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May 27, 2014 12:23:45 PM

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?:

Yes, in another way

How your sleep has changed:

I am more mindful of my hours of sleep and quality of sleep. I am more relaxed and work weekdays focus on getting to bed right on schedule. My target is 10:00 PM and I usually make it. My goal is 9:30 PM and I have occasionally been achieving it. Weekends I can't seem to go to bed earlier than 11:00 PM or 11:30 PM. Trying to do the 10:00 PM.

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

My quality of sleep is pretty good. I have no trouble falling asleep and usually sleep at least 5 hours or more. One problem, if I wake after 4:20 AM I often can't go back to sleep so I often get up at 4:40 AM instead of my preferred 5:20 AM

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

Yes, as explained above make a real effort to get to bed at my target time - 10:00 PM and new target time 9:30 PM. I really want to get at least 7 hours of sleep on week nights. Weekends I get 8 to 9 hours-getting up between 7:30-8:00 AM instead of my week night target of 5:20 AM. It was an informative project. Thanks

Tell us how the Clock Your Sleep project is going.