GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, meaning a loss of an hour of sleep. At 2 a.m., clocks will just forward an hour to 3 a.m.
"This one hurts a little more," said Shea Golding, a Clinical Psychologist with Corewell Health Sleep Disorders Center.
Here's the good news: Golding said most people will be fine.
"What I try to remind people is for the most part, most people will adjust fine, certainly within the week, and don't have to make a big deal about it," said Golding. "If we make too big of a deal, it stresses us out more. So, my first rule of thumb is don't panic."
However, some people prefer more preparation.
One idea is to begin in the few days leading up to the change shifting your wake up time gradually earlier. So, by Sunday, it will not feel like a huge change.
Golding's biggest tip is to just let Sunday take the brunt of the tiredness. The idea is to prevent Monday, which is typically already a tougher day for most people, from being even more difficult.
"If you sleep in on Sunday and don't let yourself lose the hour, and then you wake up at nine, and then you're going to bed at 11, your day has been two hours shorter than a typical day," said Golding. "You're already going to have that much more trouble getting to sleep. When people do that, it means they're putting the whole brunt of the time change onto Monday, which again is already such a hard day."
However, not everyone will be able to prevent an extra tired Monday.
"An appropriate caffeine approach, like maybe a small cup of coffee or tea in the early afternoon might get you through towards your bedtime," suggests Golding. "Getting up and moving. If you're feeling really sleepy and out of it, if you can, get up and move a little bit. Just kind of giving yourself the grace to have a little bit of a harder day and remind yourself that I'll get right back on track."
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