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Last Wednesday I pulled a 19 hour shift and it actually worked out
I had three deadlines hit at once and somehow finished them all by 6am Thursday. Got an extra $200 from one client for the rush job too. Has anyone else ever had one of those crazy nights where everything just clicks?
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shanes666d ago
Did you sleep at all after that, or did the adrenaline just carry you through the next day too? I'm curious how you kept your brain sharp for the last few hours, especially after midnight. It's wild how rare it is for everything to line up perfectly on a crazy deadline like that, what was the trick that kept you going?
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the_mary6d ago
The real question is how you even knew when to stop. Was it like a clock in your head went off, or did you just hit a wall where reading the same line three times stopped making sense? I've been in that zone where the adrenaline keeps you going, but the brain fog sneaks in so gradual you don't notice until you're staring at a blank screen for ten minutes. That moment after midnight is rough. Did you have a specific cutoff time in mind, or did you just ride it until it was done no matter what?
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