Get Better Sleep—Anecdata and Sleep Tech | Adithya Balaji

I recently got 8.5 hours of the best sleep of my adult life–a culmination of a month of being mindful of my sleep habits. We spend anywhere between a quarter to half of our lives asleep. Yet, it doesn’t seem many people are intentional about this aspect of their lives. I have been interested in sleep tracking since I was in high school, but have not actively tried to improve my perceived quality. Over the past year I tried to change that and have felt a noticeable improvement. I posted a story on Instagram to my extended friends circle, which received more feedback than I expected. A lot of people were interested in what I was doing to optimize my sleep, so I thought I’d share. The cornerstone of getting better sleep is tracking it. As the adage goes, you can’t manage what you can’t measure. I’ve been using Sleep Cycle, which is one of many apps that claim to track your sleep. I bought the Sleep Cycle app waaay back in 2014. Anecdotally, I’ve found their cycle tracking to be somewhat a

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