Joan Westenberg took off her smartwatch and wrote about how that small act has impacted her awareness and intuition:

What returned: a sense of calm. I could go to sleep without being scored. I could go for a walk without a badge. I started noticing things again - how I feel after coffee, the way my breath slows near water.

She’s a much more eloquent writer than I am, but her thoughts are very similar to mine on the topic of quantified self.

For those curious, I’m rocking a Timex Expedition these days and not looking back.