This weekend we went through a time change, as we have for many years.  ( Spring forward, Fall back ).

What did people do before “Daylight Savings Time” exist? Why does it exist? 

What does that do to our bodies?  

Do you go to bed early to make up for that hour of less sleep? Do you get up at the same time that you normally would and just go through your day knowing that you will have one hour less in your day?  Do you get up early to try to adjust for the hour difference in time change and try to reset your internal clock?

I know, a lot of questions, but here’s the thing. The average age of Rotarians is getting up there, as it is in many service clubs.  How we choose to deal with life on a day to day basis is important to our longevity or not. Does this time change help our health or cause more stress than we need to put ourselves through?

Personally, I don’t get the Daylight Savings Time thing! We don’t get anymore daylight or darkness in a given day.  The rotation around the sun determines that. So why do we do it every spring and fall. 

I fell it just messes with our internal clocks.

One person has said, that years ago someone thought that if we moved the clocks forward in the spring, it would give the farmers I believe more time to get out and work in the sunlight.  I don’t know if this is the real reason or not? If it is, is that reason still valid today with the modern technology and advancements in farming equipment? I am certain that farmers are now able to get many more chores accomplished than they did before modern day farm equipment.

I feel that our health is the most important aspect of our life. It is more important than the material things that we have and more important than money. Without our health, we don’t have anything.

So the whole point of this is how are we going to look after ourselves? You have all heard the old phrase: “ Early to bed, early to rise, helps make a person healthy wealthy & wise”.

I look at one of our members and think, what is the secret to the health of that person and think to myself, I hope that I am as vibrant and healthy as he is if and when I get to his age. I personally haven’t asked him his secret, but I look at his lifestyle and feel that working outdoors and getting regular exercise is one of the contributing factors.

I hope that everyone gets through the time change without too much disruption to your day or life.  Stay healthy.