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What a diary captures
A sleep diary records the things the behavioural approach relies on. Each morning, take a couple of minutes to note roughly when you went to bed, how long it felt like it took to fall asleep and how the day feels.
That is your own experience of the night, and the habits are built around it. A device can only guess at what your body did.
Why simpler wins here
A wearable gives you a confident-looking figure, but it is an estimate. That number can turn into something to chase or dread.
A diary keeps your attention on the few things you can change, such as your wake time and how long you lie awake in bed. This is a general observation and is not advice for you in particular. If keeping a record starts to feed anxiety, ease off and speak with a clinician.
The free 1-page Sleep Reset guide is written to be used without a tracker or an app, so a paper diary fits alongside it.
FAQ
- Isn't a device more accurate than my memory?
- For changing habits, the diary records what matters: your own sense of the night and the choices you made around it. Those are what the approach uses.