Cult of wellness: Your Apple watch is ruining your outfit & your intuition
*she writes, the very picture of cheuginess, clad in her own beloved Apple watch* š¤·āāļø
Iāve had an Apple watch for 4 ish years. I didnāt actually buy it for the fitness tracking capabilitiesā back when I taught a million fitness classes a week I needed to be able to control the music from across the room and get a clear view of time during class to control pacing without it being obvious to clients that I was checking the clock (because who wants to work out with an instructor who looks like theyād rather be anywhere else?). The fitness tracking capabilities were an added benefit, and soon, my inner competitive spirit was gamifying closing my ringsāleading to a feeling of superiority and accomplishment and āgoodnessā on the days I did, and of course, a feeling of guilt, laziness, and ābeing badā on the days I didnāt.
Pre-pandemic, I closed my rings without having to give it much thought. I was commuting from Brooklyn to Manhattan sometimes multiple times a day for private clients and working out at my favorite studios in my free time. Between teaching fitness for a living and the fact that NYC is a walking city, I took for granted how easy it was to close my rings. I also didnāt really spend all that much time assessing how deeply exhausted I was, because that was all I had known since moving to New York. I signed up for the hustle of the big city and didnāt have a problem with itā¦until we were forced to pull back.
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