‘Learn to relax and engage your brain in an analogue way’  

In this episode of The Serial Stress Killer Podcast Chris discusses the importance on not relying on technology and devices to control your life. He also discusses the affect of sleep tracking apps on your devices and how they can actually have the opposite affect on your sleep than what they’re made for.  

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• I came across a recent article which indicated that sleeping apps on mobile phones may be making us focus on the wrong things. Thus, increasing the amount of time we’re spending stressing, obsessing and focusing on things such as our sleep quota. 


• Some research shows that these sleep tracking apps have actually made being able to sleep worse and I’ve got to agree. Some say there’s no need to track your sleep. 


• It’s not just sleeping apps that can try help us with our life. There’s apps for everything these days. 

• I think we need to be careful when constantly looking for shortcuts with living life because there’s only so many dopamine hits we can get from using technology. 


• If you’re using lots of apps to control your lifestyle, then try go analogue for a while. It may not give you the instant reward however over time it may help you stop obsessing over how you’re living your life. 

BEST MOMENTS 

“Some research shows that these sleeping apps can cause insomnia or extreme sleep deprivation.’ 

‘Obsessing over a topic is rarely beneficial.’ 

‘I know I get my best ideas when I down tools and stop being productive for a couple of hours.’  

‘It’s gotten to the point where we’ve forgotten how to think without a digital prompt.’ 

‘You don’t need an app to relax, sleep or meditate.’ 

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After many years of dealing (badly) with personal stress for over 20 years, Chris Hackett is on a mission to help people understand and overcome stress and anxiety by tackling the problem head-on. 

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