I like to be early, on everything. I just need to know that I'm about 5 mins earlier than what I am facing and I'm fine. If I'm "behind" then I'm very anxious and assy. When the alarm goes off, I'm typically on my feet within 30 seconds and moving. My wife likes to be exactly on time with everything, and leaves no room in the morning schedule for "float" time.....but for me that means everything has to go exactly as planned or else you're late. She sets the alarm EXACTLY enough of when she's leaving to make it out the door EXACTLY when she has to.
If I start the day "behind" then I feel like I never catch up the rest of the day.
One of the latest sayings is "If you're 15 mins early then you're on time, If you're on time then you're late." For me, it only needs to be 5 mins or so.
I've got a 50-55 minute commute. There are about 5-6 different routes all within a few minutes of each other so I mix it up a lot. It sucks in the winter but I enjoy it in the summer.
I'm a morning person so I'm awake as soon as I leave the house.
Ahh, same caffeine as two sodas or two cups of coffee but fewer calories (unless you drink it black!)
:so are you a morning person or are you all hopped up on mtn dew?:
I wake up around 6, shower if I didn't the night before, grab a bite, I HAVE to eat breakfast before work. Leave between 6:30-7 depending on how many patients or paperwork I have that day. Usually a red bull, either silence on the way to work, or I listen to Continuing Med Education on my phone so I don't have to do that **** later. my drive is about 30 mins through the country to Clemson, which is about as good as it gets.
I subscribe to the theory that if you are on time you are late. I respect my patient's time, so try to be as prepared as I can before I walk in the room. This usually means I am at the office 45-60mins before my first patient so I can review the charts and lab orders.
I'm a morning person so I'm awake as soon as I leave the house.
What office do you work at in Clemson?
Formerly the same office. The oldest doc who owned the building downtown retired and AnMed wanted to own/operate the building. He wouldn't sell to AnMed, and instead is doing a deal with winkopp to put another huge building downtown. So the practice moved out to tiger blvd. since there was already an urgent care here, we didn't have enough exam rooms for the number of docs. There happened to be an opening at the Pendleton office, so Edsall moved over there, which is good for him since he lives in Anderson. He's a good friend of mine, helped me get the job.