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I'm pulling it off. I'm managing to survive and not crash during important times.
Something a high school math teacher once said has usually held true for me: you don't truly feel the effect of a given night's sleep until you wake up from the next night's. In other words, if you wake up on Wednesday after few hours of sleep, you're haunted by it on Thursday.
I'm working over 60 hours a week currently, but it's not evenly spread. I wake up early on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for camp, and head down to work after camp. Tuesdays and Thursdays I usually wake up past noon, and head out to the buses to go straight to work. So on Wednesdays and Fridays, I have to wake up early after having gotten home past 2am. We're talking four to five hours of sleep.
Here's where the delayed sleep reaction ocomes in. The days I feel the pains of little sleep are days I can sleep in. And I feel the effects of sleep-in days on my marathon days! It's not a perfect system (naps on the bus and the occasional caffeine fix help), but I get to have it both ways, and I'm happy at each job. In fact, I like the night shift at my video game job better than the day shift.
This summer, because of my different schedule, I'm only a "floater" counselor to the 3- and 4-year-olds. I didn't like the idea of not having my own group at first, but I realized before camp started that I've spent some time each summer crazy about kids who weren't in my group. This is my chance to do something I love in more general terms, and I'm getting more widespread dividends as far as kids who like me.
...and I'm exhausted and need to go lie down.
Something a high school math teacher once said has usually held true for me: you don't truly feel the effect of a given night's sleep until you wake up from the next night's. In other words, if you wake up on Wednesday after few hours of sleep, you're haunted by it on Thursday.
I'm working over 60 hours a week currently, but it's not evenly spread. I wake up early on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for camp, and head down to work after camp. Tuesdays and Thursdays I usually wake up past noon, and head out to the buses to go straight to work. So on Wednesdays and Fridays, I have to wake up early after having gotten home past 2am. We're talking four to five hours of sleep.
Here's where the delayed sleep reaction ocomes in. The days I feel the pains of little sleep are days I can sleep in. And I feel the effects of sleep-in days on my marathon days! It's not a perfect system (naps on the bus and the occasional caffeine fix help), but I get to have it both ways, and I'm happy at each job. In fact, I like the night shift at my video game job better than the day shift.
This summer, because of my different schedule, I'm only a "floater" counselor to the 3- and 4-year-olds. I didn't like the idea of not having my own group at first, but I realized before camp started that I've spent some time each summer crazy about kids who weren't in my group. This is my chance to do something I love in more general terms, and I'm getting more widespread dividends as far as kids who like me.
...and I'm exhausted and need to go lie down.