I seem to be cursed to work crack of dawn shifts no matter where I work, and it’s only got worse since. How could I ever think, when I first started back at Pizza Hut, that 9-10am was too early. Next was 6am, same at the one after that specifically applying for an evening shift and talking about it in the interview. Then I think it was 5am for my 3 weeks at Krispy Kreme. Last job lasted some years, so started out around 6am, which with at least an hour travel time meant the latest I could wake up was something like 4:30. Had been shifted to another department with a bunch of others by force (despite just months earlier having been told nobody would be moved without negotiations) and had to come in an hour earlier. So having to get up for 3:30 for so long, 2:30-3am for winter time, I’ve kind of been hesitant to go back into the workforce now I can sleep in til a normal ass time.
I’ve just never been a morning person. Of course, back before I started working, was homeschooled and by that time my siblings and I were pretty independent. So I’d stay up til 4am and sleep til 4 in the afternoon. Probably not the healthiest schedule to keep but mostly harmless. Don’t think it would be easy to adjust to that now, but I’d like something a little closer to that…but then I’d also like to just be able to make enough money doing my own thing or at least work from home in some way. Commute here in any direction kind of sucks.