Thank you for this perspective - it completely contradicts my feelings of dread every time Daylight Savings Time goes into effect in the fall. As soon as the sun sets I immediately want to make a cup of tea and put on pj’s. I feel I can’t accomplish anything else and my day has somehow proven “unproductive” (aka: a failure) so this time of year always makes me depressed. I’ve never thought of it any other way but I’m going to take your viewpoint to heart and try to look at it from your perspective, as a positive rather than a negative :) Thank you!
As a fellow aggressive journaler 🙋🏻♀️ who also loves the time change and thrives at night (bright, direct sunlight triggers my migraines with aura) I felt this hard. ❤️🔥
I love this! I really enjoy learning about the breadth of human experience because I would say I'm completely the opposite. I love mid-morning, like between 10-11am, that is when the day feels like it is still full of all possibilities; by the time we've hit 4/5pm, I feel like that possibility is gone and I've wasted it somehow (thanks anxiety) and it feels terribly depressing. It had never occurred to me to feel a different way! I'm going to test out feeling accomplished this evening and see how it goes (I'm pretending it is not election day).
I was just having a conversation on my group chat about DST and the other girls were saying how much they hated it, and I didn't but couldn't quite articulate it other than wanting to hibernate- you captured it perfectly Clara!
Love this so much. I live for the shorter days here. It is natures way of encouraging rest and reflection after months of long days and busy lives. It’s the quiet and solitude of this time that gives permission to go inward. A reminder of the beauty in darkness.
That last line - spectacular!! As someone who also loves reading and journaling, I don’t hate the time change. While I love the long days of summer, I think the long nights of winter hold a lot of possibility too.
As someone with a lot of social anxiety (or rather a potential for it since I don't get that many panic attacks anymore) for me night time feels like not being watched as much as during daylight if that makes sense?! I don't really know how to put it, I just feel like I can be the more relaxed me when it's dark.
so beautiful, thank you for this reflection. i too love the fall & winter, i love that nature encourages all of us to slow down and get cozy during this time. for me the stress comes from the friction of late stage capitalism and hustle culture encouraging us to speed up and do more (more buying and gift giving, more parties and events, more resolutions to change oneself). i try my best to listen to nature as much as i can, and ignore the siren song of productivity as value.
"Remember it's only darkness not the end" Thank you for your musings Clara. 💚
Beautiful right?
Thank you for this perspective - it completely contradicts my feelings of dread every time Daylight Savings Time goes into effect in the fall. As soon as the sun sets I immediately want to make a cup of tea and put on pj’s. I feel I can’t accomplish anything else and my day has somehow proven “unproductive” (aka: a failure) so this time of year always makes me depressed. I’ve never thought of it any other way but I’m going to take your viewpoint to heart and try to look at it from your perspective, as a positive rather than a negative :) Thank you!
As a fellow aggressive journaler 🙋🏻♀️ who also loves the time change and thrives at night (bright, direct sunlight triggers my migraines with aura) I felt this hard. ❤️🔥
representation for us night owl journalers is very important to me!!
I love this, I’ve always found this time of year so comforting. It gives you permission to slow down
I love a rainy day walk with my umbrella and rubber boots!
I really recognise this. Thank you for expressing it so beautifully 😍
i love this
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I love this! I really enjoy learning about the breadth of human experience because I would say I'm completely the opposite. I love mid-morning, like between 10-11am, that is when the day feels like it is still full of all possibilities; by the time we've hit 4/5pm, I feel like that possibility is gone and I've wasted it somehow (thanks anxiety) and it feels terribly depressing. It had never occurred to me to feel a different way! I'm going to test out feeling accomplished this evening and see how it goes (I'm pretending it is not election day).
I was just having a conversation on my group chat about DST and the other girls were saying how much they hated it, and I didn't but couldn't quite articulate it other than wanting to hibernate- you captured it perfectly Clara!
Thank you for putting into words exactly how I feel this time of year, with the earlier sunsets. 🤍
Love this so much. I live for the shorter days here. It is natures way of encouraging rest and reflection after months of long days and busy lives. It’s the quiet and solitude of this time that gives permission to go inward. A reminder of the beauty in darkness.
That last line - spectacular!! As someone who also loves reading and journaling, I don’t hate the time change. While I love the long days of summer, I think the long nights of winter hold a lot of possibility too.
I so needed this on the heels of the winter sundown scaries — I feel a little more relaxed about it reading your interpretation 🫶🏻✨
As someone with a lot of social anxiety (or rather a potential for it since I don't get that many panic attacks anymore) for me night time feels like not being watched as much as during daylight if that makes sense?! I don't really know how to put it, I just feel like I can be the more relaxed me when it's dark.
Okay, this sounds like I'm doing really weird things when it's dark. I swear I'm not a vampire or anything!
so beautiful, thank you for this reflection. i too love the fall & winter, i love that nature encourages all of us to slow down and get cozy during this time. for me the stress comes from the friction of late stage capitalism and hustle culture encouraging us to speed up and do more (more buying and gift giving, more parties and events, more resolutions to change oneself). i try my best to listen to nature as much as i can, and ignore the siren song of productivity as value.