Day 3

And now begins the descent into hell (on earth). According to Aethelwine, whose experiment lasted for about 20 days, days 3 through 10 are absolutely miserable. That's about a week when I'm expected to be basically a zombie. Oddly enough, I feel incredibly awake right now. I can sit on the bed without any temptation to fall asleep. Definitely 10/10.

Regarding the out-of-ten system I've been using... I don't like it very much. Firstly, it's easy to forget whether I'm measuring alertness or tiredness (i.e. mixing up the two ends of the scale). Secondly, it's not very precise. (I know, measuring tiredness isn't very precise to begin with, but I like as much precision as I can get.) Halves would be annoying, but acceptable; any more decimals would be pushing it. Therefore, I think I'll switch to (whole number) percentages. Not only would it be out of 100, but when I comment that I'm running on, say, 85% full, it's self-evident that I mean 85% of maximum capacity.

Short term memory tests
Numbers: 10.85
Letters: 13
Words: 32

This is really strange. My "numbers" result for today has gone back done to approximately my day 1 number (though it's still a smidgen bigger), but my "letters" result is definitely greater, and my "words" result is a whole five words more! It shouldn't be happening like this; it's day 3! I'm supposed to be a great deal more sleep deprived now than I was two days ago. I'm less tired than I was at this time yesterday, to be sure, but day 1? Perhaps I am learning the test, so to speak. Even though the content is mostly randomized and changes each time, the format remains the same. Hypothesis subject to change, mind. We shall wait and see.