Does anyone have any tips on getting used to working the night shift hours of 10pm to 6am?
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It will take a while to get used to these hours of being awake. Just do your best to get your sleep and if you do not have a family try to stay awake when you come home from work just like you would if you were working during the day. Then go to sleep giving you a good 7-8 hours of sleep at least, when you wake up treat it like morning and eat your breakfast and go to work. \n\nI used to work those hours and i will tell you this once you get into the habit of staying up all night it is hard to get out of the habit. 4 years later I am still up all night even after switching hours. Good luck, but remember give it time.
483106
it depend's  if you have work a lot at night
576344
Change is good!!\nDo you have the time to teach night school??  That way you won't lose the teaching skills !!
621309
Try to take the stress out of your day.  It is the only way that I have ever found that actually works.  I make a big to-do list and then work at it all day so by night time I don't have a whole bunch of projects lingering over my head that I think about instead of sleeping.
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i have always been quite the insomniac. luckily for me, I'm on a night shift now, and seeing as i enjoy staying up late i just do and it's fine. however i wasn't always on a night shift so i can give u some of my techniques.\n\n1.) first of all, u could try herbal supplements. Valerian root and melatonin are the two best. melatonin will always be in pill form that i know of, but it's just a replicate of the exact same chemical that your brain uses to put you to sleep. it's either the best stuff out there or it won't work at all. that depends on you. Valerian root on the other hand, has one major benefit for you. it doesn't to be a pill. u can actually buy this in it's natural form and i think u boil it in some water. the pills for valerian root and melatonin are the most convenient.  there may also be some herbal teas that have it.\n\n2.)ur second bet is herbal teas. there are alot of them available a sleep aid and even if they don't have Valerian root they do have other things that work. and drinking something warm before u go to bed usually helps you go to sleep anyhow. warm milk can sometimes do it for me. you need to make sure, however, that you do not drink anything with sugar or caffeine in it at least 2 hours before you go to bed. if i have to go to bed at ten, i don't drink caffeine after 5 pm, or not at all if i can help it. also, u might try not smoking about a half hour before sleeping if u r a smoker.\n\n3.) another thing u can try is a sleep CD. my friend Whitney swears by some of them. they have music or sounds or just gentle whispering and she says that some of hers will put u to sleep within 5 minutes of starting them.\n\n4.) make sure that you have the most comfortable bed set up possible. if your like me, your body and mind love finding any excuse to get up, and the wrong pillow blanket and mattress is an easy target. i love the foam pillows but the foam mattresses suck for me. but it all depends on you. if you sleep in clothes, make sure they are soft and loose. it's better to sleep in the nude, however. also keeping a room a bit too cold for ur tastes but having plenty of cover is a great way to go to sleep. you'll wrap urself up tightly and u won;t move. soon you'll be asleep. i always sleep better in winter.\n\n5.) reading or watching a television show that just DOES NOT INTEREST YOU is another way. i watch the news because i hate the news. sometimes the news can conk me out in the middle of the day. \n\n6.)there are plenty of meditation exercises out there and lots of them can relax you to the point of sleepiness. instructions for quite a few should be available on line, but try this one: breath in and fill your lungs all the way up. imagine that when you breathe in you are breathing in a number (the number one for the first breath and so on). fill ur lungs up completely with ones. then breath out all of the ones (emptying ur lungs completely) and then continue with the number two. sounds crazy but it does relax you and if ur laying on ur back in ur bed, it can actually put you to sleep.\n\ni hope one of these works!!
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Congrats!! That is great.\n\nHmm... some suggestions: \n- Arrive early\n- Bring anything they asked for (sometimes they ask for a void check, if they haven't don't worry, I just know they asked me), \n- Give yourself lots of time in the morning to get ready so you won't feel rushed before your shift so therefore you won't feel as stressed.\n- Don't be afraid to ask any questions, or ask for help at any time. Remember everyone that is working there now was once new too so they understand.\n\nAndddd... since it sounds like you are going to be pretty busy make sure you wear comfortable shoes, seriously. You'll thank me later. :)\n\nCongrats again, and don't worry you'll be fine!! :)
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Ask nicely, and offer to make the time up; work through lunch, come in early, stay late another night.  It helps, of course, if you've been a excellent employee.
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you need to stay up late always.. and don't take a rest/sleep during the day..also, expose youself to all kinds of stress
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You need to be consistent... doing one once in a while is the toughest.  Try to do at least 3 in a row for your body to get into the night rhythm.  Some people try melatonin pills to help them get adjusted.  Good luck.
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i have not had a good nights sleep for years, i work nights... :D
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I would like to work from 7 to 3 or 4 because it would leave me with a lot of daylight hours.  Not really possible in my profession.
