Corpsey
bandz ahoy
I bought a fitbit last week in the hope that it might addict me to exercise.
So far it seems to be working a bit. I'll take the stairs instead of the lift just to get extra steps in. I'll cycle a lot faster to get my heart rate going. (Already this concerns me as obviously just rolling along on a bike is one of life's serene pleasures.)
And I'm obsessed with all the metrics. The sleep one—how much REM have I got in? How much deep sleep? Etc.
It's made me wonder if I could be a lot more productive in less boring areas of my life, such as reading the complete works of Thackaray, if I had a little wrist band that vibrated jubilantly whenever I finished a chapter.
Probably.
But at what cost?
I've done 4,584 steps today.
So far it seems to be working a bit. I'll take the stairs instead of the lift just to get extra steps in. I'll cycle a lot faster to get my heart rate going. (Already this concerns me as obviously just rolling along on a bike is one of life's serene pleasures.)
And I'm obsessed with all the metrics. The sleep one—how much REM have I got in? How much deep sleep? Etc.
It's made me wonder if I could be a lot more productive in less boring areas of my life, such as reading the complete works of Thackaray, if I had a little wrist band that vibrated jubilantly whenever I finished a chapter.
Probably.
But at what cost?
I've done 4,584 steps today.