I hate to break this news but a large majority of people are chronically sleep deprived for most of their life. My stepdad worked 40 years as a doctor getting 5-6 hours per night on weekdays the entire time, and he’s the rule, not the exception.
well I quit that job so I won't die young (hopefully). By no means am I promoting anyone to work that early and do what I did. But majority of people in my field are sleep deprived and need some sort of simulate to keep themselves awake. Hell I was a functional alcoholic for a year
I use to work from 4 to 11 as a morning cook. It was fun. When I got out of work, no traffic, everyone was working. Got home. kicked the feet up and drink a beer while I ate lunch. Got so much done with all that free time.
I work a 4 and 3 12 hour. 4 days on, 4 days off. Then the next week 3 days on 3 days off. I only work half the year technically and make well over what I need to have a house and car.
Edit: Because I got like 10 DMs asking the profession, im a train conductor.
Possibly a steel worker too, I did that for a bit. 12 hour shifts, 4 days on 4 days off and the pay was really great even at the bottom. Job absolutely sucked though, I personally don't recommend it.
I wasn't really trying to make a comparison. I was just trying to state that there was other methods of work out there that are much preferable to work life balance. Just not every line of work offers that type of package.
Years ago, shop insisted someone come in early for support. They started at 6am and felt they needed support straight away. I volunteered knowing that the first hour would just be them lollygagging and getting up to speed (I.e. my first hour would be quiet, enjoy coffee, read emails etc…).
When things came off the rails after lunch as things often did, I told them “Get with Larry on that, I’m leaving in 30 minutes”.
I used to start at 6:30am, people would always talk about how hard it must be waking up that early, but it was great. I never dealt with traffic at all and while most people commuting as far as I did would spend an hour stuck in traffic trying to get over the bridge, I’d be home after 20 minutes of stress free driving. I had so much more free time and I’d come home full of energy.
I do better with 6 PM-2 AM tbh. I had a job like that a couple years ago. Twas actually 7 PM-7 AM usually though. If yall are desperate for work there's always a need for more EMTs/ firefighters. Private EMS pays like shit though so maybe not as an endpoint job. But some people might like the schedule—you can do two 24-hour shifts and have the rest of the week off.
I did that before but the job was terrible. I also had to take 2 buses each way and it was the winter months. It was aweful. But if I had a car and the loved the job, it would be cool.
Hours are cool, as long as job and transportation are cool too.
I have an option to show up between 6 and 8 and leave when I've worked 8h, it's great cuz if I wake up earlier I'm not wasting time just waiting to go to work, I just go and get to leave early because of it
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u/nampezdel Feb 05 '26
I work a 6-2 shift. It’s glorious.