Get ready to “Fall Back” and change your clocks!
Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00 AM, Sunday, November 1st which means you will need to turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night, October 31st.
It wasn’t until Aug. 8, 2005 that we got our current timetable for Daylight Saving Time. President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act on that day, setting the official end time for DST as the first Sunday in November. From 1986-2006, Daylight Saving Time began on the first Sunday in April and ended on the last Sunday in October.
Did you know that Hawaii and most of Arizona do not follow DST?
When daylight savings time ends this weekend you can actually gain the benefit of an extra hour. We’ll set the clocks back one hour on Sunday and yet our body clocks will still be on Saturday’s rhythm. Instead of waking up at 7 a.m. it will actually be 6 a.m. For the next 126 days you have been given an additional 60 minutes for whatever you want.
Here is a list of 20 ideas on how to make the most of this gift.
1. Catch up on all of your email.
2. Hand-write and send five thank-you notes.
3. Update your listing / sales & marketing presentation.
4. Practice your 30 second “elevator” speech about your local real estate market.
5. Send a “thank you” email to two of your colleagues/ competitors who you just had a closing with.
6. Google yourself.
7. Write an abbreviated business plan that includes how many listings and how many sales you would like to have in 2016.
8. Identify a role model and send them a handwritten invitation to lunch.
9. Get in that much needed physical work out.
10. Plan a weekend trip with your family.
11. Update your website to include information about your local market.
12. Have lunch with a colleague.
13. Call an old friend or relative you have neglected.
14. Update your LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter profiles.
15. Sharpen your powers of observation by watching people in a crowded area.
16. Volunteer for a charity you support.
17. Make a playlist of inspiring work music.
18. Meditate.
19. Clean up the desktop on your computer (or your desk).
20. Plan a “customer appreciation” dinner party for January (after the Holidays).
