturally biphasic).  Other than that I am very happy.  I do [...]

Day minus 3: some snafus, and thoughts on personal development

At late night I started feeling a bit ill.  There is a kind of stomach flu that is going around the house.  I am, however, almost 24 hours off caffeine, and I started the mostly raw foods diet this morning as well.  I always forget how wonderful I feel when I eat a lot of [...]

“Definiteness of purpose and a burning desire”, Day minus 4

Definiteness of purpose and a burning desire for success are, according to Napoleon Hill in his famous book “Think and grow rich”, the requirements for any successful venture.  Napoleon Hill is the grand-daddy of “success psychology”. I am not certain that those who have followed him (Anthony Robbins etc) have added anything fundamental – just [...]

Polyphasic sleep: Fundamental motivation and preparation, Day minus 7

I am starting a new blog specifically for my experiment in Polyphasic / Uberman’s sleep as I don’t want to overload the Marc’s life and travels list with long introspective posts and daily sleep logs.  I suspect most people on the “Marc’s life” list think I am insane already and I don’t want to give [...]