When I'm working I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together with my wife is how to acknowledge each other in the midst of this and keep the relationship going.
My wife whenever I'd go off to work and I'd be kind of anxious she'll say...
I feel an intense intimacy with those who have this loathing interest in me....
If you get simple beauty and naught else you get about the best thing God invents.