start nightshift in 3 hours!

[Skelding]

as the title says, i begin my first stint of nightshift at 7 tonight, any tips/hints to survive?

[Fergo]

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Take paracetamol.

[MikeDyson]

avoid the desire to drink blood

[L-E-S-S-T-H-A-N]

radio

[TsingTao7777]

i did 6pm-6am night shift 5 days a week for a few years, its difficult to begin with, but the main thing is to keep busy, keeping busy will help you immensely

stay away from red bulls and energy drinks etc because they will start affecting your sleep, trust me they may work in the beginning but they will hurt you in the end

get good sleep, depending on your hours whether its 8 or 12 if its 8 its not so bad but if you are doing a 12 hour shift your sleep is essential and good sleep at that

basically mate you just need to keep busy eat good nutritional food (fast food will make you feel sluggish and at 2am sluggish is not a good feeling)

eat lots of fruit i found that to be the best

hope that helps lemme know if you have any other questions about it!

good luck!

[Skelding]

i did 6pm-6am night shift 5 days a week for a few years, its difficult to begin with, but the main thing is to keep busy, keeping busy will help you immensely

stay away from red bulls and energy drinks etc because they will start affecting your sleep, trust me they may work in the beginning but they will hurt you in the end

get good sleep, depending on your hours whether its 8 or 12 if its 8 its not so bad but if you are doing a 12 hour shift your sleep is essential and good sleep at that

basically mate you just need to keep busy eat good nutritional food (fast food will make you feel sluggish and at 2am sluggish is not a good feeling)

eat lots of fruit i found that to be the best

hope that helps lemme know if you have any other questions about it!

good luck!

thanks mate, its 7pm to 7am, usually only 4 nights a week...but im doing an extra night (tonight) so it's 5 nights. im an electrical/test technician so its quite easy to keep busy and pretty interesting. i think i'll be fine until it hits after midnight, but we'll wait and see haha

[TsingTao7777]

thanks mate, its 7pm to 7am, usually only 4 nights a week...but im doing an extra night (tonight) so it's 5 nights. im an electrical/test technician so its quite easy to keep busy and pretty interesting. i think i'll be fine until it hits after midnight, but we'll wait and see haha

haha have some green mate, its a tough shift thats for sure!!

its funny but i always found the first 6 hours go by easier than the last 6 hours

the 6-midnight was a killer, but midnight to 6 flew by

[Skelding]

haha have some green mate, its a tough shift thats for sure!!

its funny but i always found the first 6 hours go by easier than the last 6 hours

the 6-midnight was a killer, but midnight to 6 flew by

cheers mate i already gave you some! haha hopefully the whole 12 hours fly in, i'm sure payday will make it all seem worthwhile lol.

i'm off to try squeeze in another hour or so of sleep, i'll be back on here in the morning....hopefully!

[TsingTao7777]

cheers mate i already gave you some! haha hopefully the whole 12 hours fly in, i'm sure payday will make it all seem worthwhile lol.

i'm off to try squeeze in another hour or so of sleep, i'll be back on here in the morning....hopefully!

let me know how it went! i promise it wont be to bad

good luck!

[Locutus]

You should be fine if your job needs concentration - humans can do those kind of tasks easier with a lack of sleep than mundane tasks.

Don't drink caffeine 12 hours before you intend to go to bed - use Jaffa cakes for the energy hit.

When you get home you may need ear plugs and dark curtains.

Avoid the temptation to go to bed straight away when you go home wait until your first yawn.

get into a routine of work and sleep and stick to it.

If you feel tired or can't sleep - don't operate dangerous machinery or drive.

[RedOnTheTyne]

Hope you're not a smoker, nightshift at mine means going 10 hours without.. Apparently makes it a lot harder! Not that I'd ever do a nightshift in the first place

[TsingTao7777]

You should be fine if your job needs concentration - humans can do those kind of tasks easier with a lack of sleep than mundane tasks.

Don't drink caffeine 12 hours before you intend to go to bed - use Jaffa cakes for the energy hit.

When you get home you may need ear plugs and dark curtains.

Avoid the temptation to go to bed straight away when you go home wait until your first yawn.

get into a routine of work and sleep and stick to it.

If you feel tired or can't sleep - don't operate dangerous machinery or drive.

good advice there also

[Locutus]

good advice there also

Yours is good too, however fruit late at night gives me acid unless I eat it before my butties.

[TsingTao7777]

Yours is good too, however fruit late at night gives me acid unless I eat it before my butties.

haha thats true! anything fresh thats gives the natural boost is good

have green mate!

[christonabendybus]

I agree with the eating fruit thing. Snacking on raw sugarsnap peas and other raw veggies is good too. Remember to have wholemeal bread, because white bread will give you a short sugar rush and then you'll feel sluggish. I've had to stay awake for 48 hours and more for various things, so with practice I've kind of trained myself to work for stupid amounts of time

[Skelding]

cheers for the advice! last night was no bother, much easier than i thought it would be. slept all day today with no problems, round 2 in an hour

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[Fergo]

hehe.