~~ or 'Living in Denial'

There are people in this world who are organized. They always leave for work on time, never forget to buy cat food, and always say "Happy Birthday!" because they remembered that it is in fact your birthday. These are people with perpetually clean underwear, small electronic gizmos that store their appointment times, and extra bundt cake pans to loan out to neighbors. They have clean cars, clean houses, clean shoes, and clean refrigerators. And they always look well-rested.

I am not one of these people.

With this blog I am hoping to explore some ways of improving time management for normal, disorganized individuals (like me!), and especially for harried college students. With all the technology, research, psychology and social support around us, this shouldn't be impossible.

...Right?

But then again...there is another side to time management; the delectible art of wasting time. And I would be completely remiss if I didn't explore that just a little bit, wouldn't I?






Saturday, November 6, 2010

Are We Really Saving Time...?

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
--Benjamin Franklin US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)

Are you a fan of Daylight Saving Time? Or do you hate it? Does it really make a difference?

(I wish that it did more than change clocks. Can I have a Daylight Saving Week? Of course, would that mean I just lose a week in the Spring? Danggit, I can't win.)

MSN has an interesting little article about Daylight Saving Time: Time to Fall Back. Basically it gives a little history about DST (it started to conserve fuel in WW1), talks about some places that go without it (did you know that Hawaii does not observe Daylight Saving Time?), and then goes into some potential problems with it, like how it messes with people's sleep schedules, and how it does't save as much energy to be worth all the change. An article on CNN.com also warns that iPhones might not handle DST so well (bad news for those that rely on the iPhone's alarm to wake them up in the morning).

There are some strange benefits to DST, apparently. If you read the article, 'Does Daylight Saving Time Really Conserve Energy?, it states that "Studies show that there are fewer automobile accidents, and that crime rates tend to drop" as an additional perk to 'increased daylight. Whod'a thunk?

And for those of us looking to more efficiently manage our time, even if we 'lose' the hour in spring, we are still 'gaining' that hour now, and isn't now, the present, where we should be focused? As a blog on effectiveedge.com states, "Whether DST is a great practice or not depends on the individual or enterprise...(but) whatever you may think about DST, its boundless complexities, or the potential havoc it may wreak in your world, that extra hour on the first Sunday of November is a gift. It almost makes up for the loss I feel the second Sunday in March when I give it back."

I think I agree. Especially when faced with next week's homework.

~~Don't forget to change your clocks on Sunday, November 7!!!
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2 comments:

  1. NoelleNatishaNovember 8, 2010 at 10:37 AM

    haha I love that last quote and I completely agree with it! Saturday night was the best night of sleep I have had in a long time!!
    Although the change is AWAYS hard for the first week or so (harder in the spring, in my opinion) I really appreciate morning light in the winter and longer evenings in the summer. It is nice to be able to walk to school in some light right now!

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  2. PaigeNovember 8, 2010 at 12:57 PM

    Thanks for the mention... from the team at The Effective Edge.

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