kepo-ing Zz85

I remembered reading about sleep in the Sembawang library. The book mentioned that in a test to see if American nato soldiers can be deployed in Europe in 2 days, the group that received physical training reaching there shortly showed themselves adapted and was less affected to jet lag than another who didn’t.

My previous commander taught us “not to suffer with our leaves”, an advice to some soon-to-be-operational ready personnel not rot when they became too free during their block leave. Somehow I cultivate the attitude to make full use of the offs I had, even when its tiring during a half-day off, I would usually try to go out, play sports, exercise, run errants, or just do something meaningful instead of sleeping. This feel more satisfying that the “off” had been worth, taking a break from the routine work.

Somehow deep sleep can still imprison me. Previous day I didn’t need to return to camp, “‘Z’ Monsters” keep me accompanied for 18 hours. Imagine the horror to look at the clock when the eyes pry open, and the mind started preparations for “mealtimes” and “daylight” adjustments. Fast forward to the time tiredness crept in, there was only 1 hour before I had to get ready for set out.

From my late night projects experiences, I usually found it easier to survive forgoing the 1 hour sleep than to drag the mind out of the sleep. For excitement this time I took the 1 hour sleep. The challenge starts right after the 1 hour, when the dazed mind needs to negotiate with the body to move like a puppet.

Getting out of the house always cure the zombie state. The sun and walking seems to condition the mind and body for a new day. Having something to work on and talking to friends seems to make tiredness disappear but for a moment.

Towards the evening is critical on the perfect sleep reset. Going to sleep to early may offset the cycle. So to feel in any idle time for sleep, swimming before dinner and cycling after. Waiting times was occupied listening to music. By night, the body is shacked, and sleeps comes in at the calculated moment.

In order to prevent the disorder coming back after the “operation”, alarm in the morning preps me for a morning jog, and set heart beating healthy like a pacemaker.

p.s. Do not attempt what I did without consulting a trained physician. Neither did I actually, but my advice really about resetting the cycle is “make hay while the sun shines”, keep hydrating by drinking lots of water, (salt water and bananas if you wish to prevent cramps), and sleep at the correct time.