My Final Cut Pro X project went missing

I recently downloaded the trial version of Final Cut Pro X to my Macbook Pro and spent eight hours editing a video yesterday in one continuous session.
When I tried to share it to my desktop no files ever showed up. I tried a bunch of different formats and it all went fine until I pressed OK - nothing ever came out. So then I quit and restarted my computer, and now the whole project is gone. Like it never existed.
It may be that it was exporting in the background (I just discovered that on this forum) but in the eight hours it never saved once??
Is there any way I can recover my project? I need to submit it tomorrow morning. I'm nervous that I'll pull an all nighter to redo the video and it won't share again. Is it worth me purchasing the full version?
Any advice in the next few hours would be appreciated!!

You are correct. However, I don't need luck...there's no such thing.
I did find, by the grace of the universe, that by monitoring increasing memory pressure caused by FCPX over time, archiving older projects, frequently backing up projects (from within the library .fcpbundle) quitting FCPX every so often, and deleting prefs before relaunching, FCPX runs smoothly, no longer crashes my system, and projects no longer disappear.
Good "luck" to you!
"Lara"
B.S.E.E./Comp Sci, M.S.E.E/Comp Sci
Consultant to the likes of Sperry Univac, Unisys, IBM, NBC, Merrill Lynch, Y&R, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO, and
Former Citicorp V.P./Director International Systems
And Mac power user since 1986.
Currently running 4 maxed-out macs (+one PC) with 10 displays and many, many external drives (HHD and SSD).
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