If you work a late shift (2pm-10pm) what are you supposed to do on a morning?

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Exinezz@reddit

The 2-10 is awful if u want to have a life outside of work. Can’t go to the beach. Can’t go on dates. Only few hours after and before work that’s pretty much it lol. This shift is definitely one of the worse ones

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SurprisedCoot23@reddit

Wake up, go for a bike ride, have breakfast, prepare work lunch, have a little tidy round the house, shower/shave etc. Leave for work. I try not to have any screen time as it makes me settle down making it harder to leave the house.

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AggressiveRoof9579@reddit

good time management skills I admire it, my ex works afternoons. work hours used as an excuse as to why he wasn’t maintaining home duties, cause of breakdown of the home. As long as what’s necessary is maintained in your home life, do what makes you happy.

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PatsysStone@reddit

Sounds nice. Sometimes I think I'd rather have more time to myself in the mornings instead of in the evenings.

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SurprisedCoot23@reddit

I only wake up/get up 2 hours before work starting at 1:30pm. I feel like i'm kind of just waiting around if i get up too early.

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Adept_Development204@reddit

Sleep longer. Make a nice breakfast then go to work. After work stay up til 3 am playing video games.

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Jimmy2shews@reddit

What about if you work 8.30am till 10.30pm 5 days a week?

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Acceptable_Willow276@reddit

Where do you work, a hand car wash behind a newsagent/Internet cafe?

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Jimmy2shews@reddit

Sous chef of a top hotel thanks. You?

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Acceptable_Willow276@reddit

I'm not having a go at you, I'm having a go at your boss who is abusing you mate.

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Jimmy2shews@reddit

Oh my bad buddy. It comes with the job, it's the norm throughout the industry. The time I mention is actually just what's on paper. Reality is far different. Sometimes it's 11pm finish with a 7am start. Regularly it's a 14 hour shift without a break. Almost always 70 hours a week. And I get paid for 50.

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samo7230@reddit

Do you have a life?

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Jimmy2shews@reddit

No sir

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Extension_Avocado366@reddit

Get a different job, that's not living.

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Jimmy2shews@reddit

What if you've been doing it for 9 years

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Arsewhistle@reddit

Then you've probably struggled to maintain any healthy friendships or relationships

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Jimmy2shews@reddit

Hmm

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Joshposh70@reddit

Those working hours are against the law, so it's a silly question to ask.

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Jimmy2shews@reddit

How are they?

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Joshposh70@reddit

**Daily rest** [Workers have the right to 11 hours rest between working days, eg if they finish work at 8pm, they shouldn’t start work again until 7am the next day.](https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work) Additionally the hours in question exceed 48 hours per week limit, you are allowed to opt out of the 48 hour limit by choice. But, you are also allowed to not opt out, dismissal for doing so is against the law.

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Jimmy2shews@reddit

Which working hours?

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Joshposh70@reddit

> 8.30am till 10.30pm 5 days a week

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moreboredthanyouare@reddit

Is the right answer

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fenney@reddit

That's what I did in my early 20s. Stay up until 3 or 4am playing gran turismo or COD, watching late night poker and smoking fat ganj. Then sleep until 12, get up and work for 2. Just shift your day like 4 hours later.

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DescriptionFuture851@reddit

The exact same thing you'd do if you worked day shift, but later on.

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professoryaffle72@reddit

Sleep more, gym and sort the house out.

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bluepushkin@reddit

I wouldn't wake up until half an hour before I had to leave. If I'm working, nothing else is getting that day. I don't have the mental energy.

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FarIndication311@reddit

I just used to skew my day. Get up on time to get ready and drive to work, say 1 hour before start time. Have say 6 hours after work stops to have the evening for dinner, hobbies, going out etc. Basically treat it like semi night shift. Being up and awake for many hours before work just felt like a waste as you were always on a time limit and couldn't relax fully.

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JuucedIn@reddit

Had that shift for 20 years. 8am-12pm was my time. It helped that I lived 15” from work.

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Vegetable-Ad-9300@reddit

* in the morning

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TGC_2802@reddit

I work similar hours (1-8pm) Get out of bed around 9.30 Do some chores/have breakfast leave around 10.30 Gym from 11-12.30ish (inc having a shower) Get to work and have a quick lunch in work I'm not a fan of it but it works...

