I’ve been some kind of polyphasic for a solid decade (more, but with breaks that bring it to about that overall). I use an alarm if my schedule is changing—i.e. I’m doing a day of Uberman to get more done; or I missed a nap and so am sleeping 4.5h tonight instead of 3 -- but even then I often don’t need it. Once I’m on my regular Everyman 3 schedule for a few days straight, no alarms are necessary, including popping right awake at 4am feeling great. I only use alarms for naps anymore if I want to read when I wake up, so that I don’t get sucked into my book and waste too much time; I wake up so reliably after 20 minutes that my friends have used me as a timer.
I’ve been some kind of polyphasic for a solid decade (more, but with breaks that bring it to about that overall). I use an alarm if my schedule is changing—i.e. I’m doing a day of Uberman to get more done; or I missed a nap and so am sleeping 4.5h tonight instead of 3 -- but even then I often don’t need it. Once I’m on my regular Everyman 3 schedule for a few days straight, no alarms are necessary, including popping right awake at 4am feeling great. I only use alarms for naps anymore if I want to read when I wake up, so that I don’t get sucked into my book and waste too much time; I wake up so reliably after 20 minutes that my friends have used me as a timer.
I love being made of programmable firmware. ;)
Do you remember how long it took until you stopped needing alarms?