Because I had forgotten to switch my clock to the automatic DST setting, I nearly overslept. The entire day, I felt sluggish and sick to my stomach, even though there was no apparent reason. According to Peter at MSN health, there is good reason for feeling out of sorts with the time change. The Downside of Daylight Saving Time
Personally, it feels like jet lag, but the extended dark mornings also feel draining. I should be used to dark mornings, as I'm up anywhere between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m., either dressing for a run or for work. Too many days of this schedule are physically draining. So, it seems I'm not alone when "spring ahead" feels more like "falling behind!"
How about you?
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I'm hoping that is what is causing me to feel lethargic and drained! It is extremely difficult to get out of bed in the mornings the past two days, as it is pitch black. I get out of bed, and never feel like I've completely "woken up" the rest of the day. I hope this feeling goes away soon...I'm hoping my hubby comes home early from work today, so I can go to the gym and see if I can get some of those endorphins going through my body.
March 10, 2009 - 1:57pmThis Comment
Yes, we do love our endorphins.
How's your running going for you? I just had a session with my Physical Therapist, to work out persistent post-marathon kinks. For a little guy, he sure leaves big bruises, LOL! But, I'll eventually be back into a running routine; meanwhile, mostly walking and trying to coax the knee into a run.
March 10, 2009 - 5:02pmThis Comment
Alysia, count me as firmly in your camp.
Seems like it takes me a good week or two to adjust to daylight savings time each year (springing forward bothers me more than falling back).
We lived in Arizona for three years, and Arizona doesn't follow DST (they don't need that extra hour of heat at the end of the day, lol!) We absolutely loved it. Our bodies fell much more into a natural rhythm of waking with the daylight outside (which happened around 5 or 5:30) and falling asleep earlier. For the first time in our lives we weren't using alarm clocks. I understand the reasons behind DST, but when we lived there I became convinced that by changing the clocks twice a year, we were messing with Mother Nature's natural rhythms in our bodies to an incredible extent.
We're now back in the DST world. And that twice-a-year change still bugs us. I must say, though, that one small thing that makes it easier now is the number of clocks who reset themselves -- cell phones, computers, television boxes and so on. Otherwise you can spend half a day resetting everything from the car clock to the coffee pot (both of which are still manual; my car clock has been off for two years because I can't find the manual!)
When we lived in Atlanta, a coffee shop chain called Caribou Coffee was totally sympathetic. If you went and got coffee there on the Sunday that the time changed, you got "I survived DST" stickers. Always good for a smile.
Yours in feeling jostled around,
March 10, 2009 - 8:41amThis Comment
I love the sticker idea, very cool!
March 10, 2009 - 4:57pmThis Comment