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syrupdash@reddit

Depending on how I feel, make a massive lunch that I can pack some into a plastic tub to microwave at work for the late evening dinner break.

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ItsDominare@reddit

I used to do 12-8, and the answer is: sleep. If you're not due at work until 2pm you don't need to wake up before noon.

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thisaccountisironic@reddit

I did 2.30pm-11pm for about six months. I’d go to sleep about 3-4am and wake up at 1pm. As a night owl it was great for me because that was my natural rhythm.

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TLR-909@reddit

Go to the gym or do some other exercise routine. Working lates bd a slippery slope

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ZeroCool5577@reddit

I get chores and boring stuff done and then play games for a bit when I’m on that shift.

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s_dalbiac@reddit

I used to sleep in until around 9am, go to the gym or for a walk, then come back and watch a couple of episodes of something on Netflix before having lunch. That would generally take me up to around 1-1.30pm and time to go into work.

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Legitimate_Bowler_57@reddit

I used to do this shift. I woke up at 10am, played video games, then started to get ready around 12pm, then had something to eat. When I finished I'd shower, get ready for bed then eat, play video games and sleep at 2am

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Twacey84@reddit

Stay in bed until 12?

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drewtendo64@reddit

I'm working 5pm tonight until 5am tomorrow morning. To avoid the sense of constantly checking the time I'm filling my free time before work with chores. I'm taking the bins and recycling out, emptying the dishwasher, changing the bedding and that sort of thing. I'm also making time later to enjoy a coffee and a read, and in order to avoid constantly looking at the time I'm setting a timer for 30 minutes. During which checking my phone or watch is strictly forbidden.

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levinyl@reddit

You must work hard and especially during those times does your day not feel weird knowing you have a full working evening or are you used to it by now?

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drewtendo64@reddit

First time doing a night shift tonight. It does feel a bit weird. Timing the chilling out time seems to be helping though. Staying asleep for as long as possible earlier today also helped

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levinyl@reddit

Ahh what I would do for a lie in!!! Good luck with the new shift!

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drewtendo64@reddit

Thanks a bunch!

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JamesL25@reddit

Been a while since I did late shift (or overnights) regularly, but I don't miss it. Definitely find something to do though, when I started working 1pm-9pm, I jsut stayed in bed initially and wasted the day. I found the best way was to book things in the morning to do so I was up rather than just wasting the morning doing nothing.

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Scumbaggio1845@reddit

Sleep and travel to work as normal without all the other people travelling at the same time

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baechesbebeachin@reddit

I done this years ago,I made my evenings longer, so I was maybe going to bed about 3, waking up about 10ish, have breakfast, tidy up, get ready to leave for half 12

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Imposseeblip@reddit

I do 2pm until midnight. Get up at 8, 2 hours on playstation, then breakfast, with 2 hours of TV, then get ready and leave for work. But then I'm very content being unsociable and not going out so your mileage may vary.

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SpeedyBaguette03@reddit

I have done a revolving 6-2, 2-10. The 2-10 wasn't great at the time, especially on a Friday, however I would either go to the gym in the morning or play darts for a couple of hours. Not a bad routine/shift really in hindsight however as you say you do feel like you're throwing the morning away sometimes just waiting for work to come

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FlickeryVisionnn@reddit

I did this shift for about 2 years straight I’d go to bed later, and have my downtime when I finished and get up at 12. I hate getting up early and clock watching feels like I couldn’t do anything cause I’d just clock watch.

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PetalShimmerr@reddit

start a hobby that makes you feel like a secret agent. like learning a new language or becoming a master at sudoku. you’ll feel like a spy by 10am.

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Cheesefiend94@reddit

I work from 4pm - 12:30 am. I usually get to sleep around 2am, wake up between 8:30 - 9am and just do stuff I need to do, shopping, exercise etc… it works for me!

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Littletap27@reddit

I absolutely hate starting at 2 I just spend all morning sitting and waiting to leave, I feel like I can't do anything because I've constantly got to watch the time I dont drive, and public transport is terrible, so it isn't worth the risk of attempting to go somewhere. So i literally just sit on my phone all morning till it's time to leave.

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acid_trax@reddit

I work 12pm to 8pm most days so fairly similar. I personally get up around 8am, exercise 9am to around 10.30am then get ready and head in. It feels fairly productive and I love note having the dread of the gym hanging over me.

