I always hate going back to standard time, and look forward to when we go back on DST, but after reading the posts in this thread, I wonder if, once I'm retired, I'll really care? The main thing I hate about the winter is how it's dark when I leave the office to head home, and unless I go out for lunch, sometimes I won't even see the sun.
But, once I'm retired, that won't be an issue. I think the short days will still get to me, though. One thing I noticed this past winter, is that since I moved, I'm now down in a bit of a valley, with tall trees up right behind the house. So, on some of the shorter days, the sun never even clears the trees, and because of the hills, the sun "sets" for me earlier than the official sunset. And that got a bit depressing.
I've always wondered what it would be like to live in a valley, in the shadow of a "real" mountain, though...if that would mess with your senses more, if you were sensitive to sunlight deprivation?