Discovering Actress D’Arcy Carden's Climbing Journey to The Top

Despite having recently made her highly anticipated Broadway debut, actress D’Arcy Carden isn’t feeling bogged down by long days of rehearsals and even longer nights performing. 

As the newly minted face of the innovative Citizen CZ Smart watch, Carden credits it for her high energy levels. “Since starting the play, I’ve had to adjust some of my patterns, like going to bed later and waking up a little later,” she explains. “Having my watch tell me exactly what my body needs, knowing that it knows what’s going to work for me, has been really helpful.”

The second-generation Citizen CZ Smart watches come with the companion CZ Smart YouQ wellness app, which makes revolutionary, world-class technology accessible and easy to understand — there’s a reason why it’s called The Smarter Smartwatch. Together, the watch and app scientifically determine a wearer’s chronotype, forecast 36-hours ahead to pinpoint energy levels, and deliver personalized wellness tips — or Power Fixes — to help battle fatigue, improve alertness, and promote the building of better habits. 

Carden wore her CZ Smart watch and used the YouQ app's custom Alert Monitor test — a version of the test NASA astronauts take to gauge cognitive acuity at any given moment — for eight days, and found out her chronotype is 'Evening Enthusiast.” “I always work really well at night,” she says. “I think it’s one of the reasons that I love doing things like theater, improv, and sketch comedy, because that really is a late-night sort of life.”

We sat down with Carden to talk about her busy schedule and how the Citizen CZ Smart watch helps her deliver powerful performances.

I’m doing my first Broadway play in New York City right now, and it's been so thrilling. When I come off the stage, the cast usually hangs out, or if some friends have come to see the show, we’ll get a little food afterwards. When I come home I’m always buzzing. Like, I could stay up until four in the morning if left to my own devices. So, I’ve been using the YouQ app a lot during this time, even if it’s just for peace of mind. I also go to sleep and wake up according to my chronotype baseline as much as I can. During the day, I can track when my energy will dip, so I usually make the choice to take a Power Fix to keep my energy levels up.

Absolutely. The Power Fixes are literally backed by science, so they don't feel frivolous, which sets CZ Smart apart from other smartwatches on the market. It's simple things that you can actually incorporate into your life in order to create healthy habits. And often, the tips are things I never would have thought of on my own, so I get excited to try them out. Again, having something telling me what to do for me specifically, it’s like, ‘yes, please!’ 

I've been really into the sporty look, rocking the PQ2 Casual Touchscreen model in either the light blue silicone or white silicone strap model for spring and summer… I really enjoy how easy it is to change out the straps, and there are so many options, from silicone, to leather, to a stainless steel bracelet, and a mesh bracelet. The rose gold mesh bracelet is usually my standby — it’s just so beautiful and it goes with every outfit. People always say that they can't believe it's a smartwatch. 

Janet on “The Good Place” would have loved a CZ Smart watch. It would have been like a best friend for her, or a twin soul. To me, the watch gives you the information you need in the moment, and on the show all Janet wanted to do was problem solve and help people in any way she could. And I feel like that’s what the CZ Smart watch is. It’s like ‘here's the information you wanted, but I'm also gonna give you little tips and tricks and ways to make your life better in every way.’ In that sense, the CZ Smart watch is basically a little Janet on your wrist.

What do you love the most about the CZ Smart watch?

I'm so honored to work with a brand like Citizen. They really are doing smartwatches in a way that hasn't been done before, and that was really interesting to me. I can get a little overwhelmed by technology, because sometimes it just feels like it's moving so fast. But the CZ Smart watch is not a catch-all kind of watch. It's tailored specifically to you — it literally identifies who you are and exactly what you need, and it tells you information about yourself. I just love that this really feels like something that was created simply to help make people’s lives better.

Become the best version of you with a Citizen CZ Smart watch.