Monday, March 10, 2025

Reclaiming Some Shut-eye

Did you know that the Monday after the return of Daylight Saving Time in most parts of the United States is National Napping Day, meant to make up for the hour of sleep that we lost due to the time change?
I participated in the unofficial holiday, but only partly because of the time change. On Saturday night I was dead tired and in bed long before normal. The last thing I did was set my bedside clock to the time it would be changing to.

I woke up Sunday morning refreshed, and hopeful that my health was back to normal, but as the day unfolded I found myself taking several short naps, and last night I had trouble falling asleep. 

Today I was determined to get my sleep schedule back on track. However, mid-afternoon I had trouble keeping my eyes open, so I set my phone timer for 15 minutes and crawled into bed, which was enough to keep me going. The extra sunlight after dinner also helped.

I've done my part, and hope that tomorrow my schedule is completely reset.

Five years ago today: Time Change Woes

20 comments:

  1. Let's hope -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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  2. Being retired I follow the 'get up when I wake up' system. 9? 10? 11? 12? 1? Whenever.

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    1. I'm a morning person. Don't know if I could ever change.

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  3. Every year that damn time change gets harder and harder.

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    1. It is annoying, but I think the sunlight at the end of the day makes up for the annoyance.

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  4. Glad you were able to get some nap time. I did not participate in this unofficial day...Hope you are feeling better and can get your energy level back up.

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    1. Thanks. I'm about ready to kick this sickness to the side of the road!

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  5. I didn’t partake in the nap but did enjoy a cup of caffeinated tea mid afternoon to see me through and was in bed by 9:30.
    You’ve been ill plus add in the time change so it’s been extra hard for you. I say, your body needs rest to heal so take your timed power naps for awhile until you don’t need them anymore.

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    1. Thanks for your great advice, which I will follow to a T :-)

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  6. Daylight savings time never bothers me.

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  7. I'm Glad you were able to get some nap time. And good for you on trying to fix your sleep schedule. I'm with Mike, "Get up when I wake up". If I wake up toooo early, I go back to sleep until I feel like getting up.

    Thank you for sharing this with us. Wishing you well, my friend! Have a wonderful week!

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    1. I wish I could get to a place where I don't need to care about when I wake up, but I still have too many things with a start time on my calendar.

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  8. It takes me at least a week to adjust to DST. Which reminds me, why am I still awake? Haha.

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    1. If the time stamp is right you WERE up late!

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  9. I never can tell if the time change affects me or not because I am not a good sleeper anyway. Hopefully you got your sleep schedule straightened around.

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  10. I'm trying to get back on track. It threw me for a loop.

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  11. Good for you. I always wake up feeling worse after a ten minute nap. Cat-napping is a great skill to have.

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    1. I set my timer for 20 minutes, but it always takes at least 5 of those to actually relax and doze off.

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  12. It didn't seem to bother me as much this time. Probably because I am still healing and napping anyway!

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