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Since Daylight Savings Time has just ended or is about to end for a lot of us here, I thought that it'd be interesting to have a little discussion about it. Basically, how do you feel about Daylight Savings Time? Do you love it? Hate it? And if you don't actually observe Daylight Savings Time, would you want to? Or are you glad that where you live doesn't observe it?
I myself love Daylight Savings Time and don't really like standard time that much. Not necessarily because I love the idea of changing my internal clock twice a year and experiencing all of the annoyances that come with that, but mainly because: A) I love sunlight, and B) I love mornings. For the most part, I feel happier and more energetic during both the morning hours and when the sun is out in general, while I tend to become slightly depressed when it's dark outside (especially in the early evening, right after sunset). You'd think that I'd prefer standard time, then, but in the case of the summertime, the days are already so long that the slight loss of sunlight in the mornings barely matters to me, and instead I appreciate the extra sunlight at night more. I will say, though, that Daylight Savings Time is awful during the early fall months where the mornings become practically dark because of it, which brings me to one of the few things that I do like about standard time: it brings the light back in the mornings. But it also makes the days feel even shorter than they already are at that point, which I hate. That said, standard time does get better once winter starts to kick in and the days get longer, and by the time that it's almost about to end, I actually kind of like it a little bit. So I guess you could say that I actually have a love-hate relationship with both Daylight Savings Time and standard time to some extent, and that what I really love are long days that are made even longer and short days that are made slightly less short.
I myself love Daylight Savings Time and don't really like standard time that much. Not necessarily because I love the idea of changing my internal clock twice a year and experiencing all of the annoyances that come with that, but mainly because: A) I love sunlight, and B) I love mornings. For the most part, I feel happier and more energetic during both the morning hours and when the sun is out in general, while I tend to become slightly depressed when it's dark outside (especially in the early evening, right after sunset). You'd think that I'd prefer standard time, then, but in the case of the summertime, the days are already so long that the slight loss of sunlight in the mornings barely matters to me, and instead I appreciate the extra sunlight at night more. I will say, though, that Daylight Savings Time is awful during the early fall months where the mornings become practically dark because of it, which brings me to one of the few things that I do like about standard time: it brings the light back in the mornings. But it also makes the days feel even shorter than they already are at that point, which I hate. That said, standard time does get better once winter starts to kick in and the days get longer, and by the time that it's almost about to end, I actually kind of like it a little bit. So I guess you could say that I actually have a love-hate relationship with both Daylight Savings Time and standard time to some extent, and that what I really love are long days that are made even longer and short days that are made slightly less short.
