This is My Mid-Life Crisis.

Aug 19

What The (holy swear word batman) Am I Doing!?

So this is where I start testing out some things to see how they work and how far I can manipulate them to work better for me.

First Sleep

I used to sleep semi-normal, in bed by 23:00, waking up at 05:00. 6 hours has been my normal for over a decade now. But I want to see if I can get MORE awake time. Sleep less but train my body to get better quality sleep. Right now the aim is 5h 10m’s of sleep in a 24 hour period with Polyphasic sleep.

The new pattern: In bed by 23:00, waking at 03:30 = 4h 30m’s. With two 20-minute power naps, for a total of 5h 10mins of daily sleep.

The ultimate goal would be to reduce it more over time.

If you’re wondering this is a variation of Polyphasic sleep called EVERYMAN 2. During this transition, I’ll be monitoring my cognitive, physical, and mental states with tests.

Then Diet

Over the past 4 or so years I’ve been dabbling with my diet, trying to find something that means I eat the least amount possible while getting everything my body needs, not being a “foody” helps. I’ve gone from 18% to 12.3% body fat. I generally eat only twice a day. Usually, a carnivore-type diet consists of steak and eggs with two chicken breasts later on. This has served me well.

But now that I’m changing my sleep I need to think about my diet too. I’ll need extra fuel to help me through this phase. I’ll also be increasing my physical training, doing two workouts 3-4 times a week, and in-between, more cardio, running or swimming and skipping for an hour.

That said, I am now actively looking for a gym.

So I’m going to need more fuel to get me through the day. My brain is the worry, so brain food is key, and also keto-friendly foods. If I can get my brain operating on Ketones this should be okay. Just something else to manage.

The Training

I touched on this earlier. I work out every day but that will increase to twice daily 3-4 times a week for the resistance training and cardio 3 times a week. I still need to work out the particulars so for now, I’ll keep doing what I already do but supplement that with an extra clubbell workout. The goal is to increase my weight from 162 lbs to 185-200 lbs’ish with a body fat % between 8-12.

And then, I need to sort out a study plan. 2 - 3 hours daily covering various topics. Basically all my interests. Plus business.

Criminology // Forensics
Psychology // Behavior
Philosophy
History // Tactics and Strategies

These will help me write my detective series of books.

Anglo-Saxon’s
Vikings (Scandinavia of that era).

Because this is my heritage and of course the birth of my country.

How to Learning
How to write (fiction // copy)
Business (all aspects).

With this extra time on my hands, I’m trying to do 2 - 3 hours daily.

What’s my ultimate goal? To become;

BATMAN

No, but seriously, using him as an ideal of the physical, mental, and determination or sheer force of will to achieve what I want to achieve. To study myself during all this, document it all, like this, in a journal and in video form on YouTube, so I can take all this and pass it on to others to use as they will. And hopefully, make some money along the way.

Over the coming days, I’ll be sorting all this out and starting as soon as possible.

But first, I need to better understand Sleep, because without that understanding none of this works. That’s where My studies begin. How will less sleep, yet better quality sleep affect all of the above.