I Hate Changing My Clock Twice A Year

Well it’s that time of the year where we are required to change our clocks in most of the United States. It presents such a hardship and is a pain. I’m sure you’ve heard someone say something like “Oh you get an extra hour of sleep” but my body doesn’t believe that.

In fact, I spend the first week trying to adjust to the one hour difference while my inner clock is out of whack. A farmer once said that cows have to be milked at the same time everyday and they don’t hold it in for one more hour just because someone arbitrarily changed the clocks.

In addition, there are indications that moving our clocks ahead one hour is not good for us. Aside from our internal clocks being off, going on to daylight savings time can increase the number of health risks we face including an increased possibility of suffering a heart attack or stroke.

Although it was originally started to conserve energy, studies have found that people actually use more electricity over the course of daylight savings time. Furthermore, when we are exposed to more light in the evening, especially if it's closer to bedtime, it’s often more difficult to fall asleep at night. In addition, we may not be exposed to as much light in the morning which we need to help us wake up.

Why must we continue to follow a tradition that originated long before electric lights, air conditioning, central heating, and other modern inventions? Why can’t we just stay on one or the other so we aren’t switching back and forth. Our bodies are designed to follow the natural path of the sun and moving the clock forward or backward messes with that feature.

Honestly, we no longer need it in today’s world. We should just get rid of it and let us follow the normal rhythms of the sun the way our bodies are meant to. Let me know what you think, I’d love to hear.