It feels like summer already. Right now, in April, the UK is getting the same amount of sunlight as the summer months, when the sky is bright until the late hours of the evening, and a blue blanket lights the city streets until 10pm. In Hollywood, they call it the magic hour, and in this one and only aspect, London can feel like Los Angeles. Magic hour, or blue hour reminds us what we missed in the winter months, the ability to actually experience sunlight. As many of us have experienced, most office jobs require us to leave the house at a certain time and leave the office at a certain time. In winter, this just so happens to coincide with the amount of sunlight we get. It means that many of us are in the unfortunate situation of going to work in the dark and leaving work in the dark, as the hours of sunlight shrink to 8.30am-4.30pm. It is a horrible feeling that is only tolerable because we have a weekend that allows us to experience sunlight during office hours at least twice a week. In the gran scheme of things, this is a pathetic amount of time, and it is quite sad to realise just how much of our time is spent inside a building, and how half of our lives are spent going to and from our homes in the dark. As the coronavirus shuts down offices, it is a good reminder that we rarely get to feel the sunshine during office hours, and a reminder of the toll on our bodies to spend so much of our lives commuting to and from work in the dark.
Coronavirus has stopped us spending most of our lives in the dark
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