Turning back time

Let’s talk about Daylight Savings Time. 

Daylight Saving Time is the changing of the clocks that typically begins in spring in early-to-mid March and ends in fall, near the beginning of November, in what is often referred to as “spring forward” and “fall back.

DST is observed in most of Europe, North America and parts of Africa and Asia around the Northern Hemisphere, and in parts of South America in the Southern Hemisphere. Nearly every U.S. state observes daylight saving time, with the exceptions of Arizona and Hawaii. In the U.S, we’ll be turning our clocks back this weekend on Sunday, November 5.

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Let’s be honest

The so-called experts make their appearance this time of year talking about how DST and the longer daylight hours promotes safety and more active lifestyles, reduces energy usage, and obviously helps businesses and the economy. I get the need, but I hate DST time in the spring with a passion. It’s a killer. There’s nothing like losing an hour.

Think I’m kidding. Changing sleep patterns, even by an hour, goes against a person’s natural sleep patterns and has negative consequences for health. One study found that the risk of a heart attack increases 10% the Monday and Tuesday following the spring time change

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Catching some Zs

In the fall, however, well it’s a different story. 

I wrote Thursday about the beauty of a simple nap, well gaining an extra hour, that’s a nap and then some. Who doesn’t like getting an extra hour of sleep? I’m not sure about others, but I can’t wait for this weekend and the extra hour.  

Oh, how will I use the extra hour? The options are endless:

  • I could sleep-in an extra hour.
  • I could stay up later working on an extra blog or two, or even working on my novel.
  • I could go to bed my regular time and get up an hour early and work out.

I could use the extra hour anyway I want. It’s like walking down the block and finding $20 laying on the ground. The choices are endless. Who doesn’t want to do their best impression of Cher and turn back time.

Now if it was just the same in the spring!

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  5. I’m in Arizona. I also lived in Hawaii for almost 10 years. I have been “lucky” on the DTS front. My entire family is in CA and many of my work colleagues are in states that observe DST. It gets confusing because our time differences change, as they fall back or spring forward. It is odd being the odd (wo)man out. Lol. But I do appreciate not losing an hour of sleep.

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  7. DST has got to go, it should have been abolished decades ago, Brian. It serves no purpose other than to throw people’s bio-clock off. I’ve got an extended trip to Michigan coming up soon, the time change will not help since I am used to Pacific time. Grr.

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  9. Is it horrible of me to say that I really don’t mind one way or the other!? I suppose, when you don’t have to get up for work the smaller annoyances seem less yet I remember the inconvenience mostly not so much sleep issues.

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  10. I hate it. I would rather ease into the change slowly. This yanking of an hour either way wreaks havoc with most beings. Now the cat’s going to start annoying me for food an hour earlier. Ugh.
    I’m not buying the whole thing. I love that Native American (I choose to believe it is saying:
    “Only a white man would believe you could cut a foot off the top of the blanket, sew it onto the bottom of the blanket, and you’d be left with a longer blanket.”
    🙂

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  12. I was about to make a snippy pin with the Cher song but you beat me to it. DST in our home has absolutely zero benefits. It just means the damn child is up an hour earlier and thus the rest of us. Yay, one extra hour to walk around the house like a zombie. 😆 Happy Sunday!

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  13. This is the first year that we totally forget, Brian, because of other distractions, but our cell phones and computers reminded us. LOL I also agree about changing sleep patterns. It’s tough! I’m not crazy about the dark, early evenings, but I do like it when the mornings are light when I wake up. 🙂

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      1. Well, I did a post today about ‘moving on’ because that’s what my FIL would want as well as my MIL and my parents. So, I’m grateful for you and everyone who has read my sorrowful poems, but I hope to lift the spirits in my posts moving forward. And this morning I was awake at 5 am because it normally would’ve been 6! Ugh! 🙂

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      2. Oh, I’m so behind with wordpress, can’t wait to read your post. Grieving even for someone who was fortunate to have a long life is still important. Give yourself time to feel. Still can’t wait to read the uplifting stuff too! Yea, I was up early today but still somehow out of sorts time wise. Ha ha, life is funny! 😎😎😎

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      3. Me too, but don’t worry about mine. Get to it when or if you can. I’m mentioning my book again and I’m sure some are tired of hearing about it. 🙂 The joys of self publishing! I know this time thing really messes us up. 🙂 Happy Monday, Brian!

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      4. Hey, no need to ask forgiveness, that’s all part of the writing and self publishing challenge. Most folks understand and if they don’t . . . well, it’s their loss. Plus the promotion must work be working, it gave me a great reminder to go to Amazon and order my copy. Can’t wait for it to come and to read it.

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      6. Oh, I can’t wait to read it. I mentioned this recently to a few other bloggers. My contact with poetry has been limited. We obviously studied poetry in high school, but I didn’t have any teachers who really loved it back. Interested to see what speaks to me now. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 🙂 🙂

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      7. I’m smiling, Brian, but I am no expert. You could call me self taught. Writing poetry is just what I love to do, so please don’t compare me to Dickinson, Plath, or Frost. 🙂 Although my son (28) told me that some of my nature poems reminded him of Mary Oliver, which was big for him to say because he’s honest with his mother. 🙂 And of course, I love her, so that was special for me. Anyway, just sayin’. And I’d love to hear your thoughts if you do enjoy the book. 🙂

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      8. I remember you saying that about your son. I think that’s some pretty high praise. For me to actually read it is very cool. I know my kids read my blog . . . but it’s another thing entirely for them to actually talk to me and tell me what they like about whatever I’ve written. Ha, ha. I’ll warn you . . . I’m a slow reader, but I will get back to you. I LOVe what I’ve read so far!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

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      9. I take his words as high praise too, so I’m grateful. As to my blog, my family reads my posts once in a blue moon. Not often and that’s okay. Not everyone is into blogging. And I am just so thankful to know that you’ll read my book when you have time. No rush and no pressure. Just lots of gratitude. 🙂 And thanks for your ending kind words! 😁🙏🏻

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  14. Okay, so I just unknowingly informed my husband that daytime savings is man made and he is devasted. We live in Nigeria…we should need to know about this…but we kind of do…the world is a global village 😁

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    1. Oh, I wouldn’t feel bad Emaistace, I only know that much about it because of where I grew up. It’s really more of a bigger deal in the spring. There’s so much of the world that I don’t know about as well. I try not to be close-minded like many people, but it can be a challenge.

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