Day 5 - after checking in internally took a rest day. That was a feeling of “nah, good enough for now.”
Some very productive martial arts in the morning - I picked up and reviewed a set again that I’d been planning to revive for a while now, a nice, social lunch with colleagues, and overall a relaxing and nice day. The subs were present, breathing, for want of a better word, not straight processing like on listening days.
So far, with the experimental versions I can see a couple of very clear differences:
- I’ve been running subs for four days straight, 15 minutes each, and 4 different ones, and felt good about it, very effective and immediate processing, 2 experimental, 2 regular. Last rounds on regular ZP I went down to 3 minutes per sub because that was enough and proved more effective, and stuck strictly to max 3 in a 2/1 pattern with days off. That really was enough. I’ve been able to increase that to a full loop.
- The processing on Wanted Exp and LBfH Exp. is immediate, much more than on the regular versions. The regular versions I’d run, and might or might not see things immediately. The exp. versions started noticeable processing right away, and ironically were easier on the mind (15 min vs. 3). Spartan ZP was always quick for me, and I’m running Legacy for the first time in ZP, so can’t comment here. But here, too, it’s 15 minutes vs. 3 I used in the last stack. I have the impression the experimentals are influencing that somewhat.
- My mind tells me when a sub’s been enough when I listen. On Spartan yesterday I got that at about 14 minutes, and on Legacy not at all. Up from somewhere between 3 and 5. On the experimentals, not at all.
- The rest day is noticeably different, in that before it was similar to listening days. Now I can see a clear difference between processing in listening days, which seems more active, and today on a rest day, which seems more “present and breathing”. It’s difficult to describe. Not visibly active but clearly there in a nice and laid back manner, expanding a bit.
Choosing between both versions, I’d go for experimental, clearly, both for ease and immediate effectivity. For the next round I’m considering redoing some customs as experimentals. (Current round has no customs.) I’ll try for this round if 4 subs is actually going to work out for 3 weeks - it seems more tolerant, but also clearly needs rest days. I may take another tomorrow; depends on the check-in with my subconscious.
EDIT: Forgot to mention this: I’ve also been dreaming a lot more these past days, or maybe just remembering more. Nothing spectacular, on par with my regular dreams, traveling, going places and other things I’d do and enjoy myself. Just more of them, and longer and they seem pretty self-consistent.
That would probably mean mission accomplished and the product is done, but just as everything else in life, that when you open the door and think you have arrived, life laughs at you and presents another door…