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title: "a phenomenology of sleep"
description: "a phenomenology of what sleep is like for me"
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date: 2026-03-16
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# a phenomenology of sleep

*This page is a stub, collecting thoughts and resources on my phenomenological experience of sleep!*

at some point i really need to write up a phenomenology of what sleep is like for me because it’s really much deeper and more spiritual than “did i get my eight hours my physical body needs to be a material being in a material world.”

**my sleep schedules**

i have basically four sleep schedules:

- 8-11 hours of sleep per night
- 6-7.5 hours of sleep per night
- 3-4 hours of sleep per night
- biphasic period—”up for a few hours in the middle of the night”

i think of these as like gears of a manual car. i just notice which one i’m in and shift accordingly

all of these assume [napping](https://tasshin.com/blog/the-gospel-of-naps-according-to-tasshin/)!

rest /= sleep! see [Help for Insomnia: Yet Another use for Mindfulness – Shinzen Young](https://www.shinzen.org/help-for-insomnia-yet-another-use-for-mindfulness/)

**kinds of fatigue**

there are several different kinds of fatigues i experience, and they really are not all created equal. mind-tired. body-tired. soul-tired.

**Sleep Rearranging Things**

one of those nights of sleep where a bunch of stuff gets rearranged under the hood

was talking to myself a ton lol

feels like something is being channeled through me that comes out at that time

[Savor Your Sleep – Zencephalon](https://www.zencephalon.com/savor-your-sleep)

**Other:**

i think of all my 100k bangers in the middle of the night on waking from dreams and then promptly fall back asleep and never tweet them

i wake up a lot in the night.

i am a light sleeper.

i can nap easily, under any circumstances.

one time—just once in my life—i was falling asleep while walking. that was when I was doing polyphasic sleep. i have an essay in [*An Autodidact*](https://www.lulu.com/shop/m-w-fogleman/an-autodidact/ebook/product-14nwqrwy.html) about doing polyphasic

**Resources:**

[sleep deprivation as treatment for depression](https://x.com/adanguyenx/status/1920659867427016964)

[Permit Miracles – Zencephalon](https://www.zencephalon.com/permit-miracles)

*note to self: if and when U write these essays, make sure to search your tweets and journals for sleep-related terms. there’s gold there. u’ll notice the patterns*

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