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Jan. 12th, 2008 03:54 pmI've been working night shift all week. I have two nights left to go (tonight and tomorrow), and those will be twelve-hour shifts instead of the usual eight, so I anticipate they will be harder than the rest of the week.
So far night shift hasn't been too bad. It's generally quiet, I haven't fallen asleep at work (although apparently I'm allowed to as long as I can be instantly awake and alert to answer the phone if needs be), and I seem to have adapted reasonably well to sleeping during the day. It will be hard to re-wire myself to sleep at night next week, especially as I think I head back onto night shift again two weeks after that, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
The main thing about night shift is that, so far, my productivity for everything else is shot to hell. I am filing this away for future reference, so that I'll know not to plan anything big for weeks when I'm on nights. Basically the best I can do is go to bed almost right after I get home, sleep until the evening, and then move around in a haze like a zombie until it's time to go to work, by which time I'm usually awake and okay.
This isn't a bad thing, necessarily. It's just something I need to keep in mind so that I don't beat myself up over getting "nothing" done during weeks when I'm working nights. I'm not really a night person (in fact I'm just about the opposite), so it shouldn't surprise me if I have less energy and am less productive during those times.
So far night shift hasn't been too bad. It's generally quiet, I haven't fallen asleep at work (although apparently I'm allowed to as long as I can be instantly awake and alert to answer the phone if needs be), and I seem to have adapted reasonably well to sleeping during the day. It will be hard to re-wire myself to sleep at night next week, especially as I think I head back onto night shift again two weeks after that, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
The main thing about night shift is that, so far, my productivity for everything else is shot to hell. I am filing this away for future reference, so that I'll know not to plan anything big for weeks when I'm on nights. Basically the best I can do is go to bed almost right after I get home, sleep until the evening, and then move around in a haze like a zombie until it's time to go to work, by which time I'm usually awake and okay.
This isn't a bad thing, necessarily. It's just something I need to keep in mind so that I don't beat myself up over getting "nothing" done during weeks when I'm working nights. I'm not really a night person (in fact I'm just about the opposite), so it shouldn't surprise me if I have less energy and am less productive during those times.
