Wanderlust, how to get past it during work?
03-18-12, 10:48 PM
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Wanderlust, how to get past it during work?
Since moving to CO I am dreaming even more than usual of big tours and races. I find myself making dumb mistakes at work because I end up daydreaming and wondering where the last hour went. How do you guys stay focused for the 8 hours a day or so at work?
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Do you do weekend tours?
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Get a job with flexible hours? I carry a bike with me and ride whenever I can.
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I feel your pain. I'm dual-monitoring: one screen with a picture of the Surly LHT I'm ordering in a month and the other screen has a picture of Route 66.
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I have this problem too. Was 6 minutes late for an online meeting b/c I was looking at pix of the TT bike I want to buy. Oops.
Spring is in the air, and when it's not blowing around at 80mph, it's very distracting.
Spring is in the air, and when it's not blowing around at 80mph, it's very distracting.
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Great responses everyone, I am a mechanic at a bike shop, luckily I always catch the mistakes when I test ride things so they never make it out the door but it still is frustrating and makes me look bad. I ride to work and read touring journals on my lunch break. Actually right now I should probably quit typing and get on my way, the internet always pulls me in before work as well...
Macka I think I have the wife convinced for a weekend tour next week and I hope to make it a semi regular thing until we can get to something bigger. I do ride often, I just want a ride that can truly be labeled as an adventure, its been way too long.
Macka I think I have the wife convinced for a weekend tour next week and I hope to make it a semi regular thing until we can get to something bigger. I do ride often, I just want a ride that can truly be labeled as an adventure, its been way too long.
