Five Minute Rule

There is a window of opportunity that really can impact your day. Call it the five minute rule. Dude woke up this morning before my alarm went off. It is extremely difficult to tear myself away from a 14 month old who wants to cuddle in the morning. Since, most mornings he is still asleep when I leave for work. It is indeed a treat for me. Sure it causes me to rush around the house frantically looking for my phone (which is already in my purse); gathering my lunch and often leaving my coffee (which I do when not rushed too). Now I have a 45 minute commute to Carlsbad and discovered that leaving late does change everything. I left no more than five minutes later than I normally would, and encountered traffic slowly grinding up Interstate 805. Those five minutes caused me to be 15 minutes late to the office - and I cut across 52 to I-5 to escape the mass of cars headed nowhere. So, remember this next time you think, it's only a couple of minutes because it might not be.