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pikantnasuka@reddit

When I worked 2-10s, I would get up about midday, so, sleep?

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D0wnInAlbion@reddit

Get up at midday and stay up after work.

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woolfs@reddit

I work this shift twice a week and I hate it. I never feel like there's any time left after I've got up, showered, washed & dried my hair, put some laundry on, done the dishes, had something to eat, walk the dog then off to work at 1:30. By the time I get home it's pretty much walk the dog again in the dark and have a cup of tea then straight to bed. You'd think, being a non morning person this would be great but I actually find it awful. The only time you get to relax is close to midnight when it's dark and everyone else is asleep anyway.

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Durzo_Blintt@reddit

That's my preferred work pattern. I'll get up at 11am, and if I need to go out for shopping or something I'll do it. If not I'll do what I would of an evening if I was working 9-5. Then I get home and stay up until 4am which would be my usual evening stuff anyway. It's so much better cause you save time travelling if you have to go to work, and for me it's better because I'm a night owl. Sadly I'm on 9-5 and have been for years, I hate it.

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Impossible_Delay1023@reddit

That’s the best shift for someone like me I usually wake up at 6am so when I worked this shift I’d have a coffee, walk the dog for an hour, make some breakfast, relax for a few hours then go to work. I would actually be so much relaxed as I’d have time to make breakfast etc. I’m back on 7-4 now and don’t eat before work

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thislonelystar@reddit

Must be nice having energy in the morning :/

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gemmajenkins2890@reddit

I do 3-10 on Mondays. This is one of the days I - without fail - go and see my mum. She works herself so when she gets back about half 9 or so I’ll head down(she lives a 5 min walk away from me) and spend about 2 hrs there before coming back home and have something to eat before going to work.

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Claire1075@reddit

My husband works 3-10.30pm. He just goes to bed late and gets up about 11am. Then watches YouTube for a bit or calls a friend. Maybe you could take a couple of hours after work to chill, then go to bed about midnight?

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Educational-Angle717@reddit

Did this shift for a while and personally hated it - even nights were better as if you could get yourself up you'd have all afternoon to do something. If you're stuck with it suggest going out for lunch pre-shift. At least you're out of the house then.

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TheDawiWhisperer@reddit

I did this for a couple of years but I had young kids so didn't really get any benefit from it and couldn't stay in bed any later like the guys who I worked with who'd get in from work and stay up till 2-3am, then get up at 10am Once the novelty wore off I felt like I was just hanging around waiting to go to work...which I hate

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Linfords_lunchbox@reddit

When I worked those hours, my mate used to come round after work. We'd hit the 24hr Tesco on the way home for sustainance (quite often cream cakes) then sit up until about 4am smoking pot and drinking loose leaf tea (from a teapot, naturally). Happy days.

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mrspillins@reddit

A run, some weights, food shopping, chores and then something else you enjoy!

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Matrixblackhole@reddit

Sleep, the answer is sleep. Source: I rolled out of bed and went to work

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BackgroundGate3@reddit

If you were working daytime hours, what would you do in the evening? Maybe you can do that. When my husband worked shifts, he went to the gym before work. If it was me, I'd probably go for a walk, do the washing and the shopping, meal prep so there's something for when I get home starving, enjoy my hobbies...

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kitjen@reddit

Stress about not having enough time to do anything before work.

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Calm-Glove3141@reddit

Read , draw , write , make stuff , play a game , write, learn

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slimkid504@reddit

These are my dream hours but my corporate job doesn’t allow for it sadly. I’d sleep until 10, be up and out at 12 . Be a bit of a night owl and sleep at 1-2am each night!

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Ergophobe470@reddit

I did that shift for about a year, I hated it. As a non-morning person I thought it would be ideal for me, but it meant most of my free time was before work rather than after work, which made it feel a lot less like free time. One possible approach is to stay up late and get up just before work, which gives you proper free time after work, but virtually none of it will be in daylight even in summer.

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CiderDrinker2@reddit

Years ago, when I worked that shift for a while after Uni, I used the mornings to write my first book.

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mrvlad_throwaway@reddit

bin that job off and get a 9-3.

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Paddlinginpoon@reddit

I work slightly later usually 3-4pm til 2am but generally just wake up 10ish, tidy, put dishwasher on, vacuum and then chill with coffee. Some days do some stuff i need to do like bills, arranging things and whatever but just watch some youtube and eat some lunch and by the time you know it its time to get ready for work.

