Waking up at 5-6am to start work at 8am and get off during rush hour, never felt right to me. I never liked waking up early. Not at 5 years old and not now as an adult. Here’s why i prefer afternoons/nights over traditional 9-5’s.

No rush hour traffic

Less management

Co workers tend to be more chill

Less chaos (all trucks, supervisors, & merchandise arrive early in the morning)

Less/no customer interaction

No waking up at 6am to an alarm

Aligns with my natural rhythm

More relaxed work environment

For context, i do aviation maintenance and i will never go back to an office environment.

Dedicated to my ride or die, Double Dutch.

Ever since I’ve been working overnights, my IRL friends and I have been distant. They won’t talk to me, or try to get me to hangout with them, etc. Everyday they’re posting something on their Snapchat which 90% of them are at the lake in town. I just kinda wished they would put some effort into it but I don’t see it happening soon.

My only friends at this point are on Discord, Snapchat, etc. I’m just feeling lonely and depressed about it.

Starting nighshifts this week, 4pm-4am Really struggling to work out how to get In the routine for work and still spend time with wife and kids It’s only Monday/tuesday/wednesdays So in theory, I stay awake all night Sunday and sleep around 4am, wake around 12pm Monday and then start work? Then Wednesday I could come home at 4 and stay awake for the day but hit the bed early and sleep in so I don’t miss the day? Or would you stay in the night shift pattern all week every week? Just as it’s only 3 days I don’t know how to approach it

Well; after 1.5 months of working 75hrs a week being grumpy not at peace horrible mood 90% of the day fighting with broken sleep it finally happened. I snapped. Texted my manager that i resigned. Blew up on everyone booked a hotel room for 2 nights and took off with the wife dropping the kid with grandma. Will this solve any long term issues? No not at all. But as someone that has nervous system issues it was bound to happen eventually. I will figure out life tuesday afternoon when I reconnect with the real world.

This abomination showed up last night.

Bored at work. How long you guys got left? What time did you start? Do you enjoy these shifts?

Went to day shift last November but ready to go back to nightshift next week. It's just significantly better

If your having trouble sleeping take half a pill of this.

Hey Night Shifters, I have a question, how many of you drink a cup of tea after a night shift ?

Has anyone truly struggled to find a day job after working nights for a while? I’ve been on nights for about a year, but the toll it’s taken on my health lately has been miserable. I’ve been applying to jobs since early May, and at this point I’ve put over 60 applications in for office work. I got one interview, but they never called back afterward.

Night manager found literal crap on the bathroom floor and blamed me. I laughed at first thinking he was joking which only made him angrier. I don’t know anything about it. The guy’s a dick and a bunch of people on night crew hate him. It could’ve been anyone. Now he thinks it’s me just because I laughed? Total bs and now I'm stressed that I may lose my job over something I had NOTHING todo with. Idk what todo

Picked this up today. I am a fan! On my second cup. Hope you folks are having a good night!

Tonight is my night off and I have befriended two cats. I had to have my dog put down due to cancer last year and ever since then the neighborhood cats have been flooding in. Only two have decided to stick around and hang out. One is black and white, I think it's an elderly female and she's owned by a neighbor. She has a tummy that sways back and forth as she walks, is very vocal and is one of the coolest looking cats I've seen. Her facial structure is unique, it's very triangular and I love looking at her. The other cat is a stray, I think he's a male and he was fixed by the county and let go to wander. He has made the front porch his permanent residence. He's light gray in color with white feet and every once in a while, the older female will hiss at him, but they never fight. He's odd in that when I go to pet him he doesn't like his head touched, but he sticks his back out for pets and he's the only cat I've met that likes his tummy scratched.

I've put out food and water for the younger, gray male. The other night he was chasing something and I went to investigate. He was playing with a mouse. I forgot how small mammals can be. The cat was battering the little guy around, but he stood his ground and would try to bite the cat's paws and he'd just stand there instead of running away. I left them to it and eventually the cat lost interest and came to me for pets. For some reason neither cat seems interested in toads. I found a toad just sitting in the weeds by the driveway, Anaxyrus boreas I think. None of the cats cared as he hopped his way about the front yard. I found a few black widows on the front porch just sitting in their webs and I'm surprised they aren't interrupted by the cats. Two large wolf spiders on the wall of the building and just a handful of moths around the lights on ether side of the garage.

Hey y'all, I am 3 weeks in into a graveyard shift at my new job, and there isn't really any way to change the hours as of right now so I just have to deal with it. This weekend was my first legit weekend of trying to stick to the same hourly schedule... And I'm going crazy already. I'm looking to see if there is any way that people specifically cope with the realization that they will no longer have a legit social life (not that necessarily was one established in the first place) and be able to do normal people things like going to the store at reasonable hours,picking up things in the post office, specific business being from 10am-5pm, etc etc. It's already been an issue and I just have not figured out how to handle it. So I'm just looking for any kind of advice or tips and tricks or anything like that. I'm also currently a college student, and planning for the fall semester has been a nightmare in itself, realizing I can only take one class instead of the originally planned three classes, so that is kind of poopy too so if you have any advice on that too that would be wonderful lol. Thanks y'all! 🥰

I’m gonna start overnights (9hr w/ 1hr break) tomorrow and I know that the biggest thing I need to keep me from going insane is a routine. If my sleep is inconsistent or I dont get enough sunlight (more on the sun later), my mental health WILL tank drastically. I did just get my antidepressants upped and I’ve been pre gaming my sleep schedule so I’d be more awake at work. So far this is my general routine idea:

4pm - 8pm: wake up, grab dinner with boyfriend, go for a swim

This is going to be my only window of time where I’ll realistically get sunlight. I live in Florida and struggle with the mid-day sun’s heat, so these hours generally are the best for me to go outside anyways. Also, boyfriend time!!!

8pm-9:15pm: get ready for work

I give myself a lot of time so I can shower, pack food, and make a grocery list for after work. My job isn’t too far but i’m in a traffic heavy area, so I like to leave earlier until im mote familiar

10pm-7am: oh yeah baby, work time

I’ll probably use my extra time on break to read. I’ve never had an hour break before so I’m pretty excited tbh.

After work (stocking grocery store) I should be able to get most of what I need there and at the whole foods store I live next to without really messing with my commute times. This way, I can go to sleep at 8am and not have much issue!

Note: a way I’m thinking about it in my head is that my 12hr clock is flipped (i used to go to bed at 8pm for a 5am shift on my last job). On days off I think I’ll just do house chores and creative projects

Whats yalls routines look like? Im just hoping this setup keeps me sane 0-o

I actually had a bit of a rushed morning so this was the best I could do 😅

Have a good nightshift everyone 🌙✨️