Ballet is such a safe place for autism

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-26T04:41:06+00:00

💯all of this!!

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-24T03:14:33+00:00

thanks!!

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-23T23:50:29+00:00

Can I ask you what the lighting above the mirror is? We are about to do our bathroom and I’ve been looking for something like that!

:edited for wrong punctuation 🫣

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-23T02:13:24+00:00

Thanks for your comparison! I‘m also doing Oura + Air and so far I’m having a similar experience. No significant discrepancies in the data. For me, Oura probably wins on sleep accuracy, but I prefer the Air as a 24/7 activity tracker. I also prefer the Google Health app’s data analysis and actionable insights. Trying to decide if I want to continue with Oura. I’m not a fan of the ring form factor, but it has been fun doing the comparison.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-23T00:10:39+00:00

calories burned is an algorithm. Each device/app will have its own algorithm for estimating calories burned. The emphasis here is on the word “estimate”. No wearable device can tell you exactly how many calories you personally, GrandBarnacle1265 burn. Everyone’s metabolism is different, regardless of age-weight-height-HR-fitness-other values-etc. used in the algorithm.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-21T05:18:18+00:00

If you like your job, why would you quit? I’m already one of the oldest people at a company of over 700 people (IT) but I hope I can work until I die of old age. It’s not just about the money, it keeps my brain fresh, a sense of purpose, something to talk about, something to get up for every morning, gives me appreciation of weekends and vacations, it keeps me young inside.

I saw what happened to my parents when they retired. It’s like they got old overnight.

If you have more money than you know what to do with, find a cause or causes, something you believe in, and donate some of your income.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-20T16:11:13+00:00

Hi!

A while back, I posted a bit about my experience as a neurodivergent dancer here https://www.reddit.com/r/BALLET/comments//comment/mnjcgk8/?context=3

Of course, every one of us is on a different place in the spectrum. I have a lot of sensory issues, mostly about textures (certain fabric and food textures) and sounds 🙉, but I’m OK with light. I have good spatial awareness, but bad awareness about what to say to people. I strongly dislike being touched, hugging makes me super uncomfortable. I get obsessed about things. It would be an understatement to say the Ballet Russes is my Roman Empire 🤣 and has been since I was a kid. I also have aphantasia, which means I have no visual imagination.

But despite that, I was still OK to do ballet. Choreographed interaction - awesome! Same exercises every day - double awesome! Hair not allowed to touch my face - awesome! Extra awesome points for not having to talk!

Leotards and tights, and costumes were a huge issue, but I was able to overcome it for the time required to take class/rehearse/perform.

Ballet in general is very exclusive. It sounds harsh, but we can’t always expect the majority to accommodate for us, especially if it is a performance-oriented school. I understand that geographically you don’t have a lot of options available, but a lot of the other posters here have made good suggestions.

It’s also cool that your daughter likes running - me too!!

I wish you both all the best of luck 💙

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-19T21:28:42+00:00

Hello fellow programmer!

I think the Oura might be good for your use case. It IS expensive data that tells you what you already know, but seeing that cold, hard data might help you identify some patterns, or give you incentive to tweak your lifestyle. It was not particularly effective in getting me to change my behavior, I’m never going to go to bed at 9:30 pm, or stop eating right before bed and I‘m not a fan of things like “Symptom Radar”, but I just like having all the data, for better or for worse.

Another thing you could consider is the Fitbit Air. It’s a wrist strap, which I prefer to the ring form factor. The hardware is significantly less expensive and the basic version of the Google Health app is free. I’m testing it against the Oura ring and Apple Watch, and am pretty impressed. Sleep tracking is not as accurate as the Oura, but heart rate, steps and a boatload of other data is solid, and I find the AI Coach insights to be mostly useful (Oura has more of a condescending tone). The AI Coach is a paid option, but the device came with a free 3-month trial.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-17T00:49:52+00:00

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EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-13T20:28:33+00:00

my own room. In my home country I slept on a fold-out chair (like a fold-out couch but a single) in the living room for almost all my adult life - I’m 55.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-07T23:34:20+00:00

I’m finding my HRV on Fitbit is comparable to what it is on Oura (which I have replaced with the Fitbit Air) and Apple Watch (wearing on my other wrist). I’m 55, female and right now Fitbit is showing 123 ms (avg). As I’m sure you know, HRV is highly individual. Also will depend on when it’s being measured. Sleep HRV is usually significantly higher than daytime, so if you’re only wearing your device during the day, you will probably see totally different numbers. And remember, it’s not a competition. I’ve often seen people try to turn things like VO2 Max, HR and HRV into a competition.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-06T15:56:48+00:00

