As a night person, I always kinda enjoyed having an extra hour of light in the evenings!!! Now, as an elderly female, I find that extra hour of light to give me a little more time to get my shopping done & get home & inside before it’s so dark I can’t see to get inside!!! My body doesn’t work well in the early morning so I’ve gotten accustomed to shopping later in the day. I remember when they tried to stop it 50–60 years ago. It was nice to still have the extra hour of light at night & I didn’t wake up early enough to need the light an hour earlier in the morning. Then some politician started screaming that children’s lives were being put in danger while standing at the bus stop & people went nuts. At that point, I don’t think any child had been harmed, but the “possibility” drove the insanity. So we went back to changing our clocks twice a year.
The original DST was set up to give farmers extra daylight hours. By the time it was started again in the late 60’s or early 70’s, farmers had better options.The REAL reason Congress was pushing DST so hard was that corporate America wanted the extra hour in the afternoon so the executives could play golf & land their big deals!!! My Gramps swore that it NEVER did anything for the farmer as he still woke up at 4:30 every morning…he just had a longer time in the dark to get his morning chores done. He did say it came in handy in the afternoon when he was working with his crops because he could get a little more done. He woke up at the same time & went to sleep at the same time so it NEVER really gave him any EXTRA time in his day. He was always grumbling…there’s only 24 hours in a day & they aren’t changing that. I wish they’d stop blowing smoke up my ass!!!
I’ve NEVER had trouble with my body adjusting to the switch in time although I’ve heard friends talking about it. No, I take that back. I did have ONE time where I was in a bad or grumpy mood for about 3 days & then I was back to normal the morning of day 4.
I just wish that they’d find a place & leave it there!!! Half my friends prefer mornings with the other half preferring evenings. I prefer evenings but I can adjust to pretty much anything. My thoughts is to split 30 minutes either way & that way NOBODY has to lose it all!!!
Now that farmers really don’t NEED it & the corporate executives can speak over zoom to finalize their deals, WHY do we still need it??? Also, WHY wait until 2023 to change it. It’s really NOT that difficult to change!!!