A Spreadsheet Trick to Help You Sleep
Could the secret to more restful nights be hiding in Google Drive?
Published in
Dec 7, 2020
If you frequently have trouble sleeping, have you considered making a spreadsheet? (No, this isn’t a spreadsheets-are-boring joke, although if it works for you, go for it.) As Maria Bengtson explains in Forge’s exhaustive guide to Google Drive: Each morning, note whether you slept the whole night and track sleep-affecting behaviors you did or didn’t partake in the day before — think caffeine, alcohol, screen time, exercise, and the like. Over time, you’ll have a helpful data set for determining the factors that make the biggest difference in your sleep. Read more on how Bengtson uses her sleep spreadsheet below:
