<story><title>Lack of sunlight during the day is worse than electric lighting at night</title><url>https://english.elpais.com/health/2023-12-01/chronobiologist-and-nobel-laureate-in-medicine-michael-rosbash-lack-of-sunlight-during-the-day-is-worse-than-electric-lighting-at-night.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nojvek</author><text>I relocated to Redmond, WA for a few years to work at MSFT. Let me tell you, every winter there felt like a sadistic game show called &amp;quot;How Miserable Can You Get?&amp;quot; And boy, did I win!&lt;p&gt;Thankfully, the good ol&amp;#x27; USA is a massive country, so I hit the eject button and moved to FL.&lt;p&gt;3154 hours of sun in FL compared to 2170 hours of sun in WA. Huuuuuuge difference in mental and physical aptitude. I feel more energetic. More focus, more workouts, more horny, less self loathing.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.currentresults.com&amp;#x2F;Weather&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;average-annual-sunshine-by-city.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.currentresults.com&amp;#x2F;Weather&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;average-annual-sun...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>jackschultz</author><text>I live in the upper midwest and, like many other places, don&amp;#x27;t get much light in the winter. I don&amp;#x27;t get much light in the summer turns out since I&amp;#x27;m inside most of the day anyway, but winter feels worse. A couple years ago I was suggested a SAD lamp, and man did it make a difference. What I&amp;#x27;ve learned this year though, is it isn&amp;#x27;t enough. It&amp;#x27;s a small square light that sits in the same place and only comes into your eye at a small angle.&lt;p&gt;Article[0] came up across a feed which was saying the same thing, and I said screw it, and got two 100W LED corn bulbs[1] that the article suggested, and boy did it make a difference. Literally came mid last week, and for the last 4 days, I&amp;#x27;ve had more energy, better sleep, and felt better than I have in months, years even. Incredible difference for $60.&lt;p&gt;The corn bulbs are just like light bulbs so they fit into the same sockets (some are bigger, but get the ones that say E26). You can also get specific lamps to put them around. I also got some construction string lights[2] and hanging those on my wall. Makes it almost seem like I&amp;#x27;m in a museum which is cool too.&lt;p&gt;My goal is to get some more lights and make my living &amp;#x2F; office area legit feel like I&amp;#x27;m outside on a summer day. I have a lux meter coming today to be able to see and judge intensity. If it&amp;#x27;s too intense, I can turn them off like I&amp;#x27;m going into the shade.&lt;p&gt;The importance of letting your body know when it&amp;#x27;s daytime and nighttime, which is talked about in the article, makes all parts of life better. Eat better, more energy to do things, less angry. Part of me disappointed I didn&amp;#x27;t know this before, but another part glad that I&amp;#x27;m catching on now.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;meaningness.com&amp;#x2F;sad-light-lumens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;meaningness.com&amp;#x2F;sad-light-lumens&lt;/a&gt;
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<story><title>Lack of sunlight during the day is worse than electric lighting at night</title><url>https://english.elpais.com/health/2023-12-01/chronobiologist-and-nobel-laureate-in-medicine-michael-rosbash-lack-of-sunlight-during-the-day-is-worse-than-electric-lighting-at-night.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nojvek</author><text>I relocated to Redmond, WA for a few years to work at MSFT. Let me tell you, every winter there felt like a sadistic game show called &amp;quot;How Miserable Can You Get?&amp;quot; And boy, did I win!&lt;p&gt;Thankfully, the good ol&amp;#x27; USA is a massive country, so I hit the eject button and moved to FL.&lt;p&gt;3154 hours of sun in FL compared to 2170 hours of sun in WA. Huuuuuuge difference in mental and physical aptitude. I feel more energetic. More focus, more workouts, more horny, less self loathing.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.currentresults.com&amp;#x2F;Weather&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;average-annual-sunshine-by-city.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.currentresults.com&amp;#x2F;Weather&amp;#x2F;US&amp;#x2F;average-annual-sun...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>jackschultz</author><text>I live in the upper midwest and, like many other places, don&amp;#x27;t get much light in the winter. I don&amp;#x27;t get much light in the summer turns out since I&amp;#x27;m inside most of the day anyway, but winter feels worse. A couple years ago I was suggested a SAD lamp, and man did it make a difference. What I&amp;#x27;ve learned this year though, is it isn&amp;#x27;t enough. It&amp;#x27;s a small square light that sits in the same place and only comes into your eye at a small angle.&lt;p&gt;Article[0] came up across a feed which was saying the same thing, and I said screw it, and got two 100W LED corn bulbs[1] that the article suggested, and boy did it make a difference. Literally came mid last week, and for the last 4 days, I&amp;#x27;ve had more energy, better sleep, and felt better than I have in months, years even. Incredible difference for $60.&lt;p&gt;The corn bulbs are just like light bulbs so they fit into the same sockets (some are bigger, but get the ones that say E26). You can also get specific lamps to put them around. I also got some construction string lights[2] and hanging those on my wall. Makes it almost seem like I&amp;#x27;m in a museum which is cool too.&lt;p&gt;My goal is to get some more lights and make my living &amp;#x2F; office area legit feel like I&amp;#x27;m outside on a summer day. I have a lux meter coming today to be able to see and judge intensity. If it&amp;#x27;s too intense, I can turn them off like I&amp;#x27;m going into the shade.&lt;p&gt;The importance of letting your body know when it&amp;#x27;s daytime and nighttime, which is talked about in the article, makes all parts of life better. Eat better, more energy to do things, less angry. Part of me disappointed I didn&amp;#x27;t know this before, but another part glad that I&amp;#x27;m catching on now.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;meaningness.com&amp;#x2F;sad-light-lumens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;meaningness.com&amp;#x2F;sad-light-lumens&lt;/a&gt;
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[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B0C5X7XLRQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B0C5X7XLRQ&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yukinon</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m in the PNW and the gray gloomy weather is a delight for me. I love mushroom foraging, love being surrounded by trees, the beautiful waterfalls, the wet hikes, the moss everywhere, the berry picking, everything! I used to live in a VERY sunny state, I found it depressing. Sun irritates me. I never realized how uncomfortable it made me until I moved to a rainy cloud region and felt at home for the first time. Really shows there&amp;#x27;s something for everyone!</text></comment>