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My day has been completely thrown off, because I did not know about the time change, which is three weeks early. My cellphone changed, but my computer did not, which added to my confusion. I realized that there was a time change when I was an hour late to yoga (I don’t like being late). Thankfully I was not was not the teacher today, or there would not have been a class.

Time is a joke.

I usually have a very accurate sense of what time it is with out the use of a clock, and used to have all the clocks set at different times, just for some silly fun, and it would drive my friends nuts when they came to my house. (I am easily amused I guess)

Apparently, at least I have heard, that to have an extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day is good for consumerism, because people tend to spend more, nice huh. I don’t know if this is true, but if it is, what a great way to get people to spend more money. As cynical as I feel today, I see this early time change as a way to manipulate the masses (most likely this is an irrational thought).

The term daylight savings time seems silly to me, because we are not really “saving” any time. I love having the sun go down at 8 30 or 9 pm in the summer, and I don’t like the sun going down at 5 pm in the winter. Why not leave it alone, and go year round. My vote would be to leave it be after the spring forward, and not fall back.

Does it really save energy? It seems to be so in the case of the summer change. With more daylight, people are outside longer, people most likely will watch less TV, and won’t use as much artificial lighting. I am unconvinced that it does anything of real significance in the winter months energy wise, by having an extra hour of morning light. I myself don’t put every light in the house on then, nor do I watch the tele.

I do know, the time change tends to mess with a lot of peoples personal energy. Obviously mine is affected, and I am putting more than necessary into this, so I think I will stop, and go do something else.

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