How to make fitness tracking less anxiety-inducing
by Victoria Song from The Verge - All Posts on (#68M3Y)
At their core, smartwatches and fitness trackers are ways to measure progress. | Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge No one is denying that fitness trackers and smartwatches can be helpful tools for building healthy habits. However, if you're not careful, they can also become a major source of anxiety.
You might be inclined to think that wearable-induced anxiety is something that happens to other people. However, it's surprisingly easy to fall into toxic wearable habits. I'm a wearables reviewer, and although I should know better, even I have had to grapple with anxiety-inducing fitness tracking habits. A couple of years ago, I got so caught up chasing running streaks that I ignored body signals telling me to ease up. It landed me with a nasty case of shin splints. Not only was I unable to run for nearly eight weeks, but it also meant missing a 10K...