Kenny_10_Bellys wrote:Yeah, that's right, you never sleep do you? I can barely find the time to do one basic lighting tute and get my website together, and you've got 4 on the go plus a short film project.Fuzzy Modem wrote:I have three different deadlines at the end of this month, after that I will try to take the time to put up both fluid dynamics and dynamic shatter/particle instancing tutorials for realistic starship explosions, aswell as an industrial design starfighter tutorial at some point.I wish i was an insomniac as well, think of all the stuff I'd get done. I suppose my current jet-lag will have to suffice.
In all fairness I do sleep atleast 5 hours every 2 days. My current schedual is about 6pm-2pm, although if I've got alot going on I tend to put off sleep untill I've met my deadlines. I'm doing it without caffine now too. I used to be a 6 cups a day man, now I haven't had tea or coffee for 3 weeks. I also take time to eat, shower, and apease my wife occasionally.
In my experiance, maximising your sleep comes down to your diet and your mind. I never eat a big meal unless I'm ready to go to sleep right afterword, and I never bother trying to sleep if I have anything on my mind, because I know I won't be able to sleep anyway. You can pass the point of total exhaustion and catch a second wind about 3 times without sleeping before it begins to affect the quality of your work. Also you sleep better and more restfully when you are truly tired. It's like training yourself to eat less.
Right now I'm working on training my body to have to urinate less often. This is simply a matter of forcing your bladder to stretch and enlarge, the same as your stomach does each time you over eat. You have to be carefull, because you don't want to risk a bladder infection, but if you work on it slowely over a long period of time you can reduce your trips to the bathroom by 50%.
Maybe this all sounds extreme, but honestly, think how much of your life you waste in bed and on the toilet!
