Day 13 – 30 days: get 8 hours of sleep

Today has been day 13 of my challenge to get 8 hours of sleep for 30 days straight.

Every day I’ll share my FitBit Surge sleep data.

Aside from that, I want to document how I’m doing in terms of changing my habits:

  • No more screens, from 1 hour before bedtime.
  • Go for a 15 minute walk during the day.
  • No coffee after noon.
  • Use my thoughts to get to a place of gratitude before I go to sleep and when I wake up.

Day 13: 7hrs 03min

I did not reach my goal.

I was working all day on all kinds of stuff and only got to be free at 9PM.

I met up with a good friend and had a late dinner and talks until about midnight.

That’s why I had to write yesterday’s blog post, quickly, late at night, after that dinner 😉

day 13 fitbit sleep data

No more screens, 1 hour before bedtime

Not really reached my goal.

I was writing my blogpost late at night.

It is not typical “screentime” where I get bombarded with impulses, like Facebook or YouTube. Because I limited it to just opening up my website, writing the blog, and that was it. But still, I don’t count it as a goal.

Go for a 15 minute walk

I did not reach my goal.

I scheduled a meeting at work at 1PM, right after lunch. And I was preparing for that meeting before lunch and found myself using a little time of my lunch break for that, leaving no room to go for a walk.

fitbit step data day 13

No coffee after noon

I did not reach my goal. I had a coffee after dinner, late at night when I was sitting down with my friend.

I think this is the first time I’ve failed my coffee goal! Pretty impressive.

Be in a place of gratitude

No and yes.

However, I was spending time with my friend and having great conversations, I was also stressed and tired and feeling hasty.

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By hanskolbeek

I document my journey to living a free life. I share the good, the bad and the ugly parts of that journey with you. Because I believe we need less guru's and more authenticity in the world.