WEBVTT - What will you do with your extra hour?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>With the end of daylight savings time just around the corner,

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<v Speaker 1>at least for many of my listeners, today's tip is

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<v Speaker 1>to make a plan for how you will spend your

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<v Speaker 1>extra hour. When we fall back in much of the

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<v Speaker 1>US on Sunday, November seven, the day will be twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five hours instead of twenty four hours long. So consider

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<v Speaker 1>doing something special with that extra hour, maybe even something

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<v Speaker 1>you say you would do if you had more time,

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<v Speaker 1>because this week you will have a little more time,

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<v Speaker 1>not a lot, but a little, and even little bits

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<v Speaker 1>of time can be memorable if we think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>Most weeks we get one sixty eight hours, and if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't think about how you'll spend the extra hour,

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<v Speaker 1>you probably just do the same thing in your one

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<v Speaker 1>sixty ninth hour as you do with all the rest.

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<v Speaker 1>This is what most people do. People without small children

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<v Speaker 1>probably catch up on sleep, and that is fine, but

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<v Speaker 1>there are ways you could try to make the time different.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, there is a good chance that everyone in

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<v Speaker 1>your household will be up on Sunday morning a bit

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<v Speaker 1>earlier than you usually would be. So if you've got

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<v Speaker 1>young kids, why not use the time to have a

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<v Speaker 1>real family breakfast. Maybe you could have something you normally don't,

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<v Speaker 1>and that fun breakfast food can become a family end

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<v Speaker 1>of daylight savings time tradition. Another option for folks who

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<v Speaker 1>aren't dealing with kids disrupted sleep schedules is to tackle

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<v Speaker 1>a project you've been putting off. I mean things like

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<v Speaker 1>hanging pictures in a room you recently painted, organizing a closet,

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<v Speaker 1>ordering your holiday cards. It can feel hard to find

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<v Speaker 1>time for projects like these, so why not see is

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<v Speaker 1>the extra time that the calendar gives us An hour

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<v Speaker 1>isn't much, but in a focused hour you can do

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<v Speaker 1>a lot, And since this extra hour occurs on a

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<v Speaker 1>weekend day, it is particularly well suited for this sort

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<v Speaker 1>of project. The extra hour creates an opportunity for jump

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<v Speaker 1>starting a speculative or creative project, too, especially if you

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<v Speaker 1>wind up waking up early. Many of us have more

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<v Speaker 1>energy and discipline in the morning. If you are thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about starting a blog, an hour is plenty of time

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<v Speaker 1>to sign up with a web hosting service, choose a

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<v Speaker 1>template you like, and even maybe write your first post,

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<v Speaker 1>or perhaps instead of a project, you'd like to use

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<v Speaker 1>the extra weekend hour to treat yourself to something relaxing.

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<v Speaker 1>A hot bath, a long runner, bike ride, an online

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<v Speaker 1>yoga class with your favorite teacher, whatever leaves you feeling

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<v Speaker 1>calm and refreshed. You can read for an extra hour

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<v Speaker 1>in your favorite book if you wake up early on Sunday.

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<v Speaker 1>An hour is enough time to shift your mood and

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<v Speaker 1>your outlook, and any of these could fit into life

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<v Speaker 1>without too much planning. You could also make the most

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<v Speaker 1>of the fact that everyone has an extra hour that week.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you're crazy busy friend wants to meet for a

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<v Speaker 1>walk at six am month Sunday morning, which will feel

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<v Speaker 1>like a more reasonable seven am. I mean, the truth is,

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<v Speaker 1>when we say we don't have time for something, what

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<v Speaker 1>we mean is that it isn't a priority no matter

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<v Speaker 1>how many hours a week has. But on the other hand,

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<v Speaker 1>there is an extra hour this week. So if your

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<v Speaker 1>life is pretty tight, this produces just a tiny bit

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<v Speaker 1>of breathing room. It can disappear, like all time can disappear,

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<v Speaker 1>but you might be able to use it for something

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<v Speaker 1>memorable if you try, so, why not think about it

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<v Speaker 1>in the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening and

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<v Speaker 1>here's to making the most of our time. Hey everybody,

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