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April 25, 2014 09:41:30 AM

How long have you been participating in the Clock Your Sleep project?:

1 month or more

Has your sleep changed since you started tracking it?:

What did you learn about your sleep patterns once you started tracking them?:

they're pretty consistent and tend to be self balancing. If I fall short of 8-9 hours for a few days I make it up on the next few days. My caffeine patterns don't seem to affect my sleep patterns.

Have you tried to change any of your behavior as a result of this study?:

I always try to go to sleep earlier. I'm not very successful at that.
I always try to wake up earlier.
Ditto.

My bed partner would also like to improve his sleep, but won't follow any reasonable suggestions, such as limiting backlit screen time, alcohol, or food near bedtime.

In spite of that, his big sleep improvements have come as a result of wearing a sleep mask and taking either extract of hops or a custom brew of chicory, hot water, brown sugar, and (something else), about a half hour before bed.

Tell us how the Clock Your Sleep project is going.