SHOW NOTES:
Perfect is not the goal. This episode takes a stand on something that doesn't get said enough in health content of any kind -- and especially not in T1D content.
If you've been measuring your sleep quality against general population benchmarks (the 8-hour standard, the 90% sleep efficiency score, the deeply uninterrupted ideal), Neil is here to tell you, with genuine care, that you've been holding yourself to the wrong ruler. T1D "good enough" sleep is its own category. You're managing a disease overnight. Your liver is running its 3am shift. Your cortisol is cycling. Your CGM is monitoring. Comparing your sleep to non-T1D benchmarks is not a useful exercise. And chasing perfect while managing T1D is a fast road to frustration. Meaningfully better is the goal.
This is Week 8 of the While You Were Sleeping Challenge. We're almost at the finish line -- and this episode matters.
In this episode:
- Why comparing T1D sleep to non-T1D population benchmarks doesn't serve you
- What "meaningfully better" looks like for someone managing overnight glucose
- The batting average analogy: what winning looks like when you're playing with T1D physics
- How to define your own version of sleep success -- one that accounts for what you're actually managing
- Why "fewer interruptions than last month" counts as a real win
This Week's Challenge: Write one sentence: what would "better" sleep look like for you? Not perfect. Your version. One sentence.
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