What keeps you up?

Well, pain keeps me up at night. I can't sleep during the day, but at night I'm often up because the pain is too intense for me to sleep. Thankfully though I have been getting more sleep than usual. Lately I have been able to sleep at least four hours a night. The jobs I have had in the past never kept me up late, but they certainly did get me up early. I remember once job I had required me to be at work at 6am. I am very fortunate that I am a morning person anyway.

I worked at a call center was I was seventeen. It was so difficult because people could be so rude at times on the phone. Does that ever bother you?

nolissalim hi long time back i worked the night shift as a nurses aide and I and the nurses did drink a lot of coffee but it never seemed to bother me sleeping in the day time as I wore it off answering lights in the middle of the night. walking if off we did drink the coffee and talked of course too.Now I am retired and in a retirement center. my motor mouth roommate talks in the middle of the night and wakes me up as she evidently cannot bear to be the only awake, he he he he.

Hi nolissalim
If I want to be up through out the night, I will just wash my face with cold water and this keeps me fresh throughout the night

I work at daytime, so practically, i don't have problem keeping myself up. But even though, i also feel sleepy sometimes, specially in the afternoon. I also drink coffee. I also don't keep myself sitting by the computer when i feel sleepy. It's actually not a big deal as i have other alternative of popping a stick of cigarette outside.

Like you,I work at night too.I work in a biogas power plant and I manage the running of it.I can call my girlfriend during working hours before 11 o'clock,then I read the novel or play game on the computer .All above are approved and sleep is not.

If I need to stay awake at night I will drink lots of soda that has caffeine in it. I start about 5pm and drink it during the night if I drink something that has caffeine in it after 5 pm I am up all night. I know soda is not good for me but it does help keep me awake.

some activity or hobby which make me always keep up is playing game, this one is my favorite to spend time, and wtch tv all day long

I can stay up nights if i'm doing something i enjoy. I usually sleep by 11 and if i have to stay up beyond that, i get very sleepy at around 11. If i somehow manage to get beyond that time.. i can stay up for however long. I dont even require a cup of coffee.
Its said that if you follow the same routine for 4 days, your body sets itself to that new routine. Some people find it harder and maybe following the EXACT same routine will help. Try ur luck with it.. Goodluck!

I normally use coffee and music to keep me up

Hey I am just like you because I was working in a call center for over 6 years and before that I was working in a recording studio. Basically you getting used to it is what keeps you up. After few months of getting used to it you will feel normal about it and you won't have problem staying up at night. How long have you been working in night shifts?

To give solution to your problem let me just tell you what I do. I have also felt sleepy during working hours. Basically during those times I just standup from my seat and roam a little bit like going to the rest room and doing a little bit of stretch and having water and then come back to my seat. I also at times pick up a conversation with one of my friends to break away from the boredom. Don't drink lot of coffee. drink water, it is good.

At the end of the day it's about getting used to it. If you are relatively new to the shift timings then it is natural for you to feel sleepy. I find many like that in my call center and I hope your seniors would understand.