Fayetteville, Get Ready For The End Of Daylight Saving Time This Weekend

It's that time of year again! The end of Daylight Saving Time this weekend means we "fall back" and set our clocks one hour behind. A special thanks to our friends at Fayetteville Public Works Commission for helping us share this reminder!

Thankfully this means we gain an extra hour of sleep, which I think is fair considering the fact that it gets darker much earlier in the day this time of year. There are a few steps you can take to maximize your sleep schedule for the fall and winter seasons as well.

According to this report from Today, sleep specialist Courtney Bancroft provides a few methods to help you adjust to the end of Daylight Saving Time.

The first method entails adjusting your sleep schedule four days before the time change. This would involve shifting your wake up times to 15 minutes earlier than normal. So if you usually go to bed around 10 p.m. and wake up at 7 a.m., you would instead shoot for a 9:45 bed time so you can be up and at 'em at 6:45.

Given the amount of time needed for this plan, you would've had to start it earlier in the week. Thankfully there is another two day sleep plan that you can use this weekend. Bancroft recommends staying up a half hour later than normal on Saturday night, then trying to wake up around the same time as usual for Sunday.

This will allow you to enjoy an extra half hour of sleep, and Bancroft suggests it will help you "adjust more quickly, less drastically."

The third and final method is to be used the night before the switch, and it involves you waking up a full hour before your normal wake up time on Sunday. So if you normally wake up at 7 a.m. Sunday morning, you want to set an alarm for 6 a.m. instead.

Bancroft says this method will "help your sleep drive shift to become ‘hungrier’ for sleep earlier that evening.” This plan is mainly recommended to "morning people" who don't mind waking up a little earlier.

However you choose to adjust to the time switch, I hope you're able to enjoy as much sleep as possible. Enjoy those extra ZZZZZZZZs!

If there's one thing I know, it's how to embrace Fall! As an Autumn baby myself, October is the perfect time to kick-off your seasonal movie marathon with 13 of the best fall movies!

I can think of so many go-to favorites and comfort movies during this time of year. Everything from movies I watched when I was younger that shaped my childhood all the way up to recent movies that tickled my funny bone!

On a chilly Fall weekend, nothing is better than cozying up with a warm drink or comfort meal, grabbing a blanket, lighting a candle, and watching a great movie! Call me basic, but that sounds like heaven to this homebody!

These 13 movies range from family friendly to adult dark comedy. While vastly different, I think the movies on this list accurately portray the feelings of Fall, colder weather, holiday seasons, mystery, intrigue, and love.

Who doesn't love the Midnight Margaritas scene?? My sister and I used to watch this movie in my Aunt's living room all the time. The soundtrack is so good, Sandra Bullock is gorgeous, and it's the perfect witchy love movie to get the season started.

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Come on now, you didn't think I'd leave out Hocus Pocus, did you? One word: CLASSIC. The perfect 90's Halloween film for any kid. As soon as a touch of Fall is in the air, this mvie practically becomes my background music.

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I've seen many versions, movie and tv, of the classic novel Little Women. Greta Gerwig's latest adaptation is by far my favorite. The bulk of the movie shows this family during the holiday season, so it tugs at the heartstrings of that time of year.

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Adam Sandler brings the laughs and mystery with Netflix's Hubie Halloween! It hit the platform in 2020, and in typical Adam Sandler fashion, a ton of his Hollywood comedy friends join him in this laugh out loud Halloween movie! After watching it, it instantly got added to my "Oh that's an every year movie" list.

I love a good who dunnit murder mystery! Add in the huge stars and handsome men like Chris Evans, and I'm sold! The humor in this movie is underrated and it instantly became a favorite of mine!

Based off the true story of Homer Hickam and the Rocket Boys from Coalwood, WV, October Sky reinforced my love for period piece movies. It's such a feel-good movie of discovering and achieving your dreams. The backdrop of Fall just adds to the comfort level this movie brings me.

The dinner scene! Singing and dancing to Harry Belafonte "The Banana Boat Song" is still one of my favorite moments in that movie! The spooky vibes of this whole movie just encompass great Halloween movie viewing.

Another murder mystery on my list! This 80's movie based off the infamous board game of the same name is one of my favorite movies of all time. Tim Curry is a master of comedy and I could not love this movie any more! I watch it year-round but Halloween makes it even better!

Another one of my favorite movies growing up! My sister and I were obsessed with George Clooney (honestly, who isn't?). Michelle Pfeiffer is a knockout! The 2 of them together in this 90s romcom just screams Fall to me. Plus the kids are adorable!

Christina Ricci was one of the most famous child actors in the 90s. She was honestly in every one of my favorite movies growing up as a kid. She knocked the role of Wednesday Addams out of the park! Nothing says Halloween and spooky more than the Addams Family movies.

I know this one might seem like an odd movie to have on the list. But all I can picture is the ending scene of the movie with all the fall leaves... and Shadow... slowly coming up to view... and saying, "Peter." Oh, if you know you know!!!! I'm tearing up just writing this.

Everyone's favorite friendly ghost. Some movies just stand the test of time. I still love Casper. Plus everyone my age fell in love with Devon Sawa whispering "Can I keep you?" Swoon....

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Ok I know.... this one's a stretch. But come on! How could I not include my favorite film series! In the first movie, there's that classic Halloween Feast scene in the Great Hall. And in the 3rd movie they have the Hogwarts Chorus singing "Double Double Toil & Trouble". Add on the whole witches and wizards thing and it's the perfect series for the cooler months of the year!