Where is the Daylight Saved?
Daylight Savings Time is Not My Friend
Routine is ingrained in us.
I am tired today. I always feel the spring forward time change more than the fall back.
We engage in patterns because we love them or because we have an obligation to them. Ultimately, I understand that the “have to”s are a choice but there are consequences. We don’t want to make a choice that will cause an accident and harm or get ourselves fired. Human brains also love patterns so we gravitate to them even when we think we are not.
Daylight Saving Time is a break in the routine out of our control. There are states in the US who are trying to end this practice. Arizona is the only one that I know of that has succeeded. I heard a rumor an executive order was issued to cease its existence but sadly, that was just more lies.
I read an article that stated it was expensive which I thought was odd but there are added wages for certain overnight jobs. Doesn’t that even out for the company when we spring ahead though?
I am not sure we are saving anything — why is it called that? Yes, there is the sun in my eyes in the morning now but we didn’t save any sunshine. It isn’t in a bottle that I can open when I need it. It isn’t in a Sunshine bank account that I can withdraw from.
Daylight savings time is JET LAG with NO TRAVEL
As always, in life there are adjustments to be made and reframing for me to do.
In a week, I will be used to the new routine, but I will still be searching for the sunshine.
James Crews shared a poem on IG on Saturday that I would like to share here because poetry is the cure for everything.
Have a wonderful Monday! I am off to have another cup of coffee. ☕
Hey Tammy. Love ♥️ this. Thanks for sharing Happy Monday
We cannot adapt to what we resist. True, the ancients didn't have to deal with daylight savings time, lived by the seasons, the angle of the sun and the phases of the moon. We try to replicate that in our practice, perhaps the longing to do away with this artificial time telling.
An hour in time does not cause jet lag. I live close enough to a time zone change that I frequently lose or gain an hour on weekend juants, visits to family, short vacations. Fly from the midwest to either coast and there is a two hour time change - again, no jet lag.
There is another, scientific explanation for the lethargy we feel at the equinoxes. Our circulatory system is changing, acclimatizing to the barometric and temperature changes. Though these actual physical shifts within our circulatory system are microscopic, they expend a good deal of energy, causing tiredness—spring fever/winter doldrums.
From a nutritional standpoint, our bodies are also craving certain nutrients in spring. Again, the ancients understood this - maple and birch "water" along with early spring greens were the "remedies" for cleansing digestive and blood systems.
Drink plenty of water, eat your weedies, and take a few naps. It will have to do until (if) Daylight Savings Time is no longer.