agree that it is better not to switch back and forth.
I have my usual time-change migraine, even though I work from home and am not bound by a clock.
Instead of going to school or work in the dark during winter, why not start an hour later? What is so sacred about set-in-stone start times? Activities should be scheduled according to actual light/dark, not arbitrary clock settings.
Then, Iāve been bitching about this for decades. One of the many reasons why I prefer to work independently.
But it is much harder to sync up a crew to do a āharvestā project when I canāt give an exact start time and it is a bit annoying to try to remember to let everyone know a different start time every week and stuff like that.
We do manage to be flexible to some extent based on weather/temperature and such but a regular start ātimeā helps to give us a point from which to adjust when needed.
And the Rest of the world that has opening times (therefore we need to deliver to the restaurants before they open up for lunch etc) means we still need to have enough time to get our work done and be cleaned up/ready to deliver in time.
So while I am largely with you on the whole Idea of being independent of clocks, Iām not quite sure how to do that when having to coordinate with others anyway. We Homeschool cause I donāt want to be stuck in the School schedule, but we still try to keep to fairly regular sleep and meal times.
Especially, when they identify PDT, and you identify as EST?
LOL, I donāt expect people thinking in PDT would have much luck showing up on a daily or weekly basis to a harvest call in the Eastern time zone though, most agriculture (even the Lucrative Herbal varieties) donāt usually pay enough for jetting to work each way. 
It is more about what time to set the alarm clock (or light) for since most people donāt like resetting that too frequently. At least I donāt.
I know my main farm help usually uses daylight to indicate when itās time to get up though so the time changes usually mess us up. My curtains are pretty heavy though so I have to set the sunrise light to wake me up and If I need to be resetting it all the time I get annoyed. Hum, I wonder if I could find one that automatically tracks daylight? Well without spending an arm and a leg or having to figure out the programming myself. Iāve already spent Hours searching for an easy to operate Sunrise light for my Dad. The one I previously got for my son that has the really easy to use controls is no longer available and all the others have like invisible controls so you have to remember what they are or you canāt see them because the light is blinding you and the buttons are on the back so you canāt see what you are doing while you can see the controls. Sigh.
I guess Iām thinking of āmyā ideal world where weād all be more in sync with nature, and those restaurants etc. would open an hour later in winter. Weekly work time changes are a bit much, but monthly might be OK. Again, my ideas about logical solutions tend to be outside of mainstream practices.
In my Ideal world, people would come pick their own produce and pay top dollar for the experience!
Iām sure that is worth a laugh of two!
In my Ideal world, people would come pick their own produce
Isnāt that already a thing? Self-pick berry lots for instance? You pay for a container, then fill it up with whatever you can pick?
Yea, but very few people actually are willing to go do their own picking except on rare occasions. And usually only for fruit, not the majority of their veggies.
Mostly it is about parents needing to coordinate school times with work times. And school boards being stupid.
Daylight savings time is a dumb idea and should be tossed.
Daylight savings time is a dumb idea and should be tossed.
I actually like it. I looked out my window and it was suddenly light again at 6 pm on Sunday. 
But then, I live a totally unstructed life, so donāt face the same issues as most other people.
Interesting though, that they make the argument that shifting by an hour is bad for peopleās sleep. With as mobile as our society is, with so many people flying all over the world to many, many different time zones - and even into different days - itās hard to think that a mere hourās shift twice a year would matter all that much.
it depends on the person. I have chronic migraines and shifting times is a big trigger. I live in Cali and when I visit relatives back east, I ask them not to plan much for the first day because Iāll probably be non-functional.
Changing the times for things really messes with kids and the elderly probably more than the average person but it affects people more than many may let on. And yes there are people who jet set all the time but most of us experience a thing they call jet lag when traveling. To an extent some of it can be attributed just to the stress of travel and getting dehydrated but messing with the circadian rhythms and sleep cycles is hard on people.
Many may not realize how much if they are constantly in front of screens at all hours of the day/night but one of the first things they tell you if you are having trouble getting to sleep in the evening is to cut out the screens and go for dim amber to red lighting after dinner and then first thing in the morning once the sun is up, get some sunshine on your face and if that isnāt an option, get one of those light therapy lamps for in the morning.
With little kids it can take 2 or more weeks to transition bed and wake up times each time change to try to minimize meltdowns (at least with the sensitive ones.)
The āear two, BrutĆ©ā is excellent.
For those on the East Coast, Mostly North East, first day of spring = free Ritas Water Ice
So no spoilers, but mandolin tonight was great! Back to mando!
