Image and Blog by Kristin- WBNQ
Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead an hour tonight… yep, we lose an entire hour of our lives tonight (grumble grumble). Don’t worry, though. We’ll get it back in November. If you are like me, though, you would like to write a strongly worded letter to whoever is stealing an hour out of our lives.
On April 30th, 1916, Germany was the first to adopt the practice of Sommerzeit, or what we call Daylight Saving time. It was a way to conserve coal during wartime- if your normal day has more natural daylight in it, you don’t have to use as much fuel for non-natural lighting. Get it? It made its way to the U.S. in 1918 for the same reason.
After the war was over, the practice was abandoned, for the most part (some areas still kept it up, but mostly, no one did it anymore). It was brought back around World War II, however, for the same fuel-saving reasons. This time, it stuck even after the war ended.
Why? I have no desire to wake up at my full time job an hour earlier than I already do? And while I love that nice, refreshed feeling I have for a week in November when we gain our lost hour back, I’d gladly give it up to be rid of the exhausted week I’m about to have. How about you? Let me know your thoughts on the Facebook post, or tweet your thoughts with the hastag #HowIFeelAboutDST and tweet at us @WBNQ.
