T1D Sleep Challenge: Four Weeks In, What We've Learned

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Four weeks ago, Neil asked you to do one thing: write down how many hours you slept. That was it. Just a number. And now here we are.

This is the halftime checkpoint of the While You Were Sleeping Challenge. Neil does what any good coach does at halftime -- pulls everyone in, takes a breath, and goes over what we actually know. Because the first four weeks covered a lot: recognition, the 21% number, the dawn phenomenon, the sleep-blood sugar feedback loop, bedtime consistency, sleep architecture differences in T1D, and CGM alarm fatigue. And the goal today is to actually sit with what changed before we move into solutions.

May was all problem and mechanism. June is different. June is where we build.

We're in Week 5 of the While You Were Sleeping Challenge. If you're just finding this, jump in right here. You're not behind.

In this episode:

A full recap of Weeks 1 through 4 and everything established so far
Why problem-naming has to come before solution-building
What the second half of the challenge covers (cortisol, Fear of Hypoglycemia, CGM as a proactive tool, pre-sleep routines)
How to look at your own four weeks of data before June begins
What "paying attention" for four weeks actually produced, even if the tracking wasn't perfect

This Week's Challenge: What's one thing you noticed in the last four weeks? Not a conclusion. Not a solved problem. One thing you noticed. Write it in one sentence.

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