Slow days at work

[Jack.P]

Anyone else find that time goes by slowly working outside with the dark days at the moment  ? 

Like today it was hardly light at all and  working near a road most cars had lights on for most the day .I know it doesn’t last that long but how to stay motivated? I had enough today and only lasted till 3.30 

[Clutchy]

Not sure I'd be wanting to do more work after 15:30, lasting till then is a good effort! 

[Mick Dempsey]

I’d be chuffed to bits lasting till 3.30!

[scraggs]

It used to be a mortgage wife and 2 kids kept me motivated
In fairness it has been a really dismal day today.

[maybelateron]

Give it another 2 -3 weeks and you'll have to wait for good enough light in the morning to see the BT cables running through the tree.

[dan blocker]

23 minutes ago, maybelateron said:

Give it another 2 -3 weeks and you'll have to wait for good enough light in the morning to see the BT cables running through the tree.

In past winters on dark dreary days I didnt realise they could of been BT cables🤔, several times I’ve come across cables during the clean up and thought we had probably dropped the trees on old washing lines😳

[Mr. Squirrel]

Total opposite. I feel like the day flies by and it’s dark before I know it. I’d rather be out working till sunset than clocking off at 5 and not seeing any natural light all day 🤷🏻 

[Ty Korrigan]

Working with Mrs Lee in the Winter, we often do 2-3 days of smaller jobs, 9:30-4:30 to give us time to organise kids and domestic stuff as well as daylight quotes.

Quoting in the dark brings pleasures such as missing phonelines running through a conifer takedowns or not noting yet somehow avoiding at the quoting stage, the mastiffs turds in the unmown grass.

A drop in hours to give myself time to quote in daylight pays for itself in the hours won by not f**king up quotes.

 

   Stuart

    

 

[doobin]

Not just you Jack- multiple times this last week I found myself thinking 'couple of hours and I'll be heading home'. Looked at the digger clock and it's barely midday FFS.

 

I don't clockwatch. Just seemed that my internal body clock was out of sync.

[Jack.P]

31 minutes ago, doobin said:

Not just you Jack- multiple times this last week I found myself thinking 'couple of hours and I'll be heading home'. Looked at the digger clock and it's barely midday FFS.

 

I don't clockwatch. Just seemed that my internal body clock was out of sync.

Know the feeling .today was a bit better with some sun until about 1230 then started going dark again .bit of a drag but 4pm seems to be the right time to stop at the moment before it gets too dark .so bang on 4 I’m off with no hanging about! usually know by the time by refuelling every half hour