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Expensive-Analysis-2@reddit

Try and do something but just keep clockwatching worrying what time it is and knowing you still have a full days work ahead. God I hate late shifts.

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JustMMlurkingMM@reddit

Do whatever you would normally do after work. Shopping. Gym. Gaming. TV. Whatever. I used to enjoy night shifts because when I was off work the gym was quiet (and I got cheap off peak membership). The shops weren’t busy. The pubs and restaurants were empty. The world is your oyster!

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pajamakitten@reddit

Jog, gym read/video game, do household chores, food, TV.

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BeatificBanana@reddit

I mean to some extent it will depend on your own interests, but here are some ideas: Some kind of exercise - gym, running, cycling, swimming, fitness class, at-home yoga video etc Have breakfast at a cafe, somewhere with nice vibes Go to a library and settle in for a good long read (or bring a book with you to the cafe!) Go for a walk in nature - park, woods, beach, National Trust sites if there are any near you Volunteer somewhere for a couple hours in the morning - e.g. local cat rescue? Hobbies - Do you have any? If not, maybe do a bit of research and find something you might like to try! Clay sculpting, baking, model painting, home brewing, chess, crocheting, woodworking, learning to play an instrument?

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bogyoofficial@reddit

I'd go for a swim, do dishes, laundry, vacuuming, maybe a little gardening. Things that normally get pushed to the end of the day .

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thegreatfloods@reddit

When I work the 2-10 I find it enjoyable as I stay up later the night before and usually bash some PS5 until like 2/3am. Get a nice sleep in, grab a coffee and read in bed for a while. When I get out of bed I go on a 5/10k run. Get back and shower then maybe read more, listen to records or play some PS5. Eat lunch and then i'm ready to start work.

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SeriousWait5520@reddit

When I had similar shift times I took up running, and eventually trained for a marathon. Marathon optional but my routine was get up, run/exercise then shower, eat and head out.

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LilyxBloom@reddit

become a morning ninja: learn a new skill! practice guitar, learn a language, or dive into a podcast. you'll be a multitasking legend in no time.

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Fit-Bedroom-7645@reddit

Hoovered, did washing up, mopped the floor, haircut, shower, late breakfast, bins out, filled in some forms, just catching a bit of YouTube before I get changed and leave at 1ish. Alternatively, if the weather's decent, nice morning walk or bike ride after coffee/before breakfast.

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RgCrunchyCo@reddit

I hated the later shifts for this same reason - so even though I’m a poor ‘morning person’, I took morning shifts. Grim in winter but long summer days gave me so much more daylight to enjoy life. It was worth it.

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owlracoon@reddit

I do chores, walk the dog, gaming. Also when i fit my appointments. Singing lessons on wednesday. I usually work 11-23.

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ReynoldsHouseOfShred@reddit

I have one today. Just come back from a bike ride. Worth filling the time with exercise. Makes the day feel longer haha Now im going do tidying like you have

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sh1ts_and_g1gg1es@reddit

If it's something you do regularly, I'd rearrange your sleep patterns to wake up lates and go to sleep later. If it's a now-and-again thing, enjoy some free time in the morning, do something you don't do normally

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TheoTheodor@reddit

This used to be my favourite type of shift to do. Get to sleep properly, have a chill morning, read my book or whatever I'm currently into. Then even manage my workout (run, gym or yoga) before a quick lunch and off to work. Do you not have hobbies or interests you do by yourself?

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DrH1983@reddit

I've worked later shifts - not quite that late, but midday starts - I'm terrible with that as I can never really relax or focus as I'm just waiting to get to work, even though I have enough time it never felt like I did.

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buy_me_a_pint@reddit

I did a fantastic short term assignment years ago, through an employment agency at a company, not the same hours but 12pm to 8pm It was great because every hour we were told to have a 2 minute break to go on the internet before carrying on entering data Worked pretty well.

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Unusefulness01@reddit

The gym? Running? Just a random walk somewhere nice?

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theloniousmick@reddit

Stay in bed a bit longer then play videogames.

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levinyl@reddit

Sleep I guess....

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International-Ad5705@reddit

If it was me I'd probably go swimming. Just do whatever you enjoy doing really.

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Critical-Abroad-682@reddit

Do chores, gym, run, meal prep, engage in hobbies, play video games

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