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Message: <blockquote data-quote="paradox42" data-source="post: 4516012" data-attributes="member: 29746">Seriously, UK, if your sleep schedule is thrown off by working nights, that is the best advice by far- don't change it! Ignore the day. I currently work an evening job, roughly 4-10 PM every day, and when I get off work I go to work out at a 24-hour gym and then get home about midnight (as I'm typing this I just got home about 45 minutes ago and have dinner at keyboard ready to eat). I then have dinner and get to bed around 2 AM, which works out conveniently for me because my Saturday games happen to end at 2 AM every week (so my schedule isn't thrown off by that). Waking up at 10 AM every day is no big deal, because all the businesses are open at least until the late afternoon, and I have several hours before work.I used to work a graveyard shift job, roughly 3/4 AM to 8, and what I did then was sleep what I called a "half and half" schedule. I'd get home from work, eat breakfast, shower, and then go to bed around 10 AM- sleeping 4 hours until 2. Then I'd wake up, do stuff with my afternoon and evening, and get to bed again around 10 PM. I would then wake up again at 2 AM and get ready for work. Now, I'm well aware that that wouldn't necessarily work for everybody, but I did great on that schedule for over a year.The key to avoiding sleep problems is not to sleep at the same time everybody else does, but to just maintain a steady sleep schedule that gives you enough rest time. Don't try to go to bed at different times on different days, that's how you get screwed up. Do it the same time every day, even if that means you lose the morning or the afternoon. You'll sleep better and have more personal time to work or do whatever.</blockquote>

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