It is mid-November so people in the higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere are experiencing colder days and longer nights. Schedules change; sleep cycles may be disturbed, meal and workout timings change. It gets dark early which can be very disconcerting for many of us. #DaylightSavingTime was trending and this tweet resonated with a lot of the tweeple:
Where in summer at 5.30 it is bright sunshine, in the winter months all of that changes – to a lesser or larger extent depending upon where you are.
In many countries in the higher latitudes daylight savings time – clocks are changed by one hour twice each year – which is supposed to make things a little better.
Last Sunday, 7 November the clocks were adjusted to ‘fall back’ by an hour in the United States for instance.
Countries closer to the poles barely get any sunlight. Winter days can be dark, gloomy and depressing.
Especially if one has just moved to such a place, it can be very disconcerting to have the sunset practically in the middle of the day when the clocks change.
When the lack of natural light impacts most aspects of life, this is difficult.
There is a lot that one needs to do but cannot.
Humans may set their clock back or forward, but this makes no difference to some people.
It means an extra hour of sleep – for one day in a year.
The clocks are set forward and then back so there is one 23-hour day in late winter or early spring and one 25-hour day in the autumn.
It is a little easier with cellphone services providers making it all automatic.
A lot of people have been asking for this practice so stop.
The supposed benefits of this practice are thought to be outweighed by the negative impacts, according to opponents of daylight savings time.
…Like changing the car clock timings.
Clocks have been set back to regular timings now – a lot of people never want to undergo the confusion and muddle of #DaylightSavingTime – ever again.
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