The Night Shift Job

When I was younger, I worked two full-time jobs so that my wife could stay at home with our children. I started at 2pm and finished the first job at 11pm. I then went to the second job at 11pm and worked until 7am. I was able to be home in time for breakfast with the family. It wasn't perfect, but it was the best I could do. I did this for eleven years until I finally got a huge promotion. That promotion doubled my income and I was able to resign at my second job. I still worked some part time hours for that second employer for another 10 years. About getting through those long night shifts. That was tough. Many many times I thought to myself that I just couldn't do this another day. But I did. I ended up using my breaks to take naps. I had an alarm clock and took two 15 minute and one 30 minute breaks sitting down, eyes closed. I may not have always slept during those breaks but it was complete rest. It helped me get through those tough nights.

When I was working a lot of years ago I did night shift for months on end. I think it had a lasting effect on my sleeping habits

I never did night shifts. I don't think I can survive it. I am a night owl, but I only stay online during those times without the stress of working.

Night shift. What is that? I cannot stay awake beyond 9 in the night

Drink a lot of iced coffe to stay awake the whole night shift. Funny but true.

I’ve always been a “night owl,” so it wasn’t much of a problem when I worked nights. The one thing I did that my coworkers didn’t seem to do was maintain my “work schedule” on my nights off. They would sleep on their nights off, while I stayed awake and slept during the day on my nights off.