I used to get up at 6 AM when I had a job. When I retired, I turned off my alarm for good. Then I started waking up naturally at 8 AM.
Sleeping in caused me to be awake later into the day, so I started going to bed around 2 AM. Which led to me sleeping in until 10 AM. Which meant I was awake until 4 AM. So I started getting up at noon. Which means I’m wide awake until 6 AM. So now I’m waking up around 2 PM…
I hate to admit it, but I think I need my alarm back. My wake/sleep habits get messed up because my body seems to naturally operate on a 26 hour day cycle.
Mine is like this and it really confused me for a long time. It’s pretty crippling. I used to take melatonin for it, but now I’m retired and just go to sleep whenever I’m tired. Went to bed at 1pm yesterday and woke up at 9pm.
It’s incredibly crippling in modern society that demands you conform to it in order to survive. I’ve tried so much but nothing helps. My body sleeps when it sleeps and if I do it then well it just sucks to suck. Maintaining a job is so fucking difficult.
I still do volunteer stuff when I have energy. No commitments, no responsibility, just help when you can.
But yeah the #1 hidden requirement of any job is reliability. If you get injured, sick, or for any reason cannot consistently do an 8 hour shift exactly when you’re told to; you’re basically just excluded from modern society and employment.
I tried really really hard to find any job that would take me, for a whole year. I gave up eventually. Freelance programming came close but they pay peanuts nowadays since you’re competing with someone in India where each USP (United States Peanut) goes much further and they can take the $200 for 2 months labour job.
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I used to get up at 6 AM when I had a job. When I retired, I turned off my alarm for good. Then I started waking up naturally at 8 AM.
Sleeping in caused me to be awake later into the day, so I started going to bed around 2 AM. Which led to me sleeping in until 10 AM. Which meant I was awake until 4 AM. So I started getting up at noon. Which means I’m wide awake until 6 AM. So now I’m waking up around 2 PM…
I hate to admit it, but I think I need my alarm back. My wake/sleep habits get messed up because my body seems to naturally operate on a 26 hour day cycle.
This is a real medical condition. Some people just have non-24hour circadian rhythms.
Mine is like this and it really confused me for a long time. It’s pretty crippling. I used to take melatonin for it, but now I’m retired and just go to sleep whenever I’m tired. Went to bed at 1pm yesterday and woke up at 9pm.
It’s incredibly crippling in modern society that demands you conform to it in order to survive. I’ve tried so much but nothing helps. My body sleeps when it sleeps and if I do it then well it just sucks to suck. Maintaining a job is so fucking difficult.
I still do volunteer stuff when I have energy. No commitments, no responsibility, just help when you can.
But yeah the #1 hidden requirement of any job is reliability. If you get injured, sick, or for any reason cannot consistently do an 8 hour shift exactly when you’re told to; you’re basically just excluded from modern society and employment.
I tried really really hard to find any job that would take me, for a whole year. I gave up eventually. Freelance programming came close but they pay peanuts nowadays since you’re competing with someone in India where each USP (United States Peanut) goes much further and they can take the $200 for 2 months labour job.