I am really getting into the quantified self movement. I am starting to track a lot of different areas in my life. I feel that the more personal data you can have on yourself the better your health, energy and quality of life will be. One of the coolest areas that I am now tracking is sleep with the ZEO.

ZEO is the real interesting piece of equipment. It is truly a personal sleep coach in a device. A few nights a week I slip on my ZEO headband. This measures your sleep patterns using ZEO’s Softwave sensor technology, which has been scientifically-demonstrated for accuracy. It takes a little getting used to, but I find it does not disrupt my sleep at all.

The cool thing is I am using the bed side display. It looks like a regular alarm clock (opportunity clock here at MC). It is great it tracks things like how long it took me to fall asleep, how much restorative sleep I got and my ZQ score. The ZQ score is really what I love. It is a simple number that represents how I slept.

The other feature I really like is SmartWake it is a special option in which ZEO searches for the optimal time to wake you based on your sleep patterns so you can start the day more easily. This is a fantastic tool.

The deeper feature with ZEO is the myZEO online program. I have not really explored it totally yet, but it allows you to input data directly from ZEO. Then you can track many sleep trends over time. You can also learn the latest in sleep research. This is a very powerful program.

It is an amazing device. They even have a new mobile device that works with the iPhone. Super Cool!

The question that I get asked the most is, “how does it help you sleep?”

Having the data for me is the key. The ZQ score is what I truly like to work with. What I do is write down the activities I did for the day and  track the food I ate in my food journal. I look for the correlation between a high ZQ score and an activity I did or a food I consumed.

If I am training super hard one day and need a great night sleep. I look at my journal to see what I did to get that great ZQ score before. By replicating that meal or activity I then can get a better night sleep. As busy as I am I try to keep my research simple. This really works for me.

I also do tests. I will play an action game on my PS3 and then go to bed to see the score. It is amazing that if I play a game right before I go to bed how bad I sleep. I also have tested reading. It is amazing the difference between non-fiction and fiction scores. I sleep better after fiction then non-fiction. I have also tested spiritual texts and personal development books. Both of those came in pretty close with good ZQ scores.

As you can see you can test many things. What I love about it is it is your data, not someone else’s. You are truly working on your sleep score looking to improve.

With ZEO you can run your own experiments to work on getting your best night sleep.

I do not have sleep issues. If you do. I would recommend getting even deeper with the myZEO online program. There is an amazing amount of detail and information there. The ZEO team are truly the experts in the sleep arena.

I don’t recommend too many products, but I love my ZEO. To get yours just click on the banner below and you can order directly from ZEO. We will also include a link in our daily newsletter. Be sure to post in the community some of the experiments you are running I would love to hear some of them. We can all learn to get a better night sleep. Getting up with amazing energy comes from a good night sleep. I believe ZEO can help you do that.

JB