i shudder to think of what your sleep habits are like if you guys are doing this.
Sleep its a deliberate action and choice for me. I have a soft set time and hard set time, if I'm still dicking around on my phone or computer after that I need to justify to myself why I'm doing it. The hard set time means I go to bed and I sleep. I put my head down and think of nothing else except sleep.
what you guys are doing sounds like self imposed torture. you push yourself to keep going until you pass out from exhaustion. I doubt its very healthy, and would likely be a serious case of diminishing returns.
> I shudder to think of what your sleep habits are like if you guys are doing this.
Appreciate the concern.
I would encourage people to look after their sleep. From personal experience, a good nights sleep is one of the best gifts I can give to myself tomorrow.
Another view; say I have a problem where I cannot stop messaging at night, and it impacts my sleep. I could use a device which lets at least my eyes rest. Is it kind of like the nicotine containing e-cigarette of bedtime phone usage?
Might this then be:
1) An improvement?
2) An enabler?
3) A sign that I do have a problem (phone/screen addiction) - as indicated by the effort I would expend trying to mitigate a symptom (gazing at screen = ouch)?
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Let’s try this:
There is a perspective that a project like this is an outgrowth of an unhealthy habit of messaging/writing art/beyond bedtime.
Within that view, I think this concept is still worthwhile of curiosity for its usage at other times during the day; when you have already decided you want to do a task that would normally require using a screen anyway.
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There is an idea that suggests interfaces designed to accommodate people with disabilities results in better UX for everyone. I see this as an example of that idea, and I idly believe something partially descended from this will come into common usage.
In it’s mildest form, typing without a screen approaches what a confident touch typist can achieve.
So perhaps I’d say; if your curious, try it some time when you would commit to being at your workstation - “plugged in”. And treat it just the same as your other “screen time” when it comes to looking after your health. No, I wouldn’t let this activity off on the technicality of not involving a screen ;)
Disclaimer: Im talking about my own experiments and cannot speak for OP, who has a better set up.
I think if you let yourself drift off while typing it might ok. Like drifting off while listening to music, or thinking about a math problem. I don't feel like trying it though. I think you have about the right take on the concept regardless of the practicality.
Sleep its a deliberate action and choice for me. I have a soft set time and hard set time, if I'm still dicking around on my phone or computer after that I need to justify to myself why I'm doing it. The hard set time means I go to bed and I sleep. I put my head down and think of nothing else except sleep.
what you guys are doing sounds like self imposed torture. you push yourself to keep going until you pass out from exhaustion. I doubt its very healthy, and would likely be a serious case of diminishing returns.