I will confess right now: I loathe time changes. It doesn’t matter which one it is. Spring ahead, Fall back, it’s all the same in the end. No matter which way you look at it, all it does is screw up your kids’ sleeping schedules royally.
Once upon a time the fall time change was something that I loved. In my teen years it meant another hour for my lazy self to sleep. Once I hit the early 20-something party years it meant an extra hour to hang out with friends.
As a mother it means that tomorrow my kids will wake up and their bodies will say that it’s 7:30 or 8 am but the clock will say otherwise. By the time bed time draws closer they will both be tired and cranky. It never fails.
I’m sure that the time change was once a useful feature, back when everyone farmed land to survive but in this day and age it’s just obnoxious. Next week I’ll appreciate not getting up and leaving home when it’s still pitch black at 6:15 am to go to Breakfast Club; on the other hand it’s depressing to have it dark by 4:30 in the afternoon.
Can’t we just leave the time alone?
Ah well. I guess I’ll just pretend to be younger and use the extra hour tonight to watch a movie or read more of my book and in the morning I’ll make a stronger-than-usual coffee and do my best zombie imitation!
“Iām sure that the time change was once a useful feature, back when everyone farmed land to survive”
Here in Australia, farming is used as a strong argument against daylight savings- because it confuses the cows! (And bleaches the curtains…) It’s a subject that is vehemently debated, and the three states/territories with northern regions in the tropics don’t do it (so Australia has 3 time zones in winter and 5 in summer!)
Hope it’s an easy transition š
oh yeah, I am your opinion. For me it makes absolutely no sense to keep up with that year for year.
My kids hate it, I hate it, I know nobody who likes it. Sleeping is very important for me and it takes my body almost a month to get used to it š
Years ago I concluded that time changes are a politician’s way of letting his constituents know who is really in charge. They should be voted out until this stupid practice is stopped … but nobody votes incumbents out and the process continues.