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How an Apple Watch Can Enhance Your Life and Inspire You to Improve in Many Areas
No, I am not on Apple's payroll — yet I now rely on this gadget daily.
I love my new Apple Watch! Can you tell I'm excited? Do you have one, too?
I know I still have a lot to discover on this fantastic device. It seems I learn something new daily, and it's all good.
I was a Fitbit wearer for years. The primary reason was to keep track of my exercise, daily steps, and sleep. It was simple. I didn't need to do a thing except wear it.
When it would die — each one lasted a couple of years, I would purchase the latest iteration of it, and I was satisfied.
Exercise
Satisfied until I noticed that some of my pickleball buddies were asking their watches to start tracking our pickleball game. Really? This watch tracks specific exercises?
Indeed it does. Okay, that did it. I had to have it.
One day a friend and I went for a walk, and she tapped her Apple watch to track her outside walk.
Not only did it measure the miles, but it told her the pace — an 18-minute mile. If we stopped to chat with a neighbor, the watch would ask her if we had finished walking. She would…
