Archive for March 11th, 2013
Time
In my part of the world this weekend marked the ‘spring forward’ ritual of Pacific Daylight Savings Time. I, like many others, have mixed feelings about this time saving artifice.
I am a morning person. I don’t like the time shift coming at the moment when the earth begins to wake from winter’s slumber; however, I get used to it after a couple of weeks.
Yet, I have never been able to get past the time-saving aspect. How do we save time? The hours in a day do not change.
I am reminded of demonstration promos from the late Fifties touting the time–saving properties of technology. Modernized kitchens, heating systems, communications, farming and methods of travel promised to free us from labor intensive living. We all would now have more time to pursue a leisurely lifestyle. How is that working out for you?
We are adaptable and resilient creatures, but just when we are totally settled into the spring-forward rhythm, it is time to fall-back! And our time-saving ability disappears with a slight of hand adjustment.