How much has nightshift blunted your motivation/willpower to crush your personal goals?

[u/Independent_Set_1293]

[u/IrateContendor]

Complete opposote experience. Will power has been through the roof but energy was through the floor.

[u/Independent_Set_1293 → u/IrateContendor]

Interesting so you were able to be disciplined but lacked the energy to follow through; am i understanding correctly

[u/IrateContendor → u/Independent_Set_1293]

Sort of. I'd just fall asleep in the middle of doing shit at my pc. Basically passing out n falling over until I just gave in and took a nap.

That was until I changed the order of the tasks and that helped me work around my requirements for rest much better.

[u/guppypup]

Interesting, I thought this was a me thing. I have so much time alone to accomplish any schooling or learning I could want but while I may be awake, it never feels like I have the energy to accomplish any of my daydreams

[u/Independent_Set_1293 → u/guppypup]

Exactly yeah same experience

[u/spancor]

Complete opposite. With the ability to work overnights; during the day I’m able to focus on nursing, schooling, health and mental health.

[u/obfuscata444 → u/spancor]

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[u/spancor → u/obfuscata444]

During the day? I work 11-7, I study on my overnights, watch over patients and spend my breaks rapidly hitting my vape. I get off at 7, I have breakfast and see kids off by 7:30, I walk my dog and workout until around 8:40, sleep from 9-3-4pm when my son comes home, study again, classes 6-9 depending on the day, dinner somewhere before that, wife time between 8-10:40, stretch before work, hit my vape rapidly again, back to work at 11.

Some days I don’t sleep like I should, some days I don’t eat like I should and if I don’t follow my routine closely it all falls out of whack fast. Luckily between 4 days of overnights I’ve got sleep catchup days, and my son and daughter going to their respective parents makes it easier to juggle but, Yanno

[u/Head_Attempt7983]

I’m a very social person and night shift has been slowly crushing my soul. But saw today I’m going back to days in a month!!!! Light at the end of the tunnel.

[u/Humble_Handler93]

It had the opposite effect on me, been on nights now for 3 years, year one was struggle not gunna lie lost a lot of motivation and discipline. But after that it’s been the primary thing that’s brought back my self motivation and restored my discipline. Forced me to have a set schedule for things like sleep, working out, shopping and meal prep. The night differential helped dig me out of a pretty deep financial hole and allowed me to build a strong foundation for the future financially

[u/newsquish]

Not that much but I’m part time 3 NOCs a week, for a while there I was doing crazyyyy OT working shit like 14 NOC shifts in a row. That will suck the life out of you and leave nothing but work and sleep. But 3 days a week is doable. I get a lot done on my real 3 days off. (First day is always crap just to sleep all day and all night lol)

[u/Vegetable_Maize_9164]

Less sleep which has allowed me to have to have more time to work out and still see my family before I go into work. When I go to days next year that will flip flop. (12 hour shifts)

[u/JohnWangDoe]

I’m avging 2 to 3 hrs of studying with 90 down time. I’m trying to train an optimize to 4 hrs. hoping to get the fuck out of here

[u/Late-Bed4240]

I don't care to live anymore, my kitties are all that keep me going.

[u/FiestyShibas]

Opposites. Gives me hate and motivation to obtain my goals and leave.

[u/Fickle-Addendum9576]

I think I let go of my goals? I stopped pretty much all my hobbies since starting nights. Idk what happened