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Switched to graveyard shift

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DocBartend

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I just took the graveyard shift for a change and i love it b/c i get work done uninterrupted. But switching from 6-3 to 11pm-7am is crazy hard. When i get home i sleep for maybe 2-3 hours and then i can do no more.
How do you make the switch? My drives home from Nashville are like 1.5 hours and i about pass out. A pot of coffee only lasts a while, Red Bull is bad mmkay.
Do you graveyard shifters sleep a lot in the day?
 
i smoke to normalize my sleep cycles, whenever i need more sleep i just smoke until i pass out ^_^

//edit, i work graveyard 11-7 Fri/Sat and then 3-11 alot of the other days, AND i have another job, so i need to change the times i sleep alot
 
You have to sleep dumbass 😛

Sleep like from when you get home till 1-2 PM. Then enjoy the rest of the day till work 🙂
 
I've been working graveyard for 13 years and I just go home and sleep. It can be super noisy outside and the sun can be shining in my face...doesn't matter. I usually sleep about 6-7 hours, and then every few weeks I do a 20+ hour sleep.

3rd shift is the best shift IMO...I wouldn't want to work anything else regardless of pay...
 
Eat healthy while at work. Treat it like a 1st shift schedule. Stay up when you get in from work till 12 or so like you would normally in the evenings. Then grab 7/8 hours of sleep. Should allow you plenty of time to get to work.
 
I work from 9pm to 7:30am on nightshift. I usually sleep from 10-11am to between 3-7:30pm. On the weekends, I am usually up all the time starting from when I get up for work Thursday evening to monday morning, then I sleep all monday till about 6pm. You have to get used to it, give it a couple months, stick with it, and soon, you'll be able to sleep no matter what conditions are like in the middle of the day.

PS: thick, dark curtains or blinds help during the adjusting period.
 
When I worked Graveyard .. I just said fvck it, and slept behind my desk.

I did have people banging at my door a couple times tho






 
Originally posted by: DocBartend
I just took the graveyard shift for a change and i love it b/c i get work done uninterrupted. But switching from 6-3 to 11pm-7am is crazy hard. When i get home i sleep for maybe 2-3 hours and then i can do no more.
How do you make the switch? My drives home from Nashville are like 1.5 hours and i about pass out. A pot of coffee only lasts a while, Red Bull is bad mmkay.
Do you graveyard shifters sleep a lot in the day?
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Yeah, sleep in the day is cool, but i like Aderal.
 
..I worked grave for 10+years..I slept from 11:00am till 6or 7pm. Even on my days off. I used melatonin sometimes. Working graveshift is a discipline..if you don't have any you'll eventually have lots of problems at work and at home. Sleep will find you sooner or later. There is no escape.
 
Yeah i love the night. Ever since bartending, i have been a night owl. I guess my body will get used to this all. I think if i move to Nashville instead of commuting it would be easier. I understand i need to sleep in the day but it's much harder to do that i thought. I'm going on 3 hours sleep now and i feel ok. And i agree, the graveyard shift seems to be a great shift. Now i have time for more ATOT.
 
Get off work, go home. Eat some breakfast to put something on your stomach. Then take a cool shower. Turn a movie on, something like the first matrix that is all dark... and turn a fan on. Youll be out like a light, and wont wake up for about 6 hours. If you do, Nytol will help you get some z's
 
I don't work graveyard but night shift. Ocassionally I have to do the standard morning schedule and changing my sleep schedule for it always kicks my @$$.

I definitely enjoy waking up whenever I want though... but working when everyone else is out of work does kinda suck. At least you're paid more for graveyard... are you?? (It's law in my state at least)
 
nah, we arent paid more for GY shift. I do enjoy missing meetings although i have to call in to listen to them occassionally.
 
Originally posted by: deftron
When I worked Graveyard .. I just said fvck it, and slept behind my desk.

I did have people banging at my door a couple times tho
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:thumbsup: I recommend this approach. Of course if you sleep too much at work then it may be harder to get sleep at home.
 
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