I hung 92 boards solo on a Friday and still made it home by 4

Last month I had this job in Austin where the foreman promised me a helper but the guy never showed. Ended up hanging 92 sheets of 5/8 inch myself from 6am to 3pm, just hustling through the hallways of this new apartment complex. Foreman gave me an extra $200 for the solo grind but I was so beat I could barely lift my arms to drive home. Anyone else ever get stuck pulling a big room alone like that?

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the_spencer22d ago

Ever notice how the hours between 10am and 2pm just vanish when you're solo grinding, but drag on forever when the crew's around? It's like your brain goes into a weird time warp when you're locked into that kind of pace.

the_christopher21d ago

I read somewhere that your brain releases more dopamine when you're in a flow state alone versus with other people distracting you. Something about the reward system getting interrupted when you have to shift focus to chat or whatever. Makes sense why those solo hours just disappear.

leo_fisher21d ago

Read in some psych article that flow state actually suppresses the brain's prefrontal cortex - the part that over thinks and tracks time. So when @the_christopher mentioned that reward system interruption, it clicks because your brain isn't wasting energy on noticing distractions. It's literally rewiring itself to just focus on the task and nothing else. That's why four hours can feel like forty minutes when you're locked in solo, but a group project feels like pulling teeth.