4 Hours Sleep Project – 1 Month – Final

The final result of training myself to sleep 4 hours like Dean Karnazes has been so much better than I could have ever expected. After really sticking to the training through February and testing the progress every Friday night, I’ve taken the last few days to start to zero in on the new ideal sleep time. I’m excited to report that I’ve been really happy with right about 5 hours at night from midnight to 5 am. Then usually one 20-35 minute nap again before starting work or in the afternoon. The naps are the best part! I almost always wake up feeling totally juiced!

It continues to amaze me how much less is necessary when the quality is that much better.

I seem to have just as much energy as I ever had, if not more. Especially with training, working out, and in general. The human body’s ability to adapt is unbelievable, and usually ignored and accepted as is. For me, what works and what’s good, usually isn’t good enough and I want to improve it.

On that note, I’ve already started my next self-training experiment. For this month I’m shifting my focus, attention and energy into immersing myself into learning Spanish. I can stumble through understanding and (barely) speaking it right now. And it’s my intention to accelerate that process as much I possibly can through this month by finding the best of the best when it comes to learning, developing, and engaging myself in the process of being fluent in Spanish. Hey, with 3.5 extra hours every day now, I’ll even have more time to work with.

More on this later and my initial strategies and thoughts.

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