Sleep Observation Paper

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I have always had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep throughout the night. For at least the last 10 years, I was averaging about three to four hours of sleep during the work week and between five to six hours on my days off. I was a shift worker and constantly rotated shifts throughout those years. I tried everything to sleep from over the counter to doctor prescribed medication. It was hopeless and I was exhausted. After doing a little research, it became clear that sleep is essential to staying physically and mentally fit thus, I discovered that the wrist has commonly been used to measure sleep with high sensitivity, moderate specificity and overall high accuracy (Slater et al., 2015). Furthermore, I decided to purchase a smart watch