Big Brother is watching.
For Father’s Day my wife got me a ring. Nice, right? Nope. This ring monitors my health. Tells me how many steps I took. Tell me my blood pressure. The amount of REM sleep. Everything.
This is like when Sauron gave the rings of power away. He wasn’t being nice. He was bringing them in under his spell. Not that my wife is Sauron but…
Anyway, I’ve spent my entire life ignoring my health, what made my wife think I was interested now. Here’s the thing. She’s interested.
I have no interest at knowing that I’ve only taken 37 steps all day. Hey, honey, if you want me to get more steps in you should’ve put the refrigerator further away. I mean, sheesh. Do I have to think of everything?
So either, I have to start actually walking the dog. A lot. Or…I could take an online hacking class and figure out how to add steps to my ring. I’ll let you know what I decide.
June 19, 2025 at 1:42 pm
I don’t have anything that invasive. However I do have the FitBit.
I’ve worn it for years, and it does help me keep track of the steps I take in a day, as well as how I’m doing week by week, month by month, and year by year.
I used to use the stand-alones, that don’t link up automatically. But, I never seemed to find the time to enter the saved data, before the pedometer rolled over and erased old data.
However, it was MY decision, not my husband’s. One idea that might reduce your dislike of it may be to talk to her, ask her cooperation in not accessing it, and leaving the results to you and your doctor. Take her input/oversight out of the equation.