If you're a college student and wear that tracker around your wrist that controls your life, you can probably relate.
1. You didn't buy it yourself.
Chances are you probably received your Fitbit as a gift for Christmas or your birthday, because $140 is a lot of money for a college student to spend themselves.
2. Your sleep schedule probably looks something like this.
Sometimes you sleep for 13 straight hours, sometimes you don't sleep until 7 p.m. the next night. You never really know.
3. When you walk across campus to class and realize you left your Fitbit on the charger.
What was even the point of going to class if I wasn't wearing my Fitbit?
4. When you're in challenges with all of your student-athlete friends that have practices everyday and you just can't seem to beat them.
It doesn't matter if you spent an hour on the treadmill, you will still probably lose.
5. Your steps probably look like this on the weekends.
"You're wearing your Fitbit to the club? Really?"
"How else am I going to hit my step goal?"
6. Knowing exactly when you took steps and when you fell asleep comes in handy when you aren't quite sure what happened the night before.
"What time did you go home last night?"
"Well my Fitbit says I fell asleep at 2:57 so, probably 2:45."
7. When you want to hit your step goal because you're in three different challenges, but you have four papers due by Friday and an exam on Thursday.
No matter how much you want that Work Week Hustle trophy, sometimes sleeping and studying are more important. But, that walk to the vending machine had to count for something, right?
8. Your roommate looks at you like you're crazy when you get out of bed and pace back and forth for ten minutes.
What? I'm only 200 steps away from hitting my goal!
9. Your non-Fitbit wearing friends convince you to do them favors so you can "get more steps."
"Hey can you go get me some more water? You'll get more steps in!"
But you do it anyway because, let's face it, every step counts.
10. Suddenly, living on the third floor in a dorm with no elevator isn't so bad.
It gives purpose to those moments when you realize you forgot something in your room and have to walk all the way back up.
11. Finally, you're creating new relationships with everyone else wearing a Fitbit just like you.
At least until you set out to destroy each other in weekly challenges.
