#1893651 - 02/18/08 09:58 AM
Ever get so lost in your work that you forget about the time
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I was working on that bass build last night making real progress and when I first looked at the clock, it was 4:00am!!! I get up for work at 5:00am... I'm hittin' the wall now at about 1:00pm with the lunch drowzies and I have a meeting at 1:30... I'm so screwed...
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#1893682 - 02/18/08 10:44 AM
Re: Ever get so lost in your work that you forget about the time
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Those times are the best. I haven't had one quite like that in too long.
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#1893684 - 02/18/08 10:47 AM
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Those times are the best. I haven't had one quite like that in too long.
Agreed. I had one of those moments a few weeks ago when I got a new keyboard. Those really are the best moments and they are very special moments for me.
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#1893813 - 02/18/08 01:11 PM
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I SURVIVED! Now, I will only have to stay awake long enough for the drive home...
I work at Xerox full time and do the guitar and bass building after 10:30 at night when my wife goes to work. She sleeps until then so I cannot make the noise that routers and sanders and vacuums make...
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#1894300 - 02/19/08 09:31 AM
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I think a more appropriate question is - is there anyone this HASN'T happened to. I think there are few of us that have NOT gotten caught up in something we were doing - preferably something we love.
This happens to me the most when I am programming synth sounds. Time just gets away from me. My wife doesn't quite understand how I can get so captivated by it.
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#1894511 - 02/19/08 02:46 PM
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I usually get so lost in forums that I lose track of time at work... Uh oh- here comes the bossman! ALT + TAB
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#1898512 - 02/25/08 08:28 PM
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Gigging, wrenching and being online make time disappear for me.
Very rarely happens when I'm working unless I'm rolling on good coffee.
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#1898604 - 02/26/08 05:20 AM
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Those are really amazing times. You get all carried away and you enjoy what you are doing a lot that you aren't even aware of anything. These are also the times wherein you produce really good stuff.
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#1898613 - 02/26/08 05:41 AM
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For me, performing makes the world go away. I can stay up for hours.
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#1901272 - 02/29/08 08:54 PM
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For me, performing makes the world go away. I can stay up for hours.
Oh yeah! More so after a gig for me. Sometimes it takes hours to wind down and sleep.
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#1916160 - 03/25/08 05:21 PM
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On occasion I've gotten so lost in time that I forgot about work...is that close enough?
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#1919118 - 03/30/08 10:41 PM
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i love having those days at work, or with anything really. for me it means i was either working really hard and had a lot to do, or im doing something i really enjoy so im not paying attention to anything else.
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Sorry if bass building IS what you do for a living, by the way 
I can think of worse jobs.
