the reverse nap

The Reverse Nap: Mounting evidence that I am not a crazy person

By Matthew Dicks | February 27, 2014 |

I’ve been reversing napping for more than a year now. I go to sleep at my regularly appointed hour, usually somewhere between 11:30 PM and midnight. Then I wake up at some point in the middle of the night, usually around 2:00 AM. I climb out of bed. go downstairs and work for about 90…

Reverse napping: Science says yes.

By Matthew Dicks | October 20, 2012 |

In addition to gaining coverts, it turns out that there is actual science behind the Reverse Nap. From a Wikipedia entry on segmented sleep: Historian A. Roger Ekirch argues that before the Industrial Revolution, segmented sleep was the dominant form of human slumber in Western civilization. He draws evidence from documents from the ancient, medieval,…

By Matthew Dicks | October 10, 2012 |

I’ve started a thing, and someday you’ll be able to say that you knew the guy who started the thing and remember when it started to become a thing. The thing is The Reverse Nap. Here’s how it works: I go to sleep at my regularly appointed hour, usually somewhere between 11:30 PM and midnight.…