Daily writing prompt

Which activities make you lose track of time?

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There are a ton of things that I can get lost in and completely lose track of time.

• Spending time with Jen. We used to call them flake days. We just plop down in the living room or something in the morning and just hang out and next thing you know it’s evening. I love that sort of thing.
• Music. Playing music. Listening to music. Music for me is pretty much the ultimate time distorter. Hours can feel like minutes.
• Television. Getting lost in a good TV show can cause me to lose track of time. That goes for movies too, but the real danger is binge watching a full series. I sit down thinking I’ll watch an episode or two and next thing you know I’ve watched an episode or five or six and half the day is gone.
• Driving. This is a big one for me. I love to drive. I love to drive long distances. I love to just get lost on the highway, both figuratively and literally. Just point myself in a direction and see where I end up and when I end up there. Fortunately Jen feels the same way. There have been many a time where we have been hours away from home and still decide to take the longest route imaginable. If the longest route isn’t long enough then we take an extra circuitous route and make it longer.

There are probably a hundred or so more things I could say that are just as important and just as valid, but these are the ones that immediately spring to mind. What can I say, I enjoy losing track of time and I am pretty good at it.