Please Stop Daylight Saving Time!
Hello, it’s Ryan Logan here. I want to file my stance on Daylight Savings Time formally. Can we please go through with the bill that eliminates it? I honestly never cared about it until I had a kid. Daylight Savings absolutely crushes him for a good two to three days.
I have a few other reasons why we should cancel Daylight Savings Time. Besides messing with my son’s sleeping habits, I now realize it does nothing. It seems like it’s another thing America did back in the day that we are still forced to do. Again, for no reason. After doing little research on this topic, I realized that Daylight Savings started during the First World War. Again, it is so old that there is no need for it anymore.
Apparently, having longer and lighter days back then saved energy, made people more active, and slowed down traffic accidents. Here is the thing: If this was done during the First World War, how many people had headlights on their cars, or if they did, I am sure they were not great? It wasn’t until right around wartime that all cars had headlights, so now, because we have great headlights, that reasoning is out the window!
I am all in favor of eliminating Daylight Savings Time and sticking with spring forward time. It would be great to have longer days year-round. That was one of my favorite parts about living in Arizona—they don’t mess around with the time change stuff!
This list from Good Housekeeping may benefit you during this time. Things you should do when you change the clocks:
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING LIST:
1. Change the batteries in your smoke alarm. Changing the batteries once a year is a good idea, so doing it the same weekend as changing the clocks is an easy way to stay on top of it.
2. Restock your emergency kit. If you already have an emergency kit at home, go through it to ensure nothing has expired. If you DON’T have one, put one together this weekend.
3. Clean out your fridge, pantry, and medicine cabinet. Toss anything that has expired, or you’re no longer using, and use up anything that expires soon.
4. Flip your mattress. Some mattresses should be flipped once or twice a year to avoid irregular wear, and it’s easy to remember if you do it the same weekend you change your clocks.
Don’t forget my childish take on this, though! Daylight Savings Time is dumb, and we need to eliminate it!!
Here is some more on it!
