The First Sleep Tracker Data

I ordered the Oura Ring Gen 3 in September 2022. It arrived on a Tuesday. I wore it to bed that night with the expectation that I would have, for the first time, objective data on something I had been experiencing subjectively for three years.

The first night's data: 5 hours 42 minutes of sleep, 4 wake events (I had estimated 3), sleep onset at 31 minutes after lying down, HRV of 24ms, resting heart rate of 62. Readiness score: 54 out of 100.

Fifty-four out of 100. This confirmed that my subjective "tired" had a quantifiable equivalent and that the quantifiable equivalent was slightly below half of what it should have been.

The First Month Summary

Month one: 6 hours 11 minutes average, 3.4 average wake events, sleep onset averaging 35 minutes, HRV averaging 27ms. Readiness score averaging 62. The data validated my subjective experience and added three pieces of information I hadn't had: HRV tracking showed my recovery was consistently lower than optimal, the wake events were slightly more frequent than I thought, and my body temperature variability showed a pattern that my doctor later noted was interesting from a recovery perspective.

What I Did With This Data

I brought the data to my doctor. She spent approximately four minutes reviewing it and said "this is a lot of data." I agreed. She said the patterns were consistent with what I'd described subjectively and added that the HRV data would be useful context for evaluating any interventions. She said the readiness scores were informative. She did not say "tonight will be different." I said that. On the drive home.