Wearable Fitness Trackers – Are They Helping or Hurting Motivation?

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Just because a wearable logs steps and heart rate doesn’t guarantee it will boost your long-term drive; gamification and consistent feedback can increase accountability and short-term progress, but data overload and fixation on numbers can erode intrinsic motivation and trigger unhealthy behaviors. To use trackers effectively, you should treat them as tools for insight rather […]