I'm Paul Muldoon, a poet who over the past several years has had the good fortune to record

hours of conversations with one of the world's greatest songwriters, Sir Paul McCartney.

The result is our new podcast, McCartney, A Life in lyrics.

Listen to McCartney, A Life in lyrics on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever

you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to use the upcoming time change as a prompt to do any task that you need

to do roughly two times per year.

The split isn't perfect, but since you have to address the time change as you change

clocks, you may as well use that as a nudge to get to other things too.

Today's tip comes from a listener named Ray, who noted that for me changing the clocks

is a prompt to do those periodic tasks where every six months is about the right schedule.

It started with the local fire service ad campaign, recommending that we check our smoke

detectors are working whenever we spring forward or fall back.

Such a great idea.

I've since gone on to extend the principle.

Now when I change the clocks, I check the smoke detectors, turn the mattress, wash the

mattress protector, and either get the garden furniture out or put it away.

Really, Ray says, the hat can be applied to anything that you want to do on a twice

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