Cerebralbore101 on 16 September 2017
| bonzobanana said: I used to work a nightshift 60hrs a week, 5 x 12 hr shifts and used to cycle to work which was about 7 miles each way with a very steep 1km long hill going to work. The job was physically demanding as well as mentally demanding. I was running multiple machines, sometimes up to about 12 machines as well as lifting and rewiring them and doing frequent quality checks. I did this for many years without a single day off sick. I felt fantastic at the time and was super fit and actually did enjoy the job which counts for a lot and loved the cycling commute most of the time. Sadly the company closed and I ended up sat down all day in an office writing power tool manuals hardly moving from the spot in a bad environment for stress with people around me with their own agenda and issues which I won't go into. My weight went up and my health went down. At first with the night shift I would keep forcing myself back into a normal sleep pattern for the weekend but found working with the night shift and even following the same sleep pattern over the weekend was necessary to be successful at doing that shift pattern. I guess my point is adapt as much as possible to your routine and do everything you can to make it better. If that means sleeping in a dark room with ear plugs in so you can catch up with all your sleep so be it. |
Yeah, do what you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. I wouldn't do that sort of a schedule forever, but it would be good money while it lasted.
