To feel better and be safer after the change to Daylight Savings Time....

Today's Post: Friday, 3-11-2011

Every year about this time, we have to get up an hour earlier each day but gain an hour of daylight each evening with the Change to Daylight Savings time.

But our body clocks have to reset and since that changes happens this Sunday, 3-13-2011, most of us will have to get up an hour earlier for work, starting this Monday.

But we can ease the transition and make it easier on us by doing it in stages over the weekend.

We can get up 20 minutes earlier tomorrow morning, 20 minutes earlier on Sunday, and the last 20 minutes earlier on Monday.

Or we can keep it simple and just get up half an hour earlier on Sunday and another half hour earlier on Monday.

And, we can get a bit smoother start on Monday by doing a bit of extra set up time on Sunday night.

It can also help to be sure to do some exercise tomorrow, Saturday, and on Sunday -- even if it’s just a 15 minute walk.

That helps ensure we sleep better for two nights ahead of having to start our day that hour earlier on Monday.

You’ll feel better and help your body make the transition more easily by doing these things.

They will also help you be sharper on your way to work on Monday. That’s important since there are consistently a bit more accidents on the Monday just after a switch to Daylight Savings time.

And, setting up the Sunday night before also helps ensure we don’t have to rush getting to work on Monday.

The third strategy is to both take it a bit easier and be extra careful and cut the other drivers some extra slack as many of them will be a bit out of it.

That can help you avoid being in an expensive or harmful accident.

The email I got earlier this week, said that these strategies do work, particularly the getting up earlier over the weekend before Monday. So I decided to do this post.