Not so bad.

Well, I have been doing it for about a week(your time) now and it is working well.  I will try to blog about it regularly and let everyone know how it’s going, including the positive and negative aspects of it.  I have found it both bizzare and rewarding so far, but my body and mind are still getting used to it, so I have had days where I was basically walking around in a daze.   Oddly, these dazed days seem to be when my “days” occur mostly during daylight, and not so much when my “days” include the dark hours.  I can’t explain that one, but even if I could, nobody would care.  So, what I am going to do is use this blog to track my physical and emotional state, and to keep everyone up to date on this lifestyle.  Hopefully, I won’t look like an idiot (if it’s not too late for that).  Anyway, most of my friends know that I developed this theory in college (yes, more than 10 years ago).  I can say that the early returns show that, at least for me personally, it appears that I was right.

The biggest problem I have encountered so far is that it can sometimes be tough to schedule business meetings with people who are on a 24-hour cycle.  Luckily, about a year ago I started my own business consulting firm, and most of my clients are flexible, although I have not told any of them about this.  I am not convinced they would understand.  Maybe some day…

It has also been tough to keep up with my friends.  I have had to skip trips to the bar because my schedule on those days is opposite of theirs.  That’s the toughest part so far, coordinating schedules with people living on the sun-cycle.  I don’t really mind being up when it’s dark, I have always been a night-guy anyway.  Fortunately (and unfortunately!) I am single right now, so I don’t have to worry about coordinating schedules with a girlfriend, but if there are any hotties out there who are looking to convert to a 30-hour day cycle, give me a call. 

OK, well, I just got up and I need to make a few phone calls before my clients go to lunch, then I will hit the gym, grab a bite to eat for breakfast (thank God for Denny’s) and then bust out a few reports for a new client, which I will send to him using a delayed e-mail send so that he receives them after he gets to work tomorrow, well after I hit the hay.  Bye for now and thanks for reading.

So I finally decided to do it.

That’s right, after years of sounding like a douchebag spouting off about my thirty hour day theory, I decided to put my money where my mouth is, so to speak, and take a crack at living the thirty hour day.  Of course, this will present some minor (and some not so minor) difficulties, what with the 24-hour cycle of the earth’s rotation, and the fact that virtually everyone else on the planet is living on a twenty-four hour cycle.  Anyway, I will update you as the experiment goes on.