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When the natural rhythm of life is disrupted by external “remedies, havoc ensues.

By
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Richard Weisser Realty

A beautiful Spring Morning.Even though it has been weeks since we dutifully set our mechanical and electrical clocks to “Spring forward,” the internal clock that dictates the natural rhythm of my being has not yet adjusted to the change.

I am an early riser by nature. I never use an alarm clock and I have only slept in twice over the last forty years. I have always been in tune with my sleep cycle and mornings are the most productive time of the day for me.

But when the natural rhythms of life conflict with an artificial declaration of assigned chronological nomenclature, havoc ensues.

You just can’t dictate to your body that it must conform to the disruption. Instead, it is more practical to allow the internal timepieces to adjust slowly over a long period of time, thus averting a bad case of the “biorhythm bends.”

Let’s just pick one time and stick to it. This “clock-changing” scheme has run its course.

And can anyone tell me who is getting all of this daylight we are supposedly saving?

Comments (23)

Navona Hart
Century 21 Realty @ Home - Farmville, VA
Selling the Best Properties in Central Virginia

I am so with you on this, when we fell back I started getting up at 4:30...now I am up at 6...it was 6:30 at the start of the time change, I will eventually work myself naturally back to an earlier time so that I too can do what I need to do. 

Apr 05, 2011 01:49 AM
Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

Cindy...

UGH .... I don't like it when it is light that late either! THX.

Hi Michael...

Just pick one and stick to it! Thanks.

Barbara...

I am dragging today and I just HAD to use that photo!!! Thanks my friend.

Apr 05, 2011 01:50 AM
Lenn Harley
Lenn Harley, Homefinders.com, MD & VA Homes and Real Estate - Leesburg, VA
Real Estate Broker - Virginia & Maryland

HERE, HERE.  I don't care which clock they dictate that we must use, just pick on and stick with it.

Dang.  Now I'm up at 4:00 a.m. and ready to go to bed a 7:00 p.m.  I'm out of tune with the rest of the world. 

Dang. 

Apr 05, 2011 01:51 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

I AGREE!  Everyone I know feels this way.  Who controls this anyway???/

Apr 05, 2011 01:53 AM
Kathy Clulow
Uxbridge, ON
Trusted For Experience - Respected For Results

Richard - Like you this is one conservation effort I am not in tune with ..... it's time it came to an end ..... it's time to move on

Apr 05, 2011 01:56 AM
Deborah Byron Leffler BzyBee Real Estate Lady!
Keller Williams Realty Boise - Nampa, ID

I agree...although it does make showing properties at night a lot easier...we stay light to 10 at night all summer long! 

Apr 05, 2011 02:00 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Richard, I'm with you on this one!  It is terribly artificial and makes me a little bit crazy.

Apr 05, 2011 02:04 AM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

We stay lighter here now til about 7 or 730pm...Its amazing you don't use an alarm clock....are you like KRamer on seinfeld?  watch out!  LOL

Apr 05, 2011 03:19 AM
Ginny Gorman
RI Real Estate Services ~ 401-529-7849~ RI Waterfront Real Estate - North Kingstown, RI
Homes for Sale in Southern RI and beyond

Richard, i am my own clock & wake up the same time all the time...it is great when i get an extra hour to do work...

Apr 05, 2011 03:52 AM
Maria Morton
Platinum Realty - Kansas City, MO
Kansas City Real Estate 816-560-3758

I agree, Richard. Just pick a time and stick with it; no changing every 6 months.

Apr 05, 2011 04:02 AM
Torgie Madison
Quicksilver Real Estate Solutions, LLC - Portland, OR
Websites and Contact Management

I feel like I have a bout of jet lag every time we have to mess with our clocks. I certainly would be for getting rid of it!

Apr 05, 2011 05:50 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Richard- count me in on that vote.  It takes me about 2 weeks for my internal clock to sync with what the "clock" is saying.  When I get up around 5:30 -6... I couldn't get up until about 6:30 or 7.  Totally messed up my day. And... I'm still awake at midnight because my body clock says it's only 11. 

Apr 05, 2011 07:10 AM
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I would like to get interest on the time that we are saving.  Sure awould come in handy wuile in the boat.

Apr 05, 2011 08:17 AM
Don Rogers
Keller Williams Realty Chesterfield - O'Fallon, MO
Realtor, Broker, CDPE, GRI, OnullFallon MO & St Charles County MO homes

My friend I have been saying this very thing for----ever  Leave the time machine alone.

Apr 05, 2011 02:23 PM
Mary Douglas
United Country Ponderosa Realty, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado - Red Feather Lakes, CO
REALTOR, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado

I have to agree, it throws me completely off- eating dinner "later", staying up "later" the clock sprung forward but I'm pretty sure I'm still operating in the old time zone

Apr 05, 2011 03:03 PM
Cindy Westfall
Premiere Property Group,LLC Portland Metro & Suburbs Oregon - Tualatin, OR
ABR,GRI Your Tualatin & Portland Metro Real Estate

Hi Richard, I don't think I've met ONE person that likes the time change...so this is just crazy. I do feel it more in the fall change then the the spring one...so let's pick that one and stick to it! Amazing what one hour can do!

Apr 05, 2011 04:30 PM
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

Amen! My body was so used to getting up automatically at 6...now I am sleeping an hour late although my dog is still on the old schedule!

Apr 06, 2011 01:38 AM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Hey, Richard!

 

I inluded this post in today's Last Week's Favorites.

Cheers!  Pat

Apr 10, 2011 04:33 AM
Joni Bailey
101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX
Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®
I like the longer sunlight hours! (There always has to be one in the crowd!) In the summer it stays daylight till 8:30 and it's great!!
Apr 10, 2011 05:11 PM
J. Philip Faranda
Howard Hanna Rand Realty - Yorktown Heights, NY
Associate Broker / Office Manager

Right there with you. I still don't know why they (whoever "they" are) have the stupid adjustment twice a year anyway. All I know is that the extra hour of sleep I enjoy in the fall comes and bites me in the rear in the Spring. 

Apr 11, 2011 02:04 AM