What makes you lose track of time—and find yourself again?

With so many high-achievers in our community it was super interesting to learn about the moments when they lose track of time. We’ve highlighted some of those conversations below.

Elizabeth Converse

I am a writer and painter in my heart and actions. It is my safe place, my home, my creative center. Each morning, I prepare for my day through meditation and exercise—sacred music, my own brand of movement, sitting with my objectives and commitments. Later, I contemplate the next few days, weeks, and months. Read more>>

Christian Warren

Creating in the kitchen. There are mornings when I wake up with new food ideas and I need to make them. Those ideas stay with me until I knock them out in the kitchen. It’s like I have a pallet in my brain. I know what the food is going to taste like, so it almost haunts me until I I start cooking. Read more>>

Jena Priebe

As an Analytical Thinker I rarely lose track of time, especially since I have so little of it as a small business owner. However, the only time when this naturally happens is when i’m reading an especially scintillating novel OR when I am creating my own artwork. In these moments, time ceases to exist. I do not notice hunger or bodily discomfort at all. Read more>>

Tigran Garabekyan

Golf. It’s a hobby I have cultivated for the past decade. Spending time on the course requires mindful awareness of the moment – both internally and externally. I have to calm my breath, learn how to be fully committed to the task at hand, and then also learn how to let go and accept what happens regardless of the outcome. Read more>>

Ana Gomes Bernaus

Last year, I started a personal project focused on the practices, behaviors, and attitudes that build motivation, enhance creativity, and create fulfillment. It’s called Raising Moxy, and I released it on January 1st of this year. It came about after going through a difficult period, my house was broken into, which triggered a lot of anxiety. Read more>>

Cierra Martinez

Writing makes me lose track of time. Every writer has their own process and mine occurs only at night. Within the deep hours of the night, I lose track of time writing my story. It is easy to get lost within a story and lose myself in my characters but that is also where I find myself again. Read more>>