Monday - Tuesday 24-26/4/2018

After a short sleep then no meditation on Monday, leading to an accumulation of sleep debt, I was interested to see how my brain would respond. This time I gave myself the full 8 hour sleep opportunity. I achieved only the critical minimum and the sleep pattern was normal. However, deep sleep was longer, and there was no "restless" hour and no toilet visits, pushing up sleep efficiency.
I am now convinced that though sleep itself is not within my conscious control, to sleep well enough I must create adequate sleep opportunities, ideally 8 hours overnight and a two-hour meditation opportunity in the afternoon. Though this is not always possible, it must be the default in the absence of matters arising.

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