[PUBLIC] My Friends Spend Their Weekends In The Woods. I Spend My Weeks In The Field.

[bronzite]

Its not the long trips away from home that get to you. Its not even that they come back-to-back. Its being out here alone that's the worst part. I'm coming up on the end of my second two-weeker in a row (how am I getting back from the airport this time?), but this time I was lucky enough to host kelizra, who made the sojourn up to MSP Friday night. We

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[mariaklob]

Allow me to put in a plug for unfocused time and the salubrious powers thereof.

But working on productive projects can be nice, too.

[cykotek]

Regarding that last bit, sounds a bit like something I noticed years back while at work. I could be completely dead tired, completely unfocused walking in the front door. Within 5 minutes of starting up the operation, I'd turn into a steely-eyed bastard at the top of my game. Then, couple hours after it was over and I had time to breathe, I'd start shutting down again, usually after I made it home. When a big part of your job is on-the-fly crisis management, assuming you're any good at it and have a bit of pride in your work, I think that sort of thing comes with the territory