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Sleep-tracking devices: Dos and don'ts
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Sleep tracker types
How to use data from your sleep tracker
Do: Use your sleep tracker for total sleep time and sleep habit goals
Don't: Use your sleep tracker for sleep quality
Do: Use your data to start a conversation with your doctor
Don't: Lose sleep over your sleep tracker
Don't: Lose sleep over your sleep tracker
For some people, using a sleep tracker leads to increased feelings of anxiety. Are you staying up late to fiddle with your device? Feeling overly anxious about meeting your sleep goals? Or lying awake in bed thinking about how you're not sleeping? If so, using a sleep tracker probably isn't adding value to your life. It's OK to let it go.
