Ian Somnia from London (37) received his weekly activity report on Friday afternoon, confirming what he already secretly knew—he hasn’t moved at all in 5 days.
It’s 4:30 pm and Ian wraps another week of WFH for his tech start-up when his watch lights up with his weekly activity report.
“Deep down, I already knew—I was sitting on my ass all day. But seeing it presented in a beautiful visualised graph confirms my suspicion. 28 steps, 15 toilet breaks and 117.5 sedentary hours. Some things have to slide when you are working for an exciting start-up.”
But smart watches don’t stop at health, they can also optimise life admin. Ian demonstrates how easy it is to check his bank balance. With a pained look, he says he hasn’t been paid again. “On the positive, this week I only checked my bank balance every five minutes, down from every two.”
Ian admits he purchased the smart watch as a present to himself after he landed his new job with a lucrative salary. As an engineer, he needed the numbers to prove he was healthy, wealthy and happy. Yet seeing his life reduced to cold numbers left him catatonic.