That 48 hour job in Port Fourchon that nearly broke me

We got called to fix a cathodic protection system on a jetty at 3 AM during a squall and ended up working 20 hours straight because the boat couldn't leave. Has anyone else had a single shift go that sideways and how did you handle the rest of the week?

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grace_hunt8428d ago

Respectfully, I see it a bit different. Twenty hours straight is rough, sure, but that's just the nature of offshore work when weather windows close and equipment fails. You handle the rest of the week by accepting that some weeks are gonna be pure survival mode and cutting yourself slack on everything else.

thomas_johnson28d ago

Did you always have this take, or did you learn it the hard way too? I used to think the only way to handle weeks like that was to push through and pretend everything was fine, which just made me crash harder later. But you're right, some weeks are strictly survival mode and you just gotta accept that and cut yourself slack. There's no prize for being tough about it, just a longer recovery time. Honestly, this made me rethink how I approach my own rough patches, so thanks for that.