One of the biggest transitions I've had to make is the time difference. Right now, Arizona is three hours behind Pennsylvania. When I was in PA and trying to contact someone in Arizona, it was no problem at all. Even if I remembered a question I had for my school in the evening, I could call because they were still open. But now I'm in Arizona and everyone I know is in Pennsylvania and it sucks.
I'm a night owl. I do most of my homework between 10pm and midnight because that's when I'm best able to focus. But if I reach out to a friend at that time, I have to remember it's 2am for them, and they're probably asleep. This means I have to contact people in the middle of the day, which is also when I have all my classes.
The first time I noticed this issue was a few weeks ago (this story makes me sound really shallow so bear with me). I posted a picture on Instagram, and an hour later it only had two or three likes. I was confused because I usually get around 30 likes in the first hour. I was a little upset until I realized virtually all of my followers live on the east coast and the few that did like my picture were up way past their bedtime (I believe this is what the kids call "clockblocked"). But my first-world problem had a first-world solution, in that I deleted it and posted it again the next morning.
I know that doesn't sound like a big problem, and trust me, I know it's not. It's just annoying when little things like that happen several times every day. I want to text a friend at midnight, remember I can't, and vow to do it in the morning, then ultimately I forget. I want to post something to social media, and remember that nobody will see it. Or, you know, I'll update my blog a few hours after I get up and then people tell me they've been waiting all day to see it, and I realize I've posted it at Pennsylvania's 5pm.
I know what you're thinking, "Lily, there's such an obvious solution to this! All you have to do is wake up and go to bed earlier!" To which I reply: "hahahahahahahahhahahaha". I've been trying. I can't do it. I had this great plan to go to bed at midnight and wake up at 8am every day, but somehow it keeps turning into 2am and 10am. Or 3 and 12. I'm trying, but I'm just so awake at night. And I can't just say I'm on Pennsylvania time, because that would mean I'm sleeping and waking up extra early.
I recently looked up time zones on a world clock and found a place that's three hours behind Arizona, and it's Hawaii. So there's my new excuse. Instead of fixing my sleep patterns, I should just go to Hawaii.
I suggest if you're planning on moving in the future, you pick a place in the same time zone, or even better, a place that's a few hours ahead. Because being three hours behind is really lame.
The one comfort I do have is that Arizona is weird as hell and doesn't operate on the daylight savings system. So come November, I'll only be two hours behind all of you lovely people. And then maybe you'll like my damn pictures already.
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