Perhaps this is a post for a different time of year, but "Hey!" I am nothing if not flexible. Actually that is pretty far from the truth, but I am working on it.I want to talk about Daylight Savings. Still Awake? Good, because I get really worked up about this topic. I hate Daylight Savings. Hate it. Coming and going. I think I always have, but I can't remember. The fact remains however...I hate it now. It fouls me up. Messes bad with my clearly delicate circadian rhythm. A circadian rhythm is a roughly 24-hour cycle in the biochemical, physiological, or behavioural processes of living entities on Earth, including plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria. I have no idea what cyanobacteria are and I do not think I am a fungus, so it must be my natural animal instincts kicking in.
I think I was supposed to be born before the advent of electric light (either that or my wolf parents gave me up to be raised by humans). Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the convenience, but I have found that I seem to operate better when my routine and schedule are dictated by natural forces rather than artificial. My mother used to tell me that I was a kid who hated schedules, but I think I just prefer the forces of nature over the forces of you know...moms and teachers and bosses. I like to rise with the sun and set with the sun. I admit that poses a challenge here in South East Idaho when, during the winter, the sun sets at 4:30 in the afternoon and we do not see it again until 8 the next morning. But I am willing to sleep for 15 hours if that's what it takes!
It just seems like we as humans often try to control nature instead of allowing our lives to ebb and flow naturally around nature. We ship food thousands of miles so we can eat it out of season. We change the clock twice a year so that the hours of Sunlight better fit into our schedules. We keep electric lights on well into what should be sleeping hours so that we can be "more productive" only to find that we are stressed out, worn out and out of balance. So, for what it is worth, this is my 'N' post for anyone participating in Mrs. Matlock's AlphabeThursday. Today, N is for Nature, Naps & Nighttime. Rebel that I am, perhaps when we spring forward here in a few months, I will just refuse to go. Just me, ebbing and flowing with the natural rhythm of nature. It shouldn't be too inconvenient and I will be right back on schedule when fall rolls around again. Yes, that is a good idea.
Quote of the Day: "Without enough sleep, we all become tall two-year-olds."
~JoJo Jensen, Dirt Farmer Wisdom, 2002
You need to move to AZ. They don't have daylight savings there- and you can grow a garden year-round. You'd love it if you didn't melt into the sidewalk in July!
ReplyDeleteYes...move here!
ReplyDeleteIt always has messed with mind also. When I drive 6 hours south to visit my family the time changes part of the year but not the other because they do not change their time. I just never know what time it is when I hit the next state south.
ReplyDeleteWell said and appreciated from this fellow Daylight Savings Time cynic.
ReplyDeleteDidn't they recently change the times it began and ended because they thought that people would shop more if it were light outside earlier in the evening? LOL. I am afraid you would have to move to AZ. It is a weird thing in our country. Joni
ReplyDeleteI don't like the time change either. It takes so long to adjust.
ReplyDeleteI was going to invite you to AZ as well but it appears you have already been extended the invitation. Do you know why we don't have daylight savings here? I once read in the newspaper--an editorial no less--that we don't have it because the crops would die in the fields if we added an hour of sunlight. We still laugh over that one. I guess that writer really thought we could control the sun.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it isn't just in the US. We have experienced daylight savings in other countries as well--even up near the arctic. Now why would they want to add an extra hour of light, when it is light until midnight anyway? I have never been able to figure that one out.
Let us know how your move to Arizona goes. :o)
ReplyDeleteI live in Arizona and sometimes that is the best thing about the state. I had to laugh at Shannon's comment....very, very true about the melting into the sidewalk...sigh.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this stop here today on my little journey through Alphabe-Thursday's letter "N".
I used to have these same feelings back when I lived in Ohio!
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I hate it too. Just when you feel like you are on a schedule, they go and change it on you again. When I lived in Indiana, half the state did the time change, and the other half did not. Now THAT was confusing!! I think they have since changed it.
ReplyDeleteMy son lives in Arizona, too. He likes not changing!
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I'm in AZ as well. My bedside clock doesn't know that, though, because it sets itself by the satellite. When Daylight Savings Time comes around, I have to take out the batteries for a couple of days, then reset it!! WHAT A PAIN!
ReplyDeleteI always have problem with daylight saving time..and always get messed up for a few day! Though as a Michigan dweller, we need to adjust the time, but really I can do without!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you- I don't like DST either. Just leave time be!
ReplyDeleteI HATE IT TOO! For crying out loud.
ReplyDeleteLet's not even get into what it does to my kids!