Just hit 500 hours of bottom time this year. That number hit me.

Logged it last night after a long day on the Lake Michigan intake lines. Boss just handed me the sheet. Been grinding since January, mostly cold, dark work. Never kept track before. Makes you think about all the time spent down there. Anyone else ever get surprised by their own logbook totals?

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4 Comments

terry8352mo ago

Numbers sneak up on you in all kinds of work.

wyatt1352mo ago

Man, that's a heavy number to see all at once... all those hours in the dark. It really puts the grind into perspective when it's totaled up like that. You must have seen some things down there on those lines. It's a quiet kind of work that most people never even think about. Seeing it logged makes it real in a different way.

gavin46910d ago

Jumped on my logbook last spring after a buddy pointed out I was forgetting half my dives. That moment when you realize you've been working blind. It helped me to set a small goal for each week, not a big number, just a couple hours here and there. Then at the end of the month you look back and it really adds up. @terry835 is right about numbers sneaking up on you, but I found that logging them as you go makes it feel less like a shock and more like progress. Now I actually look forward to adding that last note before I head home, it closes the day out right.

shane_park922mo ago

500 hours of bottom time" is wild. My logbook is mostly just me trying to remember what I had for lunch.