Digital Zeitgebers

A BitBar plugin that reminds you with sleep hygiene recommendations, such as when to avoid blue light, caffeine, etc., at the proper time.

Installation

1. Download the latest version of BitBar here
2. Move the BitBar application to your Applications folder
3. Open BitBar and BitBar will prompt you to set a plugins folder - you may set it to any folder you like
4. Click on BitBar in your MacOS menu bar and click Open Plugin Folder...
5. Download digital-zeitgebers.30m.py into the plugin folder opened in the previous step
6. Open digital-zeitgebers.30m.py in a text editor and update the bedtime and wakeup_time values under the User Settings section
7. Right click anywhere in the plugin folder and select Open Terminal Here
8. Run the following command in Terminal: chmod +x digital-zeitgebers.30m.py
9. Click on BitBar in your MacOS menu bar and click Refresh all

Note: If nothing shows up on your menubar after clicking Refresh all, it just means that there are no sleep hyigene recommendations at this time. Any errors will be shown to you on the menubar

Supported OS

Currently Digital Zeitgebers is only works for MacOS, because it is a plugin for BitBar which is only available on MacOS.

References

• Influence of chronotype and social zeitgebers on sleep/wake patterns
• Night owls can 'retrain' their body clocks to improve mental well-being and performance
• Caffeine Effects on Sleep Taken 0, 3, or 6 Hours before Going to Bed
• Chapter 30 - Jet Lag and Its Prevention
• Chapter Three - Natural Variation in Human Clocks
• Light, Sleep & School-Aged Children: A Complex Relationship
• The effects of time of day and chronotype on cognitive and physical performance in healthy volunteers