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Post by ~ / % ? * on Dec 8, 2020 21:00:55 GMT
As some one who regularly did 24hr and 36hr straight through shifts, the 2-5am time slot could be real 'dark nights of the soul' that would invariably lift as the sun rose.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Dec 8, 2020 21:21:23 GMT
I'm usually up until three or four AM. Do you sleep late then, Jeff? I used to be able to get eight hours regardless of when I turned in...these days, I'm awake at sunrise regardless
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Dec 8, 2020 21:23:17 GMT
As some one who regularly did 24hr and 36hr straight through shifts, the 2-5am time slot could be real 'dark nights of the soul' that would invariably lift as the sun rose. Dark thoughts? You don't have to talk about it if you don't want... Those times can amplify feelings of solitude - but at the same time it's somehow consoling. It's difficult to articulate.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Dec 8, 2020 21:29:49 GMT
Maybe I don't understand the point of the thread of nightshifts aren't to be discussed... But I'm going for it anyway. My favourite shifts are 12pm to midnight. I like having the morning to get things done and Potter around the house and it feels like I'm getting into my stride in the evening. Most people I know hate the evening shifts. It wasn't that nightshifts weren't to be discussed! just that I was more interested in hearing from people who have a propensity for staying up late because it feels right, more than from those whose hours are dictated by work. The three hotel reception shifts interest me - typically 6 am to 2 pm, 2 pm to 10 pm, and 10 pm to 6 am. The nightshift is of course the quietest and it really suits some people, but you have to deal with boozed-up barflies wanting to chat, strange 'night calls' from guests - and these tend to interrupt long periods of absolute nothingness where you sit in the back office watching rubbish on TV and trying to stay awake.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Dec 8, 2020 21:31:23 GMT
As some one who regularly did 24hr and 36hr straight through shifts, the 2-5am time slot could be real 'dark nights of the soul' that would invariably lift as the sun rose. Dark thoughts? You don't have to talk about it if you don't want... Those times can amplify feelings of solitude - but at the same time it's somehow consoling. It's difficult to articulate. Depended on the job, how well slept prior I was and when in my 24/36hrs the 2am-5am (overnights, we called them) timeframe came up. Summers were better than winters, less of a hemmed in feeling, though nothing more beautiful than a quiet cold clear still night. Getting outside was important for grounding, whereas being stuck inside a location for 24 -36 hrs could be depressing, particularly at 2-5am could feel quite alienating. As I got more experienced I through the years i knew what to expect, anticipated the ups and downs of the rhythms.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2020 21:47:12 GMT
Yeah it's times like above were you go to a dark place and start asking concerning questions of yourself. "Listening to one fall album wouldn't cause that much damage? Right?". Slippery slope.
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Dec 8, 2020 21:52:10 GMT
damn slippery
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Post by hippopotamus on Dec 8, 2020 21:54:12 GMT
Yeah, I've read somewhere that there are two kinds of people with regards to wakefulness related to cortisol cycles. Most people have a spike early in the morning, with a lull in the afternoon, but some people have this cycle shifted slightly later.
When I read this I was convinced I was one of the latter. I wake up early for work when I have to, but I'm never REALLY awake early in the morning. And my whole life its taken a lot of discipline to get myself to sleep at a "reasonable" time because I just like being awake at night.
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Post by jeffk on Dec 8, 2020 22:01:07 GMT
I'm usually up until three or four AM. Do you sleep late then, Jeff? I used to be able to get eight hours regardless of when I turned in...these days, I'm awake at sunrise regardless Yes I usually sleep until the afternoon unless I have something to tend to. One of the perks about not working any more.
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Post by cousinlou on Dec 8, 2020 22:30:41 GMT
I used to love the nights. There’s been times that I read a book a day because of that. There was something uplifting about it. Not anymore though. These days, because of drinking more than what’s good for me, waking up and staying awake because thoughts start running, usually comes with darkness. A good reason to give up on it, I hear you think.
Yes, probably
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Dec 8, 2020 22:35:52 GMT
Darkness is dangerous?
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Post by cousinlou on Dec 8, 2020 22:45:22 GMT
Darkness as in dark thoughts.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Dec 8, 2020 22:49:26 GMT
George Harrison: Beware Of Darkness
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Post by Mr. FOLLARD on Dec 8, 2020 22:52:10 GMT
Darkness as in dark thoughts. Yes, but they come more readily at night?
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Dec 8, 2020 23:11:30 GMT
Unless I’m on it I am rarely up past 12 these days
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