I’m the only man in America who wants to keep daylight saving time

Americans grumble about losing an hour each March, but this Navy veteran sees daylight saving time as a gift that builds psychological flexibility and growth.

There are 168 hours in every week. The time shift is the one moment each year when the entire country is prompted to re-examine how those hours are spent.  Bill Korman is author of "The 168 Game: Time Ownership vs. Time Management." 

I don’t just study time. I’ve had to master it. I spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy operating in high-stakes environments where conditions changed without warning and hesitation wasn’t an option. Today, I see daylight saving time as something most civilians completely miss: a built-in annual stress test for our lives.

In the Navy, we never waited for perfect conditions. We adapted. We executed. We moved. Losing an hour of sleep isn’t a crisis. It’s controlled adversity. I call it "tactical discomfort," a low-stakes exercise in psychological flexibility. If a one-hour shift derails your entire week, the problem isn’t the clock. It’s fragility. We talk endlessly about resilience in America. Here’s a chance to practice it.