Saturday, November 1, 2014

How will you spend your extra hour?

Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend.  That's right, on Sunday at 2:00AM we "fall back" to Eastern Standard Time.  So I ask you, how will you spend your extra hour?

Will you spend it sleeping?  Doing more homework?  On Facebook?

Though there are numerous ways you could spend that extra hour, I invite you to do what I'm doing and spend that time with loved ones.  Too often in today's technology-infused go-go-go society, we forget what's important.  We substitute actual face-time with virtual means of communication like texting and messenger. We scroll through our Facebook newsfeed for the latest updates from our friends and family instead of catching up over coffee or lunch.  I know I've rationalized spending virtual time with friends instead of physical time by telling myself that it was better than not spending time at all.  I just felt like there weren't enough hours in the day.

Well, the end of Daylight Saving Time has given me that extra time this weekend and I'm going to seize this opportunity.  It'll be so much fun to see my friend's new baby in person...instead of in a photo on Instagram.