The end of Daylight Saving Time gives us another hour to sleep, but the loss of daylight is linked to a lack of productivity. Here's how to keep yourself motivated as the long nights of winter set in.
You know the lament, “There just aren’t enough hours in the day.” This weekend you’re about to get one more. On November 4, residents of most of the U.S., Canada, and countries in Europe, Africa, and South America will turn their clocks back to mark the end of Daylight Saving Time (some already did this last weekend).
For productivity wonks (and sleep enthusiasts) salivating at the prospect of a whole extra 60 minutes, there is a downside. Both “springing ahead” and “falling back” wreak havoc on our bodies’ circadian rhythms, those sleep and alert cycles that keep us humming. While losing an hour in spring is blamed for general grogginess and cyberloafing, a study by the found that fall transitions where we lose an hour of daylight are particularly hard on early risers.
To read the original article: Saving Daylight Savings: How To Be More Productive When It's Always Dark Out | Fast Company
