Comment on When Do You Think "Quantified Self" Data Is Good Or Bad?
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 years ago
I think it can be beneficial as long as you can protect your data.
My watch keeps track of when I sleep, and I didn't realize how little sleep I was getting until I actually started tracking it, and forced myself to make changes to sleep more.
OTOH, it was originally running an app from China, I replaced that with an open source application called Gadgetbridge.
squashkin@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
yeah "smart beds" was one thing that got me thinking of this topic again, kinda sounded weird but also maybe useful for monitoring if you're getting good sleep
but like can't you feel if you're tired waking up and then just do something different to sleep better rather than having to quantify it?
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 years ago
I get up for 4am for work. I'm always waking up tired regardless of when I go to sleep because I'm not built for waking up at 4am. Realizing that even if I go to sleep at 10pm that's way too late came from realizing that I was getting no sleep.
Thing about kpis is you're wasting time once you've made the changes you need to, and I don't pay attention anymore...
squashkin@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
have you tried polyphasic sleep? like you could sleep however much before getting up at 4am, sleep some other time of the day to make up extra sleep you're missing?
sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 2 years ago
I ended up having to change my lifestyle. Working 19 hours a day was killing me. Now I try to limit it to 12 on workdays unless there's an actual emergency.