Spring forward, fall back. What will you do with your extra hour this weekend?

In case you hadn’t already clocked it, the UK will be putting the time back by an hour this Sunday 29th October taking us back to Greenwich Meantime and marking the end of British Summer Time.

We have been changing our clocks for 100 years – The Summer Time Act was passed by Parliament on 21st May 1916. Though back then the hands on many clocks could not be turned back without breaking the mechanism.

There have been many variations in the changing of clocks around the world ever since. It is only since 1972 that the current system of changing the clocks at the end of March and October has been in place in the UK.

So how will you spend your extra hour on Sunday?

It would be so easy to fritter it away, sleep through it, or even forget about it.

Here are 8 ways to super-charge your extra hour:

  1. Think of someone you haven’t spoken to in forever – call them.

  2. Unplug. Yes go off grid for an hour. Imagine.

  3. Find silence. Considered to be one of the most therapeutic things people with hectic lives can do. Find it in a museum; a library reading room; one of THESE tranquil places in London

  4. Remember that treat you promised yourself? The new café you wanted to try out / film you wanted to see – here’s your chance.

  5. Venture out of your comfort zone, just for an hour. Try a new training workout / gym class / sport. Drive a different route to your usual one. Change the order of your morning routine

  6. Do a good turn. Spend the hour with an elderly neighbour.

  7. Start that thing you can’t get around to. Write the first page of your book. Start that course. Firm up holiday dates. Book a personal trainer. Contact the business coach. Gather pensions paperwork. Write down those business ideas.

  8. Delegate a list of actions for your CiD PA team – and *create another 8 hours of available time* - the best ROI you could make with your one extra hour.

Sue Reeve