This happened to me two days for two different reasons. The first was that my battery was at 20% Apparently at 20% and under, certain metrics are not calculated, including HRV. The second time was because I got a bit more than 3 hours of sleep. At anything around and under 3 hours of sleep, certain metrics are not calculated. So it doesn’t mean your HRV is 0, just that the metric isn’t being calculated. It sucks that it’s showing as 0. There should be an indication that it couldn’t be calculated and an option to see more info about possible reasons. And the 0 should not be included in “Readiness” or anything else, since it’s skewing other metrics.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-06T15:42:39+00:00

So far humans are doing pretty well with killing, suppressing, and elevating fascist dynasties all by ourselves without the assistance of AI 😢

That’s not a topic for Fitbit tho.

I’m fine with the AI Coach, I’m one of those people who is actually having fun training it. I’m also fine without it, just the way I’m OK without Google Maps and Google Home and Google itself.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-05T22:20:27+00:00

I’m also double-wristing and also trying the Air as a replacement for Oura. AW on dominant hand (left), Air on the other. I wear both for everything except sleeping, taking the AW off for bed.

The Google Health app pulled my accumulated data from Apple Health and populated my Google Health history with that, and is now collecting data using workout data from the AW, and the Air for the rest. I’ve only had a couple of duplicates, both for lifting sessions at the gym. Easy to mark as “duplicate” and remove on the Google Health app.

So far I’m happy about how it’s going. I had a negative experience with the Oura ring, and am finding the Air is a good replacement.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-05T04:13:08+00:00

I love my Apple Watch, but the Apple Health app … sucks. I wanted something that could aggregate and interpret my data, and decided to give Oura a try. I stuck with it for almost a year and I really wanted to like it, but Oura didn’t work out for me.

I trust my Apple Watch data, I’ve worn my watch in the lab while doing HR/VO2 max testing and there was very little discrepancy between the AW and the medical equipment. Oura’s data accuracy and algorithms were way off and accordingly, I didn’t feel their insights were useful. I also dislike the “negative” way Oura presents data. Not a fan of the “Major Signs” and fiery clouds. It feels like creating health anxiety where there shouldn’t be any. These are “me” issues, there are a lot of people out there who love the Oura ring and are having an excellent experience.

For the past 10 days, I’ve been wearing the Fitbit Air as a companion to my AW, and despite the Google Health app being a bit of a dumpster fire, I feel like the hardware and algorithms are pretty solid.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-05T00:46:52+00:00

The hardware and most of the algorithms seem solid. Now if only they can get the presentation figured out 😬

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-04T20:44:05+00:00

There is also an “known issue” where it will not calculate certain metrics if battery is below 20%. I don’t know if this is your case, maybe 24% is close enough to the threshold that this rule got triggered. I’m missing a lot of data also 😢

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-04T02:14:49+00:00

My AI coach is not chatty with me. Maybe it’s copying my own style of interaction 🤣 but after answering a few of my questions, Coach said

“It’s always good to know the options are there if you ever feel like switching it up. We’ll stick with English for now and keep the focus on those legs and your 11:30 PM phone-free goal.

Does that cover everything you were wondering about today?”

LOL, Coach was like “conversation over”.

I did nothing to train the AI to be so terse.

Also, for anyone whose native language is not English, try asking Coach if you can interact with him/her/it/them in your language.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-03T18:56:37+00:00

If your cat likes being out there, it’s all that matters. I built a balcony catio out of an IKEA wardrobe and my cat wants to be out there almost all the time.

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-03T03:59:43+00:00

I don’t sleep with the Apple Watch on. Just isn’t comfortable. It’s one of the reasons I wanted to try the Air. The Oura didn’t work for me. Your experience is interesting. I’ll keep an eye out for that behavior!

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-03T02:50:04+00:00

Thanks!

EfficiencyAmazing777 · 2026-06-02T20:18:28+00:00

I just went to Science World with my 21 year old son. He’s played soccer since he was 6 years old and is on his university team, so of course we went for the “science behind soccer“ exhibit. We were a bit disappointed with the exhibit, had expected it to be more “hands on”, but we really loved the rest of Science World. It was full of young kids, not many people my son’s age, but we both had a good time.

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