Oddly, I’m sort of the opposite. If I’m too well-rested, I have trouble concentrating. I seem to function best when I’m slightly sleep-deprived, but I frequently overcompensate and end up sleep-depped enough that the loss of sharpness outweighs the (flat) concentration gain.
Have you considered poly-phasic sleep schedules? You’ll not be getting much sleep overall, so shouldn’t get super well rested, but frequent sleep should keep you out of the danger zone.
I would really like to try out polyphasic sleep, but it’s not compatible with my work schedule. I would have tried it when I was in college, but classes presented the same problem. If I’m ever in a position where I’m working for myself, though, it’s definitely something I’m planning to experiment with.
For about a year I adopted a schedule in which I slept 4 hours one night and 10 hours the next. It was convenient, and I got the nice sleep-dep focus you describe every other day. I stopped because I developed emotional instability, but I’m pretty sure the sleep schedule wasn’t the sole cause of that.
Same thing for me with being tired.
Oddly, I’m sort of the opposite. If I’m too well-rested, I have trouble concentrating. I seem to function best when I’m slightly sleep-deprived, but I frequently overcompensate and end up sleep-depped enough that the loss of sharpness outweighs the (flat) concentration gain.
Have you considered poly-phasic sleep schedules? You’ll not be getting much sleep overall, so shouldn’t get super well rested, but frequent sleep should keep you out of the danger zone.
I would really like to try out polyphasic sleep, but it’s not compatible with my work schedule. I would have tried it when I was in college, but classes presented the same problem. If I’m ever in a position where I’m working for myself, though, it’s definitely something I’m planning to experiment with.
For about a year I adopted a schedule in which I slept 4 hours one night and 10 hours the next. It was convenient, and I got the nice sleep-dep focus you describe every other day. I stopped because I developed emotional instability, but I’m pretty sure the sleep schedule wasn’t the sole cause of that.