This year I set my clock ahead one week before the time change as an experiment. I knew that the time on my personal devices was an hour ahead of the actual time but I decided to try “mind over reality.” I woke up and went to work an hour earlier all last week and went to bed an hour earlier as well.
Morning light! It's the most important light for synchronizing our circadian rhythms. Every autumn, that extra hour of morning light when we return to Standard Time seems like a glorious gift.
Spring's gentle air sets the mind to wander...if the world lets it.
C.A. Carrington, our Portland Correspondent, answers our Invitation urging writers to render spring in their part of the country.
Sleep deprivation—whether missing a night's sleep or getting less sleep on a nightly basis than one needs—impairs attention, working memory, long-term memory, and decision-making. If sleep deprivation is a long-term issue, people are at a higher risk for hypertension, heart attack and stroke, obesity, and psychiatric illness.
"My hour of morning light has been moved to the evening for people who want to walk or bicycle in the evening light. I wish these people would just go to the gym or do a Jane Fonda workout video indoors and leave my morning hour of sleep alone."
