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Originally Posted by Fusebox  Getting good sleep is something im struggling with at present. My situation is I work in a rotating shift role at work. Its 12 hour shifts, 4 days on and 4 days off. Its 2 days and 2 nights.
For example, on Monday I'll start at 7am, finish at 7pm. Same on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday I'll start at 7pm and finish at 7am on Thurs, then back again that night from 7pm to 7am. Then ive got four days off.
So for me, Im unable to get into a healthy routine for personal development. I was wondering if anyone can offer any advice? I am planning to stay in this role for about another 15months at least (its a career role). |
That's a tough one. I've never dealt with a schedule like that, but I did work 2nd shift (in my case, 5pm - 1am) for quite a while, and struggled with living a "regular life", especially on days off.
For me, the challenge was sticking to something on the off days, and adjusting to the fact that maybe it would be better to go to bed right after finishing work, rather than the more traditional "get up, go to work, come home, do stuff for five hours, then sleep" pattern.
There's no way (it would appear) that you can have the same schedule every day, but perhaps you can try to make either the 7am-7pm or 7pm-7am schedule work for you on your offdays. Then you have five days a week that are consistent. The first day or two of that each week, shifting back from the other schedule, might be hard, but at least you'll have two or three solid days a week.
Or you could devise a way to change your schedule...
