"All is not lost" vs "Not all is lost"

There's a difference between:

"All is not lost" and "Not all is lost".

Many people use the former while meaning the latter. The former means that everything is hunky-dory, and all is good. Another way to phrase it would be "nothing is lost". 

The second phrase is what most people mean. It implies that losses are there, but there still is hope. Another way of putting it would be "There remains a bastion of hope".

Note: "All is not lost" could be interpreted to mean something like "Not all is lost" but it sounds clunky and vague in terms of meaning. Also the speech emphasis would be on the "All", which sounds terrible and is never pronounced that way. Usually it's pronounced with emphasis on the "not", which implies the meaning from the second phrase. You can easily emphasise either the "Not" or the "all" in the second phrase while retaining the meaning.

Repurpose

I'm putting my polyphasic sleep experiment logging on the shelf, that is to say I won't be regularly recording stuff about it, mostly because so far, the experiment is a success. I've adapted to it and it's now my way of life, and I have lots of extra free time, which was the objective in the first place. I might update on it once in a while.

So now I'll just be posting random thoughts. For now it'll be mostly rants on grammar and such. I am not officially qualified academically in English, so these are strictly my opinion and I welcome comments and corrections. The purpose of being a grammar nazi after all is to achieve perfect English. Including and especially my own.

Eat more, lose weight

I've noticed that I've been eating a lot more but not putting on the pounds. I imagine this has to do with me being active for more hours. Interesting.

Day 29

Took a break from poly for a while, mostly due to circumstances - I was out of town for a few days. Surprisingly, I could get by with very little sleep, and as of now am back on schedule, if feeling a little sleepy. It's already been almost a month I've been doing this. So far it's going quite well, being very flexible, with none of the usual signs of sleep deprivation I am accustomed to (eg. lowered immune system, etc.), except sleepiness.

Day 22 - Stardate 3.1415962

More or less status quo, except since I seem to be getting my 8am nap regularly, I skipped the midnight nap and moved my core sleep a little earlier. Feeling less sleepy today, but I seem to be randomly sleepy some days and not sleepy on others. I guess I'll give it more time to adjust.

In other news, I like pie.

Day 17 - Updates and how it's been going so far

Update
Haven't had much to update lately, since it's been busy but thankfully I haven't been overly sleepy (at least not more than before I started poly). An overall recap: I started the polyphasic sleep schedule and have been amending it here and there since the 5th of August, and unfortunately I haven't been following it fully. I've had several missed naps, a couple of oversleeps, and found it especially hard to follow schedule on weekends, when I'm out most of the time and not subject to a routine like a weekday workday. I estimate I've been able to follow the schedule 80-85% of the time, though, with allowances for up to 1 hour deviation for naptimes.

The Experiment thus far...
However, so far in my third week, I'm feeling quite fine. I have been playing sports, going to the gym, and more or less been doing exactly what I was doing before I started polyphasic, except that I've been having more time to do those things. I'm starting to think that this may be do-able long-term, though for me this is still officially an experiment. It's nice to have the night to myself when everyone is sleeping, too. I've always liked that.

Etc.
So far I've chosen to skip naps entirely rather than 'make up' for it later by sleeping extra, because I'd rather have a bout of sleepiness rather than accidentally reconfigure my body to sleeping the old way. No adverse effects yet. I have noticed an interesting thing though, apparently I am adapting somewhat. Approximately around my scheduled nap times, I notice myself feeling a little sleepy/tired, not to the extent that I'm falling asleep, but that nagging feeling that I'm supposed to sleep. I guess it's my biological clock adapting to the schedule, and is probably a big reason why I haven't been missing naps lately.

I've also been finding falling asleep quickly for the naps a lot easier. I used to set my timer for 23 minutes, to allow some time to fall asleep, but nowadays I can fall asleep within a minute or so (I guess). Also, I can get back to sleep within ten seconds or so if my nap is interrupted (as it was today) by a phone call or whatever (after answering the phone; just a short call). I've noticed that this falling asleep quickly thing provides for some auxiliary time savings in terms of not having to spend half an hour or so as I used to to get to sleep.

Finally, and I'm really happy about this one, is that after my core sleep of 2-3 hours (I vary it now and then), I no longer feel groggy for as long, or as badly. Previously, I used to be groggy for at least 40 minutes, but now I can be more or less fully alert sooner, and without the headache that used to accompany forcing myself awake prematurely. So altogether, it's going pretty well. I'm wondering if I'll hit some sudden wall come day 30 or something, but it doesn't feel like it so far.

Reset

I've mentioned this before, but each nap feels like a 'Reset' button to me. I just had my lunchtime nap, but I feel almost like it's morning again, like I've slept for ages, complete with morning clumsiness. Vivid dreams, too, which is nice. It's a nice feeling, as it makes each work day seem much shorter.