When’s the last time you got a good night’s sleep? If you can’t remember, you’re not alone. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, one in three adults don’t get enough sleep, and a third of US adults report they typically get less than the recommend seven hours of sleep each night. What’s worse is that sleep disparities and sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and insomnia are more prevalent among Black people and other people of color due to racism and social determinants like one’s income and the neighborhood they live in.
Everyday stressors, racism, and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are just a few reasons you may be experiencing restless nights, but the new Drift Wellness + Sleep app ($5), created by Oyin Antwi and Jeffery Antwi, founders of tech startup Digital Park Studio, can help.
“The app just initially started because we were having issues with sleeping and just taking a moment between work and the work-life balance between it all,” Jeffery told POPSUGAR. There were numerous sources of inspiration behind the app, with the biggest being the Black Lives Matter movement, the pandemic, and financial stressors, Oyin said. “The timing was so perfect. It was just like, ‘You know what? Let’s push it out now. We’ve had this idea. We feel this pain. So imagine what the world is feeling and our community is feeling right now,'” Oyin continued.
