![]() I’ve been worried about my core, as I’ve had lower back pain for seemingly no reason ever since I turned 40 (a multitude of humanity cries out “Join the club!”). I was not expecting that to improve, but I guess “more sleep = more time to heal” is glaringly obvious in hindsight :-) ![]() I know that my left foot won’t get better on its own, but I was hoping more sleep might alleviate the discomfort a little. Walking is painful, and sometimes my right foot gets tired because it is working harder than the other foot during my stride. My left foot suffers from a longitudinal tear due to having flat feet, and needs surgery. Despite this, some of the results were interesting enough to examine, so I’ll present the data here. While I gained some insight about my behavior and motivation, the experiment broke down: I was only able to get decent sleep about 38% of the month (up from 25%, but far short of the intended 100%), and I did not exercise at all because I couldn’t consistently get up in the morning to exercise while still getting to work on time. The goal was to see downward trends in the data throughout the month. Since they are all normalized to the same scale (representing “bad” things) lower was better. ![]() Twice a day, I’d make a note of how these felt on a scale from 1 to 10. I chose several physical, mental, and emotional aspects of myself to record during the month to see if they improved with regular sleep and exercise: ![]() Demoscene Digital Video Entertainment Family Gaming Home Ownership Lifehacks MindCandy MobyGames Podcast Programming Sociology Software Piracy Technology Uncategorized Vintage Computing Weight LossĪt the beginning of October, I pledged that I would do two simple things to see if I could improve my physical and mental state: Get enough sleep, and get a small amount of exercise every morning. ![]()
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