Night Shift LifeQuestionAnswered
How do you get real sleep during the day without going insane?
One month into overnight stock and daytime sleep is destroying me. Sun's blazing, neighbors mowing, phone buzzing. I'm getting maybe 4 broken hours. Blackout curtains are on the way but what else actually works? Veterans, please help before I quit.
Blackout curtains + a $30 window AC unit for white noise and cool air is the combo. Cool + dark + steady sound. Aim for 65F, it matters more than people think.
Treat sleep like a shift. Same start time every day, phone in another room on Do Not Disturb, a real wind-down routine. Consistency beats total hours.
Tell the people in your life you work nights and 'daytime = my night.' Half the battle is them respecting the boundary.