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Same here, my schedule rotates and it's the only way I stay sane. For example, today I sleep at 6pm and wakeup at 2am. Jobs and relationships are hard tho, how

by homero 10y ago

Same here, my schedule rotates and it's the only way I stay sane. For example, today I sleep at 6pm and wakeup at 2am. Jobs and relationships are hard tho, how do you deal with relationships especially?

JasonSage 10y ago
I'm lucky to have a client whose expectation is that daily tasks are completed by 5pm. When I tried to keep a daytime schedule this was very, very hard for me to do. Now however, I'm able to consistently feel rested and alert each day and I work during my productive hours. If my productive hours are after 5pm, chances are I'm working on my tasks for the next day. It's possible to communicate this with new clients and set expectations for availability and productive hours, but it obviously wouldn't work for every client or every kind of work. I'd set the expectation from the beginning—this is how I work, and this is how I'll ensure that communication does not break down on weeks when I'm keeping odd hours. If the client is happy with the flow of communication and the work, it shouldn't matter what time of day you're working. I'm even interested in exploring what kind of opportunities this opens up that normally would not be available, like doing contract work for multi-national companies or finding international clients. It's not something I've looked into much but I'm very interested in.
JasonSage 10y ago
Sorry, I forgot to mention relationships in my other comment! When it comes to making your own work hours or keeping an unconventional sleep schedule, a lot of people don't have well-formed thoughts or reactions to this (it's pretty uncommon). In my experience, as a first reaction it is characterized as an extreme version of "staying up late and sleeping through the alarm." Obviously there's a lot of stigma there. Some people will be able to get past this, and some people won't. I'm perfectly okay keeping this rotating schedule with a partner on a regular schedule, but I can absolutely see how somebody would not be happy with this. One interesting thing is that my sleep cycle is as fundamental to me as day/night is to folks on a regular schedule. I would say understanding this and being empathetic is essential, and it's probably best if your partner is not just understanding but also appreciative. My close friends and family range from understanding to appreciative, and I've not had any issues staying in touch or staying friends with these people. They're also willing to compromise and work with me to accommodate my schedule because they understand that it's a very regular and deliberate part of my life. I had a partner that was very disapproving of me staying up past their sleep time and sleeping through their free hours on occasion, and there was no chance of it working out.

by homero 10y ago

JasonSage 10y ago

I'm lucky to have a client whose expectation is that daily tasks are completed by 5pm. When I tried to keep a daytime schedule this was very, very hard for me to do. Now however, I'm able to consistently feel rested and alert each day and I work during my productive hours. If my productive hours are after 5pm, chances are I'm working on my tasks for the next day. It's possible to communicate this with new clients and set expectations for availability and productive hours, but it obviously wouldn't work for every client or every kind of work. I'd set the expectation from the beginning—this is how I work, and this is how I'll ensure that communication does not break down on weeks when I'm keeping odd hours. If the client is happy with the flow of communication and the work, it shouldn't matter what time of day you're working. I'm even interested in exploring what kind of opportunities this opens up that normally would not be available, like doing contract work for multi-national companies or finding international clients. It's not something I've looked into much but I'm very interested in.

JasonSage 10y ago

Sorry, I forgot to mention relationships in my other comment! When it comes to making your own work hours or keeping an unconventional sleep schedule, a lot of people don't have well-formed thoughts or reactions to this (it's pretty uncommon). In my experience, as a first reaction it is characterized as an extreme version of "staying up late and sleeping through the alarm." Obviously there's a lot of stigma there. Some people will be able to get past this, and some people won't. I'm perfectly okay keeping this rotating schedule with a partner on a regular schedule, but I can absolutely see how somebody would not be happy with this. One interesting thing is that my sleep cycle is as fundamental to me as day/night is to folks on a regular schedule. I would say understanding this and being empathetic is essential, and it's probably best if your partner is not just understanding but also appreciative. My close friends and family range from understanding to appreciative, and I've not had any issues staying in touch or staying friends with these people. They're also willing to compromise and work with me to accommodate my schedule because they understand that it's a very regular and deliberate part of my life. I had a partner that was very disapproving of me staying up past their sleep time and sleeping through their free hours on occasion, and there was no chance of it working out.