You are officially put on notice that you are to set your clocks forward before going to bed on Saturday night. It's almost a radio law that I tell you this.
Don't blame me. I once tried to stop it.
As a state legislator, I was asked by a Creston government class to propose a resolution so they could follow the process of how a bill becomes a law. The resolution asked Congress to stop the time change. I happily proposed the (non-binding) resolution and it sat quietly on the agenda. For a while.
Then the Iowa media realized that it gave them an original angle to report the upcoming time change. Suddenly, I was the focus of both television and radio interviews and the topic of conversation on radio morning shows.
And the opposition calls, letters, and emails POURED in.
While a few of the calls did state some specific reason for opposing the resolution, most of the angry correspondence (I'm not kidding - angry!) couldn't actually articulate why they were against the resolution. It just...changed things. And Iowans don't like change.
So the government students got a REAL education about how a bill becomes a law because the publicity resulted in a spirited (but good-natured) debate on the Senate floor and squeaked to passage. The Iowa House prompted informed me that the bill would NOT be brought up - they had plenty of controversial bills already and couldn't be bothered.
So my single-handed effort to stop the time change failed and all I can give you, at this point, is advice from sleep specialist Dr. Ofer Jacobowitz on adjusting the time change.
Dr. Jacobowitz also says spending more time exposed to daylight will help you adjust to the time change because it helps adjust your awake and sleep cycle. He adds getting enough sleep is critical to having good overall health.
Can you “catch up” on that missed sleep? Not exactly, but taking short naps will help.