Defining Yourself Through the Power of Mind

Though, I've changed a lot in recent years in how outgoing I am, I wasn't always, and at time still am not, keen to be that social with a lot of people. I just find it more satisfying to enjoy that which I already have and slowly develop new friendships. Because of this I seem, on the surface, like a pretty simple, no frills person. Yet to the surprise of many, I've never been what you'd call a normal kid, which some people would be surprised to hear.

I've always been interested in thousands of things, and rarely do they ever sound remotely similar or even in the same universe of interests. I've played basketball all my life, yet I was the only one on my team even close to the top 5% of my class (I was top 3%, otherwise I wouldn't have made it into business school). I loved math and science and was always in the more advanced classes. The same goes for my other classes, though I never really cared for English, just cruised along in the GT classes, which "harvested the seeds of our creativity" rather than focus on the simple traditional grammar and spelling ridiculousness. I.E. We got to make art and have fun. I loved those classes. The writing, not so much.

I've picked up different interests from the large amounts of groups I've been part of. People see you a certain way by the cliques you take part in, but I was in so many I really don't know what people thought of me. I was in the smart kids clique, the trouble makers clique (something I left behind in middle school but still hold dear to my heart), and the athletes clique, among others. Being on the basketball team, I picked up hip hop culture and started listening to rap in 9th grade. It's now my favorite music, though just coming into high school I was probably viewed was one of the most conservative, boring guys around the court. I picked up creativity from all my peers in advanced classes. It's truly been an honor to be around those people. I can only imagine the dreams they will accomplish and how they will change the world.

Until my senior year in high school, I had always just picked up random interests from wherever they came, but that year, I decided I was going to actually work to grow. It's one thing to just let yourself be yourself, its another to take the initiative to improve upon that which you already are. As I said before, I wasn't always the most social. I had never had a girlfriend, pretty much out of choice. Senior year I had 3. I was more loose social, more open and transparent with myself, and an all around more easy going guy. It was the best thing I've done my whole life and has allowed me to change in far more ways than I could imagine.

The social aspect of my life was the main focus for 2007 and 2008, but coming into 2009, I have become interested almost to an obsession with personal development and self growth. Just for a little background, before this year, I picked up a lot of oddball interests and skills. Rubik's cube speed solving, memorizing triple digits of pi, among others. It's these kinds of things that make me who I am. Underneath my boring facade, I'm pretty ridiculous and out there. Outgoing would be an understatement. I pretty much do everything and anything. Back on subject, though.

I have never made New Year's Resolutions, but as some of you have seen, I made a rather long list for 2009 and so far, have worked hard to chip into it. And it is here that I lead into the message of this blog.

Around January 20th, I started on my trek to become a polyphasic sleeper, taking 6 naps a day for 30 minutes. Mistakes galore have occurred and the whole thing is taking much longer than is necessary. With self growth, though, there must be dedication. If you don't want it, you won't get it. I want it, and I will not settle ending short of my goal.

Recently, however, I was introduced to one of the most inspirational bloggers I've come across, Nicholas Powiull of Conscious Flex. What he has spoken has truly cleared my view of what I seek to accomplish.

Nicholas doesn't just believe you can achieve anything you set your mind to. Most people only take this so far. They don't truly believe ANYTHING is possible. Nicholas does. By unlocking the power of the mind, you CAN achieve anything. So often do scientists try and define the world around us, only to be disproved later on. Whether it be years, decades, or centuries later, some of the most popular beliefs have been shown to be far from the truth. We still today do not understand space, time, and gravity. And in more relevance to know, we don't know the actual function of sleep, nor that it is actually necessary. Theories abound, but we still do not know.

People fight me every day on what I am trying to do. "You must stop, you're going to kill yourself." Really? How do you know this? "Sleep is absolutely necessary!" Has it been proven? I get these questions left and right, but people cannot see through the surface of the world. They see the physical world and think thats all there is, but they do not understand how the world, nor the human mind works. They simply assume that because it seems impossible that it must be impossible.

In order to grow, you must get past this fact. The world is not as simple as you think. You CAN achieve the unthinkable. As of Friday, I am now attempting Powiull sleep, a cycle that Nicholas has proven to not only work but generate amazing results and success in improving the human body in alertness and health. What this involves, roughly, is sleeping 15-30 minutes every 12 hours. He has even at times gone 24 hours without sleeping without a hitch. He attributes this to unlocking the power of the subconscious. All this can be found on his blog. I encourage you to read it.

