It's only an hour......right?

By Faduma Ali

People always say, “It’s just one hour.” But it doesn’t feel like just one hour. Losing that hour hits harder than expected 

When daylight saving time starts, you go to bed knowing you’re going to wake up more exhausted. It’s like starting the day already behind. And that feeling doesn’t go away quickly. It sticks for a few days, sometimes even longer.

That one hour can mess up your sleep schedule, your mood, and your energy. You feel slower. You get annoyed more easily. Even small things feel harder to deal with. It’s strange how something so small can have such a big effect.

And the thing is, nobody really asks themselves this: “What would happen if there were no daylight savings? It just happens every year, whether people like it or not. There’s no choice. You just have to deal with it.

Some people might not mind it, but a lot of people do. Especially us students, people with early jobs, or anyone who already struggles with sleep. It just adds another problem to deal with.

If one hour can throw off this many people, maybe it’s actually a bigger problem than it seems.