who do like as a main source of living but you will work at graveyard earn?
@dweebs_8000_j (885)
Philippines
September 28, 2010 2:14pm CST
who do like as a main source of living but you will work at graveyard earn?
I have already learned in relation to the career shift i have started, waking up opposite as the normal working days spent at normal daytime jobs...
this is mainly because, our clients, I am freelance Contractor of a Couple of COmpanies, at a several Outsourcing companies...
We are slowly, taking part of very big change, Just To earn Dollars...
Does Working in graveyard shifts and/or hours hinders us to enjoy a Normal Life, of Family, friends, Relegiously, and/or socially, etc... ?
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11 responses
@Ayla67 (35)
• United States
28 Sep 10
I really enjoyed working the graveyard shift. It is something to get used to.
I arranged my sleep schedule to where I was going to bed about three hours after I got off work. That gave me two hours to get my shopping done and visit with friends over breakfast, I also had a good amount of time to get ready for work in the evening when I woke up. I was lucky as most of my friends were early risers or night owls like me.
@cynthia2010 (35)
• Philippines
29 Sep 10
Congrats' Ayle you were able to adjust and learned to enjoy the graveyard shift. I hope, to those people who are working will learn your style and able to love the job.
Itsgood to love the job at the same time earn money.
@hanuma34 (819)
• India
1 Oct 10
Ayla you are right. The graveyard shift can also be enjoyed. It is useful to do your chores of day time. A lot of people do like to take the so called graveyard shift for this reason. You are no exception. All the same one cannot be always do the graveyard shift like the owl. Yes the body gets adjusted, but over a period some of the body's reactions will not be as normal as they used to be.
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
29 Sep 10
Dear friend,
If not worked what will happen as it comes to main source of work may be I have to work. No other way to earn, feel not to starve.
@cynthia2010 (35)
• Philippines
29 Sep 10
yes, we have to worked to be able to live and survive. We've got to do it and we may get use to it with graveyard schedule. As a source of income we have to sacrifice for our living.
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
1 Oct 10
Most graveyard shifts pay higher than those of normal shifts. If there's an opportunity to take on such shifts, i wont hestitate at all.. haha =D It's not easy to stay awake throughout the night, but we can get use to it. Since we want to earn more money, it's just one of the sacrifice we have to make.. haha =D Besides, night life might not be that boring after all. hehe
@angelican (195)
• United States
29 Sep 10
I am a night time person so I wouldn't mind it at all but statistics show that those shifts do add problems in relationships. Everyone is different but I would recommend talking it over with your family and letting them know that there will be some changes. It will take them awhile but they will get use to it.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
29 Sep 10
hello dweebs,
it would surely be a challenge for anyone who have not been able to work during graveyard shift.
i can do if the reason is to earn but that would make me sacrifice my health because i am already doing an 9am-7pm work daily job. but if i dont have this.. surely i would love to work on a graveyard shift.
ann
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
1 Oct 10
When my daughter was very small I worked the graveyard shift so that we could avoid paying for daycare for her. I worked as a nursing assistant at one of the local hospitals and I really loved the work. However, if I had it to do over again, I would not work a strange shift like that because I feel like it has caused me to have psychological changes. I'm not able to wake up in the morning now, even many years later and I stay up most of the night.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Sep 10
hi dweebs I used to do the graveyard shift a lot as a nurses aide but i was young and single. then later with a family this was really a whole
different ball game and I stick it out for awhile then had to beg to besent on either three to eleven or the d ay shift and it was s till hard with two small children.But my hubby was home with the kids as he was on leave from cancer surgery so he could take care of them til I got home.
@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
28 Sep 10
why not, as long that it is earning. better than doing nothing. i am a musician and of course the work is at night. been doing this for so long, but we can only earn dollars when we are on a different country. as of now there are no offers to work abroad and the offers also to work locally is getting small. i might go to abroad with a different work, my brother lives at UK and he is a bus driver in the morning up till noon and musician at night.
@Anora_Eldorath (6028)
• United States
29 Sep 10
Dweebs-
My husband works the graveyard shift currently and has done so since January of this year. It took some major turn arounds for us in family schedules but we have or should I say are finally making the adjustments. Early on in the transition my husband had only been on the shift for a few days and fell asleep at the wheel on his drive home. He ended up in a three car pile, and with the love and grace of God walked away with the engine on fire.
Since then we have a strict routine where he goes to bed about an hour after arriving home. This allows him to have breakfast with the children before they start their day. Our children are young and still at home during the day but we do our own thing until he gets up. Then it's family time before the children go to bed for the night, and we have our time together as a couple.
My husband's schedule was a matter of keeping his job. He had no option but to take the graveyard shift or face not having a job any longer. So, as in the Army, we simply sucked it up and drove on. He does have weekends off and still has vacation time so we make the most of our time. I think this part of our life has taught us to truly enjoy the time we have together and make the most of it. We have found time for park visits, zoo trips, car rides and the lot even though we have a tight schedule Monday through Friday. My husband is also in school so he is gone early once a week for classes, but we still manage to feel like we're spending good quality time together as a family.
Namaste-Anora
@joram328 (503)
• Philippines
29 Sep 10
This way of earning is definitely challenging since I cannot do this because of some health problems. If I could avoid having this kind of work, I certainly would aim for a daytime job instead of working at a graveyard shift. So far, I am earning sufficient income online that I don't need to work those hours and I feel blessed for that. Nevertheless, I don't really know in the future, if I would have to do this, maybe just stay up late but not really overnight.
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
28 Sep 10
It has been so many years sine I worked graveyard hours. If I had to do it again, I suppose it will take a matter of getting use to. Would be really hard though as I am such a morning person. I somehow would feel disconnected from the world.
But withing time I suppose I could get use to it again, if I had to. Good luck to you.