I challenge you to let go of the assumptions you have of the world around you. Allow yourself to truly believe that anything is possible if you set your mind to it. Once you do that, there is nothing that you can't accomplish to better define who you really are. There is only one of you, so make it the best it can be.

Deep Sleep

So one thing I've noticed today from my naps is that they are some of the deepest ones I've had since starting this, even after oversleeping last night. From all my naps today, I woke up thinking I had slept for hours, confused as to where I was and refreshed yet a bit groggy, pretty much exactly how I feel after a normal night's rest. It's really motivating that this is happenning. 1) That I've gained the ability to have a great nap and 2) Because it means last night didn't mess that up.

On another note, my friend is going to start doing some research on my experiences and changes from this so I pretty much have no choice to get on this right now and mess up. I don't want to cause her to get a bad great on her research assignment. So I'm going to be fighting hard. I'll be blogging after EVERY nap. You will have lots of up to date updates lol. Enjoy and wish me luck.

If anyone has any questions, just send them my way. My contact information is on the right or just leave a comment here. Stay tuned peoples!

Beds Suck

Well guys, I had gone 64 hours perfectly. I was starting to feel great and I really think I was seeing the horizon if success. Then I took a nap. I'm not sure what happened, I don't remember, but judging by my phone laying on the bed, I'm going to guess that I turned off by alarms when they went off and then decided to "rest my eyes." you can be sure I'm never going to do that again. I've seen the other side though and thy gives me oodles of motivation. I'm starting back up today and U will be on this for good by Tuesday. Mark my words. That's 6 days. Plenty to get adapted.

I think it's exciting to say, though, that polyphasic sleep WILL be a success. I've seen that it can work if you stick with it. I can't wait to stay on it long enough that it feels natural. Stay tuned my friends.

I Can See the Peak!

I finally did it. I made it past the 2nd night perfectly. Well, pretty much perfectly. I added an extra nap last night. I wish I hadn't added it, but it avoided oversleeping and didn't hinder my progress. I woke up from my last nap a half hour ago at 9 and thought, oh crap, I've overslept, but nope! I had just woken up before my alarm went off. It had felt like hours. It won't be hard to get through today. I'm super busy, but by tonight I'm going to be exhausted. Hopefully that was the hardest night because I don't want to do it again. I at least know I can get myself up from all my naps (knock on wood) so thats good. I can't wait to see how I feel come the weekend. Stay tuned!

For The Love of All That Is Holy

Please let me finally get through 2 nights perfectly! Here I am again, approaching the 2nd night having gone 30+ hours perfectly without messing up and oversleeping. I always mess up here (or on the 4th night, but thats when I've had an oversleep of a couple hours). I NEED to get through it this time. I'm tired of starting over and more importantly I'm tired of blogging the same ol' same ol'. I'm sure you guys are just as annoyed by it as I am. If I get through this, I'll FINALLY get to blog about the stuff that I've been wanting to blog about. So I pray, God, please help me get through tonight without a hitch so I can stop pestering these poor readers with my failures. They need to see some success. They need to see change. God bless America.

Going For It

Despite the fact that I really could use someone doing this with me, I'm gonna go for it right now and start again tonight. Last time I woke up from a messed up sleep was 9 this morning so we'll see how this goes. I plan to do naps at 11, 3, 6, and 9 tonight. I've got stuff to do so I won't have trouble staying up, it's just a matter of waking up. Like always.

On a non-polyphasic note, I'll be starting a few blog series. They are as follows.

Funnies From Freddyville - My best friend Freddy has a hilarious mom. I'll have a new list of all the funny things she says and does on the first of every month. Follow Freddy on Twitter: @XT3NT

New Words of the Month - Coming on the 15th of every month (starting next month), I'll be releasing a list of all the new, made up words I here around town and from friends.

I'll tell of more when I come up with them. Until then, stay tuned for more updates.

Well That Was Easy

My computer decided last night for me. My sound was muted, so my alarm did nothing for me and I slept in. Oh well. I may or may not sleep tonight and tomorrow. I've got an exam on exam on Tuesday, so I need my sleep, but I think I could do just as well if I was napping. We'll see. I just need people to help. Come on guys.