I also used to monitor my “accurate sleep data” until I realized that I could only influence the results a tiny bit, no matter what I did. Maybe I had already “optimized” my sleep with habits that I was following before I ever tried to track. And then I switched brands of watch, and the new one reported that my sleep was much worse than I had thought, thank you very much. I was disturbed by this result. So I quit wearing a watch to bed. Since then I just do my best to follow good sleep hygiene and don’t worry about it.
I also used to monitor my “accurate sleep data” until I realized that I could only influence the results a tiny bit, no matter what I did. Maybe I had already “optimized” my sleep with habits that I was following before I ever tried to track. And then I switched brands of watch, and the new one reported that my sleep was much worse than I had thought, thank you very much. I was disturbed by this result. So I quit wearing a watch to bed. Since then I just do my best to follow good sleep hygiene and don’t worry about it.
Looks like we both made similar experiences, Tim.
Wearables provide insightful data, but sometimes these data leave us confused.