Daylight saving time began this past weekend in the United States, springing clocks forward one hour, and will last until standard time resumes in early November. Every year when this happens, people seem to divide themselves into two opposite camps: those who love having an extra hour of daylight and those who hate disrupting their internal clocks for the time change.
Which category do you fall into? Do you look forward to this time of year when the days start to get longer, or do you dread feeling jet-lagged and sluggish as your body adjusts to the new schedule? Take out your personal journal, and choose one of these spring-themed prompts to write about.
3 Journal Prompts: Spring Has Sprung
1. Imagine that you are writing an opinion piece for your local newspaper on the annual time change. Do you think it is valuable and necessary? Confusing and disruptive? Somewhere in between? Formulate your argument in your personal journal, explaining your reasons for defending or criticizing daylight saving time. Tell anecdotes illustrating how you have benefited or suffered because of it. Describe how much better or worse off you and other citizens would be if the policy were to change.
2. Reflect on all the changes that occur each year during the springtime – from the blossoming of the natural world to the shifting of your personal activities and priorities. What do you most look forward to as the season shifts from winter to spring? What makes you sad or wistful or annoyed? Set a timer for 10 minutes, and write everything you are thinking about or feeling when it comes to the changing seasons.
3. “If only there were more hours in the day…” is a common refrain for busy people, but what if you really could have one more hour each day? Imagine that instead of simply moving your clocks forward an hour in the spring, you actually added one hour to your day? What would you do with this magical bonus 60 minutes? Sleep in? Walk to work? Read the entire newspaper? Reread The Chronicles of Narnia? Write about what you would do with 25 hours in the day.
What are you most excited about this spring? Share your springy thoughts in the comments!
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