August Reset – HRV Peak, Sleep and Caffeine Victory

Between August 16th and 22nd, I spent a week in the mountains.
Every day: 30–40k steps and ~800 meters up, but all in Zone 1 because I was with my daughter.
It turned into the perfect form of recovery — movement without pressure, nature, and no training stress.

I also completed my caffeine reset.
I’m proud: no coffee. First time in years, and I feel the difference.

And then, the peak metrics arrived:

• Aug 21st:
  • Best HRV of the year: 139
  • Best resting HR of the year: 39
  • Best sleep score of the year: 96/100 (Garmin)
  • Lowest stress of the year: 16 (Garmin)

Finally, I managed to flip my evening schedule.
I’ve been consistently going to bed before 23:00.
For me, as an Achiever, this has always been the hardest — I would stretch the day endlessly to “do one more useful thing.”
But the best investment in tomorrow is to go to sleep earlier today.

Let’s see how long I can hold it — I’ve never managed to keep this habit stable for long. 😅