Daylight Saving Time 2023: A Gift of Time!

By Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO® | October 26, 2023 |

“I wish I had more time!”

 

“I have too much to do and not enough time!”

 

“There aren’t enough hours in the day!”

 

Have you ever found yourself thinking any of those thoughts? Or perhaps even muttering them out loud? My clients and workshop participants sure do.

 

I have some great news for you if you feel the same way!

 

Once a year, you are gifted with a bit of time relief. But if you’re like a lot of other people out there, you forget that you’ve received this gift until you show up somewhere at the wrong time. Or you turn on a football game, and it’s already in progress or you’ve missed it. Or someone mentions the time, and you realize you forgot all about it. With so many digital devices that automatically change the time, you might not even be aware that you missed anything.

 

What is this gift I’m referring to? Why, it’s the end of Daylight Saving Time! Each year (in most places in the United States) in late autumn, we “fall back” one hour to adjust our clocks for Daylight Saving Time. This year, the time change will occur at 2:00 A.M. on Sunday, November 5, 2023. Your gift is one “extra” hour of time.

 

Any digital clocks or watches that are connected to the internet will automatically adjust. But for those analog devices that won’t automatically change, when should you manually change your clocks? You can choose to set your clocks back before you go to bed or when you wake up in the morning. No matter which option you select, you will get that extra hour.

 

But, “When will you change your clock?” isn’t the important question. The most important question to ask yourself is:

 

What do you want to do with that extra hour?

 

 

Practice Self-Care?

 

Plan healthy meals for the upcoming week and create your grocery lists

 

Enjoy an extra hour of sleep

 

Make preliminary plans for your next vacation

 

Exercise

 

Meditate or stretch

 

Go for a walk

 

 

Have fun?

 

Read

 

Lounge

 

Arrange for a Zoom or Facetime gathering with loved ones outside of your household

 

Spend quality time with your family

 

 

Complete a Task?

 

Set out that home décor that’s been in boxes for a year

 

Straighten up your living areas

 

Scrub down the bathrooms and kitchen

 

Spruce up your landscaping

 

Start on that project you’ve been delaying

 

 

 

When Daylight Saving Time ends on November 5, how will you take advantage of the gift of your bonus hour?

 

 

For other tips related to the time changing, see my blog about time verifications.

 

 

For recommendations on how to save time when you don’t have this extra hour, take a look at The Inefficiency Assassin: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter, Not Longer.

 

About Helene Segura, M.A. Ed., CPO®

As The Inefficiency Assassin™, Time Management Fixer Helene Segura empowers professionals on the go with the tools to slay lost time. Personal inefficiency at work leads to increased stress levels, lower morale, higher absenteeism, more turnover – and rising spending on employee health care and hiring. Why not improve productivity, decrease stress levels, and increase profits instead?The author of four books – two of which were Amazon best-sellers – Helene Segura has been the featured organization expert in more than 200 media interviews. She has coached hundreds of clients to productivity success and performance improvement by applying neuroscience and behavioral modification techniques to wipe out destructive, time-wasting habits.Helene turns time management on its head by sharing both client case studies and pop culture examples to teach her mind-bending framework for decreasing interruptions, distractions and procrastination so that companies can spend more time generating revenue.

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