Ryan AshcraftFeb 5

I stopped wearing my Apple Watch a few months ago and haven't been tempted to start again. After many years of wearing one, I finally realized having technology constantly nagging me on my wrist was harming my health more than helping.

The focus on streaks and rings doesn't work for my routine and workouts (mainly CrossFit). I'll occasionally wear it as a heart rate monitor, but overall it's been freeing to have more physical distance from my tech.

Show threadcalicoding
@ryanashcraft first thing I did with mine was turn off all notifications. Way too disruptive. I don’t really look at my rings, but I do use it for sleep tracking and heart rate during workouts
Feb 5 at 4:05pmIvory for iOS
Show threadRyan AshcraftFeb 5

@calicoding I personally don't feel there's enough value in the product if you take away notifications and don't value the rings.

Do you get value out of sleep tracking? I feel like I'm capable of assessing my own sleep performance.

Show threadcalicodingFeb 5
@ryanashcraft yeah. I struggle with sleep so it’s helpful for me to track how long I sleep each night.