I seriously need to use the bathroom…

2025-05-12

“… anyway, what time is it?”

I am aware that I should not have done so, but I pressed the upper-left button on my Garmin to illuminate its display.

Every time this happens, there are two possible outcomes. When I see that it is about 2 or 3 in the morning, it's so difficult to fall asleep again. Yes, I know, that's why we should never check the time. Anyway, when it is past 5 a.m., I magically sleep seconds after checking the time or coming back from the bathroom. Our brains are so weirdly wired.

But this time I got a strong beam of light coming from the watch. Everything in the display was gone, but a flashlight icon. I had no idea this feature existed, but the moment I saw that, my brain went like: “_wow, I can use this instead of turning on the bathroom light. Cool._”

Yes, that was a neat feature, but none of the buttons on the watch worked anymore.

“_Okay, how do I turn this off?_”

Because there are so many features on this watch, a long time ago I had created a shortcut to bring the display back to the main screen. Well, you guessed it. Holding the bottom-left button for a few seconds didn't do anything either.

I was already back in my sheets at that point, wide awake and still trying to figure out what to do. “_How do I turn off this beam of light coming out of my wrist? I can’t believe I’ll have to get up and look this up online._”

I don't sleep with my phone nearby, so I would have to go get it in the other room. Then, my dog would wake up and want to play with me. “_Definitely a terrible idea._”

“_And, what time is it?_”

Click, click, click, and it was finally dark again. “_How did I do that?_” In any case, I could finally check the time. “_Two something in the morning! Oh, no!_”. But, it immediately clicked when I pressed the upper-left button to turn on the screen. “_I bet it turns on and off by double-clicking the light button. I must have done that accidentally earlier._”

“_Cool, that's it. Now, all I need is a way to double-click to turn myself off._”