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Start by leaving work at the workplace, do not bring it home.  Use the time going to work to psych yourself up (I know I can do this, it is only a few hours...) and use the time getting home to dump (Wow, do I work with a bunch of ....).  Finish dumping before you get home.  Scream if you need to (so who care what stranger think, right?).\nRelax.  Even if there a a list of things which need to get done that is a mile long, home is the nest for feeling safe a secure.  Calm down.  You are home.  You made it through another day.  Spend five to fifteen minutes listening to music or talking with any family which might be home.  Pet the cat if you have one.\nOkay, now you are ready do what ever you need to get done (dinner, chores, workout, whatever).  Think about what you need to do and then get up and do it.\nYou will find that if you do a really ggod dumb on the way home, you will be very much more effective once you get there.  This will allow more time (including the kick back time).\nA couple of other things:  a good balanced meal is better than skipping one 'cause you ain't got the time.  Lights...  lots of lights.  What you pay in electric bill is cheaper than drugs and the light (especially in the winter) will have a great effect.\nYou might want to investigate meditation.  It also can work wonders.
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I'm not going to pretend that I know what it is like to do the 7 on 7 off schedule, but the transition from day to night is rough. I invested in those room darkening blinds ($10 at Walmart) and stole a pair of ear plugs from the factory I worked for. If you're in a factory, you probably agree that the industrial ear plugs are good enough that you don't hear the trash man outside, but weak enough that you can hear the alarm. The new blinds didn't make my room pitch black at night, but it helped. As far as switching the schedules, try to push yourself on Friday (or whatever your last work day is) to not go to sleep until anywhere from 8-10 that night. It'll wear you out enough that you won't be up before the crack of dawn. You'll also get enough sleep that you can enjoy the weekend "properly". Also, try to get on a sleep schedule as soon as possible. If you stick to the same schedule everyother week your body will get more used to it quicker. ie. don't stay up til noon one day and get in bed at 8 the next.
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Unless you have a shift job where getting good sleep can be hard, those with a basic 9-5 job is fairly easy. \n\nGo to bed at the same time every night. No caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, eating within 2 hours of sleeping. Also do not drink an excess amount of liquid before bed, or you will be up during the night going to the bathroom. Take a bath or exercise no less than 2 hours before hand as well. Have a dark, quiet, cool room. Plan your sleep time for 9-10 hrs if that is what you need.\n\nWake up at the same time every day as well. \n\nYour body is out of sleep whack so it cannot figure out what to do and when. It is like a train that is going off its track.\n\nGood luck, good night, sleep tight.
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Try working a job at night.
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i have always been quite the insomniac.  luckily for me, I'm on a night shift now, and seeing as i enjoy staying up late i just do and it's fine.  however i wasn't always on a night shift so i can give u some of my techniques.\n\n1.)  first of all, u don't want pills?  is this a health thing like you don't like taking pills? u could try herbal supplements.  Valerian root and melatonin are the two best.  melatonin will always be in pill form that i know of, but it's just a replicate of the exact same chemical that your brain uses to put you to sleep.  it's either the best stuff out there or it won't work at all. that depends on you.  Valerian root on the other hand, has one major benefit for you.  it doesn't to be a pill.  u can actually buy this in it's natural form and i think u boil it in some water.  there may also be some herbal teas that have it.\n\n2.)ur second bet is herbal teas.  there are alot of them available a  sleep aid and even if they don't have Valerian root they do have other things that work.  and drinking something warm before u go to bed usually helps you go to sleep anyhow.  warm milk can sometimes do it for me.  you need to make sure, however, that you do not drink anything with sugar or caffeine in it at least 2 hours before you go to bed.  if i have to go to bed at ten, i don't drink caffeine after 5 pm, or not at all if i can help it.  also, u might try not smoking about a half hour before sleeping if u r a smoker.\n\n3.) another thing u can try is a sleep CD.  my friend Whitney swears by some of them.  they have music or sounds or just gentle whispering and she says that some of hers will put u to sleep within 5 minutes of starting them.\n\n4.) make sure that you have the most comfortable bed set up possible.  if your like me, your body and mind love finding any excuse to get up, and the wrong pillow blanket and mattress is an easy target.  i love the foam pillows but the foam mattresses suck for me.  but it all depends on you. if you sleep in clothes, make sure they are soft and loose.  it's better to sleep in the nude, however. also keeping a room a bit too cold for ur tastes but having plenty of cover is a great way to go to sleep.  you'll wrap urself up tightly and u won;t move.  soon you'll be asleep.  i always sleep better in winter.\n\n5.) reading or watching a television show that just DOES NOT INTEREST YOU is another way.  i watch the news because i hate the news.  sometimes the news can conk me out in the middle of the day.  \n\n6.)there are plenty of meditation exercises out there and lots of them can relax you to the point of sleepiness.  instructions for quite a few should be available on line, but try this one: breath in and fill your lungs all the way up.  imagine that when you breathe in you are breathing in a number (the number one for the first breath and so on).  fill ur lungs up completely with ones.  then breath out all of the ones (emptying ur lungs completely) and then continue with the number two. sounds crazy but it does relax you and if ur laying on ur back in ur bed, it can actually put you to sleep.\n\ni hope one of these works!!
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Maybe you could have a log book detailing the night's notable activities.\n\nThen the person coming on duty could review it quickly and ask any needed questions before the other person left.\n\nShouldn't take more than 15 minutes to change shifts. That's wht I do at my office.