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aviandivine
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15 Feb 2022, 10:27 am

I started a new job recently. Sometimes I work from 5 pm-11:30 pm and sometimes I work from 11:45 am-5:30 pm. I might be scheduled on any day of the week as well. Without a proper daily routine, I get really jumbled up. Does anyone have any advice on how I can make a routine out of this chaos?


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15 Feb 2022, 10:33 am

aviandivine wrote:
I started a new job recently. Sometimes I work from 5 pm-11:30 pm and sometimes I work from 11:45 am-5:30 pm. I might be scheduled on any day of the week as well. Without a proper daily routine, I get really jumbled up. Does anyone have any advice on how I can make a routine out of this chaos?

How far in advance are you informed of your schedule?


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15 Feb 2022, 10:51 am

Mona Pereth wrote:
aviandivine wrote:
I started a new job recently. Sometimes I work from 5 pm-11:30 pm and sometimes I work from 11:45 am-5:30 pm. I might be scheduled on any day of the week as well. Without a proper daily routine, I get really jumbled up. Does anyone have any advice on how I can make a routine out of this chaos?

How far in advance are you informed of your schedule?


About two weeks out


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15 Feb 2022, 11:13 am

What sort of job is this----if you don't mind me asking.



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15 Feb 2022, 1:52 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
What sort of job is this----if you don't mind me asking.


The job itself is easy, I'm working at an ice cream store in February so it's slow. My issue is that I can't find a time to work out or get ahead on assignments like I usually would since each day is different in terms of shift times. So as an example, yesterday I worked from 5:00-11:30pm and today I'm working from 11:45 am-5:30 pm. I could be assigned either time slot any day and that makes it hard to have a routine.


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15 Feb 2022, 4:17 pm

I know what you mean.

Swing shift is rough.