Austin luxury home builders are prepping this week to “spring forward” into daylight saving time on Sunday morning at 2:00AM. Though Ben Franklin had alluded to an idea of daylight saving time in 1784, it was George Vernon Hudson in 1895 who first proposed a plan to extend the daylight hours of the day during the spring and summer months. Longer daylight benefits the sports, retail, travel, and tourism industries. Personally, daylight saving time tricks me into thinking that I have more hours in the day to get things accomplished (to bad that’s not the reality of it). There’s just something about the sun staying out and extra hour that brings a joy to us all. It might bring out our inner child a little because we all remember how we associated the time change with summer getting closer, meaning no more school!
Sterling Custom Homes would like to remind you to walk through your Austin custom homes on Saturday night before you go to sleep and set all your clocks forward one hour. We’ve all experienced at one time in our lives being an hour early to some appointment because we forgot to set our clocks forward. We also all know that self-loathing feeling when we find ourselves an hour early to said appointment. If you’re the forgetful type, set an alarm to go off Saturday night to remind you to move your clocks forward. I know that’s what I’ll be doing.
At Sterling Custom Homes, we like the fact that we have time in the evenings to go for a run, ride a bike, throw the ball with our kids, among many other outdoor activities. What is your favorite part about springing forward? Leave us a comment or let us know on Facebook or Twitter.