I hope everyone who was excited about Daylight Saving Time had a hard time getting out of bed this morning.
I understand how you might enjoy having more daylight to enjoy after you get off work. But no matter what people say, Daylight Saving Time does not “make it light longer.” Changing our clocks does not change the tilt of the earth’s axis or move us closer to the equator.
The hour of daylight that you gain after work is the same hour of daylight I lose for my early morning runs. Just when I was starting to enjoy seeing the sunrise as I finish my run, I am back to hoping for a full moon to light my way between street lamps.
It looks like I will have to wait until April 12 to see the sunrise as early as I did on Saturday.
Do you look forward to Daylight Saving Time?
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So… you should be the only one to enjoy sun light?
Yeah, um, cuz, I'm the *only* one who gets up early???
I don't enjoy it either… I had a very hard time waking up this morning AND didn't really enjoy driving in the dark again… oh well…
I understand that the actual amount of daylight is the same when we spring ahead, but for me, springing ahead marks the coming of spring and summer, which is when we do have longer daylight hours. I have SAD (seasonal affective disorder) and even though this winter hasn't been much of a winter in terms of temperatures and/or snowfall (YAY), the amount of the daylight in the winter is shorter and it affects me, as much as I try and not let it! I know that technically, the amount of daylight would still be shorter in the winter even if we didn't turn the clocks back in the fall. Mentally and emotionally, turning the clocks forward in the spring is good for me. That said, I'm all for leaving the clocks alone and not springing forward or falling back.
I think you're just trying to debate with me.
Good points, Karen. DST is a sign of spring, but it was still a bummer to be in pitch dark at 6:30 this morning.
Me? Never? Just don't post this as a Runchat topic on Facebook!
I liked this time change. I have no kids who need to get up for school; no spouse or self to get up for a job that starts early. So I liked that I actually stayed in bed until the clock said 7am for a change! And at night I struggle to stay up until a reasonable bedtime so this helped on that end too:)