I Hope Michigan Residents Like Darkness

Michigan is in a unique position in the country as the views that the nature provides to residents and visitors is second to none. Each season brings about its own highlights which draws out different groups of people. For example, Spring is a beautiful time in the Mitten state as everything starts to bloom, Summer has fun times on the water while everything is shining bright, and winter brings about the bright white winter wonderland.

If you noticed, I skipped over fall, but this isn't because it's not a spectacle to look at but because fall is significant to us here in Michigan. Fall means that football is back, the colors begin to change, and hunting season is only days away. All of things are a part of the fabric of what makes Michigan the state it is, but there is one thing that we all dislike about fall. The days begin to get shorter, which means one thing, more darkness and less light.

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For some people, the amount of daylight outside or the lack thereof doesn't bother them but for others, the short days and long nights can really take a toll on them. We have all heard of seasonal depression and it's very real as the gloomy days and prolonged darkness can affect some people's moods negatively. Yes, there are plenty of negatives to days becoming shorter but there are some advantages as well.

Yes, we will be falling back an hour this November as we enter Daylights Standard Time which means we will be turning our clocks back. While we gain an extra hour of sleep that night and school aged children will see the sun come up before school begins, it still sucks to make that change. Daylights Savings Time is ending on November 3rd, and we will gain an hour back in our day.

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So, the sun may still rise sometime between 6am and 7:30am, the night will approach much faster than it does during Daylights Savings Time. The sun sets during DST at around 8pm or 9pm, meanwhile after DST has ended the sun sets around 5:30pm or 6pm. Which brings up the age-old question of whether we should end DST or not.

As of now and the foreseeable future, DST will remain a part of our lives here in Michigan. Even though DST was created to give farmers more time to work and has since been found redundant because of new technology, we still decide to change our clocks.