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[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 50 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

My version:

24 hours in a day
12 hour shift
1 hour commute each way, so 2 hours
1 hour cooking/eating/cleaning
1 hour showering, getting dressed, getting ready for the next day.
Uh oh, bedtime if I want to have a chance at 8 hours of sleep.
1 hour walking the dog and playing with her. 7 hours of sleep possible.
Fuck it, I'll get groceries next week I guess.
Trouble sleeping due to the anxiety of not getting enough sleep.
Cry.
Sleep 5 hours.

[–] Tetragrade@leminal.space 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah and I'll skip the lattes too. That'll reclaim an hour every day.

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried not eating and drinking yourself to sleep yet?

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I save that for when I have 24 hours off to flip from day shift to night shift or vice versa. Oh yeah, I guess I forgot to mention that the 12 hour shifts frequently rotate. Fuck me, right?

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Rotating shifts are lovely. I used to work in a factory for 3 years that did weekly day/night/afternoon shifts. Living in perpetual jet lag did fucking wonders to my circadian rhythm and blood pressure. The pay was amazing, but not BP over 200 and falling asleep at the wheel amazing.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How many days do you work a week?

[–] MrVilliam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

It varies. Usually 3-4 unless somebody takes PTO, but a few times per year there's like a month of 6-7.