Meet Wilson

Our first Sleepstack interview

Welcome to this week’s edition of Sleepstack, where we have our first interview with a fellow sleep lover.

But before we do, here’s this week’s sleep and screen time leaderboard’s:

To join, simply leave your average sleep for the last week or screentime in a comment below.

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Meet Wilson

Welcome to our first Sleepstack interview, where we meet the inspiration behind www.sleepranking.com,

Wilson Lim Setiawan

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When I started Sleepstack, I wasn’t sure anyone would read it and perhaps I was the only person interested sleep.

But after a few weeks, I started receiving sleep times from Wilson, who I’ve never met, but I’m excited to following his journey because he’s learned the power of great sleep at a young age.

Something I wish I did and think his future is bright.

So without further ado, meet Wilson!

Who are you? Where are you from and what do you do?

Hey! I'm Wilson, born/raised in Singapore currently a senior studying Computer Science at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

How much do you sleep?

Try to minimum get 7 hours a night.

Why are you interested in sleep?

We spend 1/3 our lives sleeping, why not try and optimise it?

Why did you build sleepranking.com?

Trying to improve my web development skills, I thought this would be the perfect project to carry out.

How’d you come up with the idea?

To be honest, I saw what you were doing with the Sleepstack and wanted to see if I could use my technical skills to simplify the process. 

What do you use to track your sleep? 

I use an Oura Ring.

What have you learned from tracking your sleep?

My sleep is drastically worse at night when I drink alcohol, and an early bedtime is better for me.

Tell us about the best and worst night’s sleep you’ve ever had?

Worst - Can't remember honestly. I try not to hold on to the bad nights too much.
Best - After completing a full day/night navigation exercise in the Singapore Army, fell asleep within 10 seconds.

Finally, to help someone in our community who’s struggling to sleep well, what’s your top tip?

This was a personal change but going from a soft to a firm memory foam was night/day for me.

Thanks Wilson!