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Dan Hon Feb 10, 2023

Okay, fine. Activity trackers for health and fitness I get. But has anyone done activity trackers for people with chronic illness that helps you *keep within your spoons*?

For some people it can be easy to overdo it. Also eg if you've had COVID or have long COVID, would it be helpful to have an activity tracker that explicitly helps you take it slow and not over-exert yourself?

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Dan Hon Feb 10, 2023

I mean, you're supposed to *rest* when getting over COVID never mind long COVID, but my cursory review doesn't show activity trackers with an explicit convalescence mode, you know, 2+ years into a pandemic that will never end.

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Dan Hon Feb 10, 2023

I guess if you wanna get all *aesthetic* about it, it's a cozy tracker. More stuff like Gentler Streak please.

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Dan Hon Feb 10, 2023

Welp, that's today's episode then.

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Dan Hon Feb 10, 2023

Okay, there we go:

~2000 words today on What If Activity Trackers Actually Met The Needs Of Those With Chronic Illnesses And Had A Convalescence Mode, Too?

**s14e15: Hey, Ease Up; A Load-Bearing If-Statement**

https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s14e15-hey-ease-up-a-load-bearing-if-statement/

s14e15: Hey, Ease Up; A Load-Bearing If-Statement

0.0 Context Setting Friday, 10 February, 2023 in Portland, Oregon and a grey, half-hearted rain of a day. 1.0 Some Things That Caught My Attention 1.1 Hey,...

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Karla

@danhon I can’t tell you how critical my apple watch has been to tracking my Long Covid induced tachycardia and how shitty it is to get the alerts that I should be doing things I know I would enjoy but would drastically put me in bed for days. I know if my bpm goes over 150 for more than 15 minutes, I’m pretty much heading to bed and it would be awesome to get an alert.