{"id":762,"date":"2009-11-23T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/11\/fresh-morning-rush-hour.html"},"modified":"2009-11-23T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T05:00:47","slug":"fresh-morning-rush-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/11\/fresh-morning-rush-hour.html","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Morning: Rush Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sun1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/sun1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\" \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<div>I traveled to New York early last Tuesday morning for a visit to the Beliefnet offices (hi, everyone!) and to join in the farewell celebration for <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/10\/waldman-message.html\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Waldman, the company&#8217;s inimitable co-founder.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whenever I fly into New York City early in the morning, I thank God that I work at home.&nbsp; Among the other reasons for this gratitude is that I very rarely have to encounter rush hour, not to mention NYC rush hour, not to mention NYC rush hour in a sweaty break-neck cab ride from LaGuardia airport.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Rush hour can take many forms, though.&nbsp; Maybe you rush through your shower because you&#8217;re afraid you&#8217;ll get late.&nbsp; Maybe you rush breakfast and eat and commute at the same time.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your relationship with rush hour?&nbsp; How do you cope?<\/p>\n<p><font><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/fresh-morning\/\"><font color=\"#023d89\" size=\"3\"><strong>Need more morning inspiration?&nbsp; Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rush hour can take many forms. 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