Why Your Sleep App Won't Solve Your Sleep Problems

Sleep trackers promise improved sleep, but as I discovered in bed, their data alone can't address deeper issues.

The inability to get a proper night's sleep used to unleash a spectacularly twisted punishment. Instead of being refreshed and rested for the new day, I woke up exhausted, groggy, and often with a pounding headache. Yet the day had to begin, and it usually required a two-cup-of-coffee minimum to get rolling. Sleep was the constant thought in the back of my mind, pestering me like a nagging relative. Then there were the 2 a.m. doldrums. An energy drink or two were required to push ahead, all the while having to resist the siren call of the couch that mocked me while I worked at my desk in my home office. At day's end, it was time to collapse into bed, only for the cycle to repeat the next day.

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