How This Android App Fixed My Terrible Sleep Schedule
How do you fix a terrible sleep schedule? As someone who spent a lot of my high school and college years as a night owl, I had to fix that when I started working. Luckily, I stumbled upon the Sleep as Android app, and it changed how I approach my sleeping and waking hours. Here's how it fixed my sleep schedule.
Most people have heard of their "circadian rhythm" but don't fully understand how it affects sleeping, waking, and alertness. When I was going down the rabbit hole of sleep research, I realized I'd need an app to track my sleep and help me with my alarm settings. I could fix a lot of my daily schedule with to-do list apps, but I'd need something unique for sleep-tracking. I found Sleep as Android as a great way to keep my sleep and wake cycles as efficient as possible.
What is Sleep as Android?
Most people have heard of their "circadian rhythm" but don't fully understand how it affects sleeping, waking, and alertness. When I was going down the rabbit hole of sleep research, I realized I'd need an app to track my sleep and help me with my alarm settings. I could fix a lot of my daily schedule with to-do list apps, but I'd need something unique for sleep-tracking. I found Sleep as Android as a great way to keep my sleep and wake cycles as efficient as possible.
The Sleep as Android app helped me, personally, with my sleep schedule because of a handful of features that it offers. Among the useful features I still use include:
- The Wake-Up Window: The app times your circadian rhythm and allows for a window to wake you up that ensures you're not terribly tired all day long.
- The Bedtime Alarm: You can set a sleep window for ideal sleep length and the app will inform you when your bedtime is to get that ideal sleep length in. You can also set up an app block on your phone to ensure you pay attention to the alarm.
- Varying Alarms: Setting different alarm sounds for different days ensured that I didn't get used to the alarm song.
- Ignore-Prevention Measures: Hav
