Why Apple’s Sleep Score Works for Me

• Devon

For my entire life, sleep has been a struggle. My parents tell me that as a baby, I would lie in my crib at bedtime and just… stare. I wouldn’t cry; I wouldn’t close my eyes. I’d just lay there, awake, instead of resting like a normal person.

It hasn’t gotten much better from there. Naptime as a child rarely involved napping, usually ending with me finding some excuse to get out of bed early. Once I got old enough to set my own sleep schedule, I tended towards staying up later despite obligations that had me waking up to an alarm in the mornings. Even now, as an adult and a parent who appreciates the value of a good night’s rest, I’m still not the best at putting things to the side and going to bed – much less turning my brain off and actually resting well once I lay down.