Daylight Savings Time is officially… over(?) in North America. I always think that it seems a bit backward around here. For example, in summer in Canada, we have quite a bit of sun. In July, the sun rises around 5:30 and doesn’t set until nearly 10pm. To me, I see no reason why we should need to “save” the daylight. We have plenty.

Meanwhile, now that the clocks have gone back an hour, the sun will rise a bit earlier – briefly. For a week or so, the sun will be up around 7:30 instead of 8:30. Fair enough, nobody likes to go to work in the dark. But by November 20th the sun will not rise until after I have gone to work, and it will set 15 minutes before I leave work. That gives me, oh, zero hours of sunlight. Before the winter solstice, the sun will set here as early as 4:30pm, after rising around 8:30pm. Where will I be for the 8 glorious hours of sunlight? At work.

So, which daylight really needs saving around here?

I’ve never worked a full time job before, so this will be my first year where I don’t have the luxury of spending a few hours in the sun (we also have very few windows at my office). Guess it’s time to stock up on the vitamin D and wait until March. It will be interesting to see what happens to my productivity and I’m also intrigued as to what happens to others during the dark winters. I’ve been SAD before, but something tells me this year will be even sadder. I need a tropical oasis, stat!

Sunday November 6th 2011 — One Comment
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