You sleep enough and wake tired
Eight hours and still running on empty.
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Understand the everyday causes of low energy and change what you can.
A course on tiredness that is not an illness. It covers the ordinary causes of low energy, sleep, stress, movement, light, food and attention, how they interact, and how to work out which ones are yours.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I feel tired most of the time and my doctor says I am fine. Help me understand the everyday causes of low energy, sleep, stress, movement and light, and what I can change.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Wellbeing
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- Has a doctor ruled out medical causes?
- When are you most tired: mornings, afternoons, evenings, or always?
- How is your sleep, honestly, and how do you know?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
The afternoon slump owns you
Every day collapses at three.
You have tried caffeine and willpower
Both stopped working some time ago.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06Tired versus ill
What this course covers and when to see a doctor.
Sleep, properly
Quantity, quality, timing and the habits that damage each.
Stress and attention
Why mental load is exhausting and how to lighten it.
Movement and light
The counterintuitive fixes for low energy.
Food and timing
How and when you eat, and the afternoon slump.
Your energy map
Tracking for two weeks and acting on what you find.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Map your energy
See when you have it and when you do not, and what precedes each.
Find the likely causes
Identify which everyday factors are draining you.
Change what you can
Make the few adjustments most likely to help.
Ideas this course corrects
Tiredness means you need more sleep
Sometimes. Often it means worse sleep, more stress or less movement, and more hours in bed does not touch it.
Rest is the cure for low energy
Movement, light and connection restore energy more reliably than lying down.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course on tiredness that is not an illness. It covers the ordinary causes of low energy, sleep, stress, movement, light, food and attention, how they interact, and how to work out which ones are yours. It sits under Wellbeing in the Life & growth part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I feel tired most of the time and my doctor says I am fine. Help me understand the everyday causes of low energy, sleep, stress, movement and light, and what I can change.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.