Sup /fit/
I come from the land of /g/ and need your help/advice.
I just started a new job and the schedule is wacky.
I need help/recommendations on how I should adjust my sleep schedule.
It's a night shift, cycles of two weeks; 12 hour shifts.
Week 1
Su - Off
Mon - Off
Tue - Off
Wed - 9P to Thu 9A
Thu - 9P to Fri 9A
Fri - 9P to Sat 9A
Sat - Off
Week 2
Su - Off
Mon - Off
Tue - 9P to Wed 9A
Wed - 9P to Thu 9A
Thu - 9P to Fri 9A
Fri - 9P to Sat 9A
Sat - Off
I start the shift of week 1 tomorrow (Wednesday), at 9PM, currently it is Tuesday 9:45PM
I worked on Sunday, two days ago, from 8A-8P, woke up at 6AM, went to sleep at 5AM on Monday morning; Woke up Monday at 12:45-1PM, went back to sleep at 6AM on Tuesday morning. Woke up at 1:15PM Tuesday day. Tonight I plan on staying up until 10AM on Wednesday. Today I took a nap between 3PM and 4:45PM, and another small session of laying down for 20 minutes about an hour ago.
So, my question is, what can I do to make the transition easier? Am I just totally fucking myself over? How should I arrange my sleep so that I can still work efficiently and have some time to do things on Saturdays and Sundays? I plan on signing up for the local gym and am thinking I'd go in the mornings after work, as well as on my off days, but it's been about 2 years since I last went to work out.
Thanks in advance.
>>36851203
That's what nurses do
Ask a nurse
>>36851279
I don't know any. So that's why I'm asking here
Also, I figure I should mention, I have medications on hand; melatonin, theanine, gaba, valerian root, chamomile; as well as caffeine pills and whatnot.
>>36851203
install gentoo
Do you want to be as close to "normal" as you can on your off days?
>>36851683
I mean, obviously it won't be normal, but something like going to sleep around early twilight hours (2-7 am) and waking around 11a-2/3p
That's what I'm sorta aiming for
>>36851710
How much sleep per 24 hours do you find that you need?
>>36851776
the more the better, I can do 5/6 minimum but try to average 7.5 or 9. I commute into work, so little naps on the bus can work;
>>36851810
Is your upcoming job seriously 12-hour shifts, or is that total time including getting ready for work/bed and commuting?
>>36851834
I'm already working the job, but was days Su-W 8a-8p.
It is literal 12 hour shifts, I can get ready and commute in about 1.5 hours, both ways included. So my total day dedicated to work is about 14/15 hours. I don't have many responsibilities outside of a cat and basic personal care, so it's not terrible imo.
So something like pic related?
>>36852161
Thank you for this. I really appreciate it
That looks decently okay to me. I will probably make minor changes as I go, but overall it looks nice.
>>36852161
I'm hiring you in the 2030's.
>>36851203
This picture depends on so many things, you can't just paste various body functions to time like that.
>>36851474
Kek
>>36852219
lmoa, I just googled "circadian rhythm" and got that from wikipedia, because im messing with my sleep with this.
>>36852228
qt pic
install gento faget
>>36852187
Oops, I fucked up a time. Here's revised with a smoother increment during the off period.
>>36852251
>not using the obviously superior void linux
>picking gentoo over funtoo
>>36852279
>void
Didn't everything at least one degree of separation from GNOME teach you to never trust spanish-speakers to write open source software?
>funtoo
Shit doesn't even have musl in their profiles beyond an experimental developer one some dude asked for
anyway install openbsd you faggot
>>36852291
>>36852279
RHEL > *
>>36852272
Ah thanks, something looked off but I didn't notice in the first pic.
>>36852310
>paying for corporation-grade support and live patches
Just use CentOS or Fedora
>>36852338
>>36852321
Any RHEL based distro is amazing. Except SELinux. Fuck that noise.
For non-enterprise/professional applications, Debian is just fine.
>>36852272
>>36852161
Thanks again, I super appreciate it
