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When travelling to different time zones or undergoing [[Daylight savings time|DST]] transitions, Camayl may be easier to maintain as the all core durations are equal. As with all other schedules, it is also necessary to schedule sleeps around meals and physical activities to ensure their quality. However, with its relatively high total sleep in the variant with four cores, Camayl provides buffer for increased SWS requirement during physical recovery from exercise. [[File:Unnamed.png|alt=|thumb|Camayl on emergency day]]
 
When travelling to different time zones or undergoing [[Daylight savings time|DST]] transitions, Camayl may be easier to maintain as the all core durations are equal. As with all other schedules, it is also necessary to schedule sleeps around meals and physical activities to ensure their quality. However, with its relatively high total sleep in the variant with four cores, Camayl provides buffer for increased SWS requirement during physical recovery from exercise. [[File:Unnamed.png|alt=|thumb|Camayl on emergency day]]
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In emergency situations where some daytime events prevent a core from being taken, after adapted to the schedule it is possible to utilize short naps (10-15m) to temporarily patch up the long wake gap and provide some alertness to stall for the next core. The reason only short naps (< 20m) are picked is that longer naps may lead to REM/SWS wakes as part of adapted/repartitioned cores. The goal of the nap is just to provide some light sleep for wakefulness while also giving a refreshing wake. Skipping the nap and staying awake is also an option, but be mindful of the long wake gap that can lead to excessive drowsiness during waking hours. In the following day, an extra core is added, which averages out to be 4 cores per day still. Alternatively, extending a core to 3h is viable if it’s challenging to schedule 5 cores.  
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Durign emergencies in which taking a core is not possible, it is possible to use short naps (< 20 min) to temporarily maintain alertness, though the sleep debt accrued this way will need to be repaid later. Longer naps are best avoided, because the entrained short core habit may result in the nap having [[SOSWS]] or [[SOREM]], which can cause difficult wakes. For recovery, an extra core can be added, or one of the cores can be extended by an extra cycle (~3 hours).
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Despite the promising flexibility and freedom to sleep whenever tired, Camayl is still considered a less ideal flexible schedule than Sevamayl and Ducamayl because of the flexing adaptation and overall more difficult adaptation to adapt to a base schedule with multiple core sleeps. As part of the long-term sustainability aspect, the midday cores make it more difficult to schedule except in some cultures (e.g, Spain with siesta) or very specific occupations. The sleep reduction amount offered is also more limited than an Everyman and Dual Core schedule. It takes many weeks of consistency and persistence to adapt (up to 4 months including the transition from a strict base schedule). While more resilient than a regular QC0 and Triphasic schedule, it also suffers from the same breakdowns - sleeping in excess due to sickness, stress, injuries and participating in many social events with extended wake periods can trigger [[wikipedia:Sleep_deprivation|sleep deprivation]] symptoms from [[4-Stages Adaptation Model#Stage 3|Stage 3]] which takes many days to bounce back, or a complete destabilization of the schedule. Flexing cores willy-nilly and not applying the dark period properly may also result in suboptimal sleep and inability to reach a full adaptation.
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Though it may be more resilient than a regular QC0 and Triphasic schedule, it can still be destabilised by oversleeping in due to sickness, stress, or injuries. Extended time awake can trigger [[wikipedia:Sleep_deprivation|sleep deprivation]], which can take several days to recover from, and may also destabilise the adaptation.
 
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Like [[Sevamayl]], once adapted it is possible to occasionally extend a core sleep by 90 m. It is then wiser to return to the normal 90 m core duration for at least a week before attempting to extend it again for required circumstances. Similar to adapted schedules, the cores are designed to give alertness boost around the clock with the correct timing. The freedom to take a core whenever tired is satisfying once succeeded. It is also comfortable to delay a core sleep for a couple hours in the afternoon, or skip a whole core together if needed sometimes.
      
== Variants ==
 
== Variants ==
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