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Started a new job back in July. Currently, the only shifts available to me start at 6:30AM. I'm 39 and for the past 25 years I've worked afternoons or nights. So I'm very used to not going to bed earlier than 2AM and now my days consist of:

Wake up at 4AM to make it to work by 6:30AM(morning constitutional and shower and breakfast)

Work til 2:14-3:30 depending.

Come home and nap til 7-7:30.

Wake up and cook dinner and wait for The Wife to get home.

Eat dinner and spend time with The Wife and engage in hobbies.

Go to sleep at midnight.

Repeat til day off.

Almost feels like I'm a Dreadnought.from WH40K. Being woken up to serve and then consigned to waiting slumber.

Or, you know. Whatever IP you like better. Point is I'm tired, and I'm going to go nap.

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[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

It still feels like a lot of time for all that, but the core of my advice is still the same. You need REM or you'll be a zombie. Figured that one out the hard way with a similar schedule to yours.

I do realize you weren't asking for help or anything but I just wanted to share in the off chance it might help you.

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