5 Minutes

I am an airhead, and I make no apologies for my condition.

Thanks to a very short attention span and an obsession with multitasking, I do get a lot done...but I am a slave to my day-planner. Every hour of my day from the time I wake up in the morning to the moment I pass out at night, my time is accounted for.

If I didn't do this, I would accomplish very little and spend my time wandering from task to task bored and frustrated. That doesn't sound like much fun...and I don't do boring.

Because my day is so well planned out, I stick to my schedule I'm very productive when I focus. Unfortunately, because my day is so well planned out, I was missing out on the good stuff in life. I was so obsessed with marking things off of my list, I spent little time doing anything positive for anyone else...and that wasn't cool.

If we all focus on ourselves and forget to give a little love now and again...well that can lead to a lot of grumpy people. Grumpy people can really suck.

So, to remedy the situation, I added something to my daily schedule: 5 Mins <3

This is a time everyday where I was to do something positive for someone else...family member, friend, total and complete stranger, for 5 minutes. It could be something quick like sending a text letting them know I was thinking about them, writing a note and dropping it in the mail, praying for someone who was having a rough time in their life, or writing out a check for a couple of bucks to a local charity.

Anything that wasn't placing the focus on me and my to-do list qualified.

Before I knew it, I was looking forward to that 5 minutes. I was planning them days in advance and it became a real spark of sunshine for me.

Now imagine if ten of us did that. That's 50 minutes of unadulterated love going out to other people. How about if 20 of us did it? 100? How much joy could we send out if we just focused on others for a few short minutes a day?

If you're reading this, please consider dedicating 5 Minutes a day to doing something nice for someone else. Make a conscious effort to do something unexpected, unwarranted, and unselfish to improve the world in which we live.

Imagine how you can make someone's day by showing them a little kindness or paying them some attention. Imagine how cool it would be if someone did it for you.

So take 5 minutes, if not for yourself, then do it for me. I'm kinda tired of all of the grumpy people walking around.