It's finally getting (noticeably) lighter earlier and staying lighter later. We're getting nearly five minutes more light each day. Just a few weeks ago we had only about three hours of daylight, which was really only a dim glow along the horizon. I think all the darkness finally caught up with me. The last few weeks, I noticed that I was exhausted, a lot. I never felt fully rested despite getting a full eight hours of sleep, exercising and upping my intake of coffee every morning. For a while I thought my iron might be low, but luckily, as our daylight increases so has my natural energy level. It's amazing how much our bodies depend on light and dark to regulate our circadian rhythms. This will be good for a while, until March, when it's still light at 10pm. That's even weirder, but at least I'll be exploding with energy.
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I don't know if this was in your "Move to Alaska" handbook, but you should be taking a vitamin D supplement -- you have a potential of deficiency in the lack of sunlight.
Just in case you didn't know ....
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