Research
Health Coach handoff and Week 1 baseline
Week 1 starts today; success is 5 of 7 days, with phone use as the headline behavior.
Commitments
- Week 1 begins Sunday, 16 August 2026.
- Success means 5 of 7 days, not perfection.
- Baseline phone screen time is 9h56m average; the Week 1 target is under 8 hours.
- The daily check-in has four values, in this order:
- Walks out of 12
- Time of last coffee
- Time got into bed the previous night
- Phone screen time for the day
- The plan includes a 21:30 computer stop. This is the expected weak point because Hay has historically worked until about 23:00.
Boundary
Hay takes levothyroxine. Medication timing against coffee and the date of the last labs belong with Hay's prescriber, not the health coach.
Operating rule
A bad day should be reported with the bad numbers. A skipped check-in is more damaging than an imperfect result because it hides the information needed to adjust the plan.