It's Daylight Saving again ☀️

[RiverSeal]

Hey Forumites,

Ready or not it's the start of Daylight Saving for 2025! 

This can be a time of mix emotions for different Members so I'm curious what your thoughts are about an extra hour of daylight? Good or bad let's start a conversation to get a sence of what the communtiy thinks!

What's the history of Daylight Savings??

Well in Australia daylight saving in Australia was first started during World War I in 1916 to conserve energy by giving people more light in the evenings, and this was repeated during World War II. The practice was adopted permanently in the southeastern states during the 1970s, with the primary goal of making better use of daylight and reducing electricity consumption. 

Check this out: https://www.rahs.org.au/changing-times-50-years-of-daylight-saving/ 

Here's some global history to satisfy your curiosity........

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/history.html 

Can you feel that hour that you lost for sleep last night? I can I am really tired but didn't sleep well due to random thoughts popping up and being a bit restless. Could have done with that extra hour!! 

What are you going to do with the later sunset this evening? Maybe a walk to make use of the extra daylight, take the doggos to the park or have a bbq in the warmer weather!! 

We'd love to hear from the states who don't have Daylight Savings too! How does this imapct you? Maybe you have relatives interstate and now you need to work out the time difference every time you call. I forget sometimes too when I call my mum in QLD, oops 😬

Take care everyone 🙂

RiverSeal 

Tagging in some Members...

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[ArraDreaming]

@RiverSealI am feeling it this morning

Fun fact: the busiest time of the year for paramedics due to cardiac issues is daylight saving changes I can’t remember if it’s this time or the other change but yeah! There you go. I’m unsure why maybe more people missing medications and stress on the body
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[RiverSeal]

Interesting fact @ArraDreaming! Thanks for sharing 🙂 Hope you have a restful day ❤️ RiverSeal 

[MissGremlin]

@RiverSeal I definitely feel it, last night was a very restless sleep for me. It felt too warm to sleep so I was tossing and turning, then there was waking up feeling panicky and the racing thoughts. I'm still enjoying laying in bed for now but I do need to go to the shops today being that Monday is a public holiday. On the plus side the day seems to be going quickly so I think it will be bedtime before I know it. After my shopping trip today I'm going to work on my puzzle ☺️

Hope you have a restful day and can catch up on that missed sleep at some stage ❤️

[RiverSeal]

I hope the shops go ok @MissGremlin and you enjoy the puzzle later. maybe you can share a picture of your progress?? Always good to see your work 🙂 Take care RiverSeal ❤️ 

[MissGremlin]

Thankyou @RiverSeal, I will try to get a picture later on today ☺️.

[Shaz51]

No daylight savings in Queensland @RiverSeal , @ArraDreaming , @MissGremlin 

but I know I will not know what time it is in other states 

[RiverSeal]

Yes it all gets bit confusing @Shaz51 who's up and who's down. Mum lives in Cairns so I sometimes forget and ring to early or she rings late. Have a great day ☀️ RiverSeal 

[Ru-bee]

I gotta say I'm feeling it more today than I was yesterday, it's so interesting to hear that it stems from reducing power usage. I wonder if it still has that effect with all of our extra devices these days... I do always appreciate the extra light in the evening and was able to take to dog for an after dinner walk last night before sun set which was cool @RiverSeal @Shaz51 @MissGremlin @ArraDreaming 

[MissGremlin]

@Ru-bee I'm still feeling it today, but I feel like the hours are really flying past. Bonus for being able to take the dog for a walk before the sun set. Hope you're having a day day ☺️