Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: With the end of daylight savings time just around the corner,
Speaker 1: at least for many of my listeners, today's tip is
Speaker 1: to make a plan for how you will spend your
Speaker 1: extra hour. When we fall back in much of the
Speaker 1: US on Sunday, November seven, the day will be twenty
Speaker 1: five hours instead of twenty four hours long. So consider
Speaker 1: doing something special with that extra hour, maybe even something
Speaker 1: you say you would do if you had more time,
Speaker 1: because this week you will have a little more time,
Speaker 1: not a lot, but a little, and even little bits
Speaker 1: of time can be memorable if we think about it.
Speaker 1: Most weeks we get one sixty eight hours, and if
Speaker 1: you don't think about how you'll spend the extra hour,
Speaker 1: you probably just do the same thing in your one
Speaker 1: sixty ninth hour as you do with all the rest.
Speaker 1: This is what most people do. People without small children
Speaker 1: probably catch up on sleep, and that is fine, but
Speaker 1: there are ways you could try to make the time different.
Speaker 1: For instance, there is a good chance that everyone in
Speaker 1: your household will be up on Sunday morning a bit
Speaker 1: earlier than you usually would be. So if you've got
Speaker 1: young kids, why not use the time to have a
Speaker 1: real family breakfast. Maybe you could have something you normally don't,
Speaker 1: and that fun breakfast food can become a family end
Speaker 1: of daylight savings time tradition. Another option for folks who
Speaker 1: aren't dealing with kids disrupted sleep schedules is to tackle
Speaker 1: a project you've been putting off. I mean things like
Speaker 1: hanging pictures in a room you recently painted, organizing a closet,
Speaker 1: ordering your holiday cards. It can feel hard to find
Speaker 1: time for projects like these, so why not see is
Speaker 1: the extra time that the calendar gives us An hour
Speaker 1: isn't much, but in a focused hour you can do
Speaker 1: a lot, And since this extra hour occurs on a
Speaker 1: weekend day, it is particularly well suited for this sort
Speaker 1: of project. The extra hour creates an opportunity for jump
Speaker 1: starting a speculative or creative project, too, especially if you
Speaker 1: wind up waking up early. Many of us have more
Speaker 1: energy and discipline in the morning. If you are thinking
Speaker 1: about starting a blog, an hour is plenty of time
Speaker 1: to sign up with a web hosting service, choose a
Speaker 1: template you like, and even maybe write your first post,
Speaker 1: or perhaps instead of a project, you'd like to use
Speaker 1: the extra weekend hour to treat yourself to something relaxing.
Speaker 1: A hot bath, a long runner, bike ride, an online
Speaker 1: yoga class with your favorite teacher, whatever leaves you feeling
Speaker 1: calm and refreshed. You can read for an extra hour
Speaker 1: in your favorite book if you wake up early on Sunday.
Speaker 1: An hour is enough time to shift your mood and
Speaker 1: your outlook, and any of these could fit into life
Speaker 1: without too much planning. You could also make the most
Speaker 1: of the fact that everyone has an extra hour that week.
Speaker 1: Maybe you're crazy busy friend wants to meet for a
Speaker 1: walk at six am month Sunday morning, which will feel
Speaker 1: like a more reasonable seven am. I mean, the truth is,
Speaker 1: when we say we don't have time for something, what
Speaker 1: we mean is that it isn't a priority no matter
Speaker 1: how many hours a week has. But on the other hand,
Speaker 1: there is an extra hour this week. So if your
Speaker 1: life is pretty tight, this produces just a tiny bit
Speaker 1: of breathing room. It can disappear, like all time can disappear,
Speaker 1: but you might be able to use it for something
Speaker 1: memorable if you try, so, why not think about it
Speaker 1: in the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening and
Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me
Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with
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