Hello! I’m happy you’re here.
How are you feeling today? A bit off with the time change, and impending things…?
Does anyone like the days getting dark at 4pm when Daylight Saving Time ends? In some countries it’s dark for half the year, so I guess we can consider ourselves fortunate that it’s not dark all day, and the days do get progressively longer after Dec. 21st. Here’s everything to know about Daylight Saving Time.
Even if it means a bonus hour in bed…
I was awake as usual at 2am on Sunday morning, right at the time that smartwatches and devices automatically changed. I knew that an extra hour under the covers thinking about things that can’t be resolved in the wee hours wouldn’t feel much like bonus time. And all day it felt a bit like jet lag. Then there’s the yearly affliction of SAD, a.k.a. seasonal affective disorder. I am definitely crabby anticipating increasingly early darkening days for the next month and a half. Here’s an article in The Atlantic by someone else who’s not a fan.
I wake up at around 2am almost every day. Sometimes again around 4am. Mental lists, thinking about kids, client workouts, and other stuff leaps to the front of my brain. It helps to write things down in notepad on my phone (I know, I know don’t open the phone at night…), then usually fall back to sleep with 4-7-8 breathing. It’s an understatement to say that this isn’t my favorite time of year even if it meant a bonus hour in bed on Sunday morning.
Fun fact: sleep is really big business. 2024 is projected to be the biggest year yet for the sleep industry.
I’m working on fostering on a positive attitude about long, dark evenings for the next 5 months, and learning to make time to relax is a part of my health goals. I also feel the need to squeeze more into less daylight each day.
I want to be guided by gratitude, kindness, patience, gentleness, joy, and love knowing there’s always a sunrise, even on cloudy days.
I don’t want to miss opportunities, but I also don’t want to regret not doing things.
We’re all a work in progress.
Opportunity, and regret:
This is from Brainfood, a weekly newsletter I really like.
Alexander Graham Bell on looking for opportunity:
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
Sam Altman on avoiding regrets:
“If you think you’re going to regret not doing something, you should probably do it. Regret is the worst, and most people regret far more things they didn’t do than things they did do.”
I’d love to know your thoughts!
x
Polli
