Also along the same wavelength, disable Windows Fast Boot if you are using an SSD.

Causes no end of random issues for our users and first thing we notice is high uptimes and restart often fix. Cliche but turn it off and on again is restart thanks to Fast Boot

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Daddy Warbucks over here with a window in their bathroom! /s

The snow entering through the window may be a problem here

Really? Why not?

What an idiot “tip@

Open the window or turn on your exhaust fan

That doesn't work everywhere but that works here

Just open the window.

Open your window or let it vent for 30 minutes after shower

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This won’t help for this conversation but in the future, remember that the best way to get paid more is to move jobs. The norm nowadays is to move around different companies every handful of years, getting a pay increase each time. To that end, if you really want a raise, have a job offer hand. If you have another job offer at a higher pay, the company either has the choice to pay you more or let you leave. Even if they won’t match the offer, they can still meet you partway. Either way, you win.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned melatonin yet. Blackout curtains, anything you can to suppress noise, and melatonin. It is your body's hormone that naturally makes you go to sleep. That production is all wonky with night work. Start with 5 mg half an hour before you want to sleep (if needed) but you can go as high as 10. It isn't a magic bullet but helps some.

i do these with shoes now. bought a pair of dark olive green suede chelsea boots a while back and now they no longer make it in that color

Damn that sounds rough. Thankfully I'll be working 5 days so I'll be off from 6.30am Friday until 10.30pm Sunday, so I'll have some decent time off.

We actually have a large shed that I was considering building a small room inside from plywood and insulation (for temperature and sound) as there are other people in the house and we'd probably be waking each other a lot.

I worked for 7 years 11pm to 7am Monday through Saturday. 1 day off per week. If you go to bed when you get home Sunday morning, you waste most of the day that you could be spending with your family. If you stay up, you are lucky to get more than 2 or 3 hours on the back end, guaranteeing you will be wasted at work Monday night. You can hopefully get blackout curtains and live in a quiet neighborhood. No kids would be helpful. Expect to be tired a lot. You learn to get by with less sleep after a while. Not all is negative though. You can always get a doctor appointment, stores aren't crowded, and you can easily get a tee time. Yay!

I do this. And I tell my wife to tell me as soon as she has opened the last container of something so that I can buy 2 more of whatever it is. She forgets though. And we run out of something once in a while. But, for the most part, we do not. I didn't start doing this until I saw shortages during the early part of the coronavirus shutdowns and stuff. Been doing it ever since.

When it gets the chance, my natural sleep pattern seems to be falling asleep at 5am and waking up at 1pm, so I've already got the blackout curtains covered! Thanks!

My only concern is the sleep. But if I can work that out then, yeah!

No traffic and higher pay definitely seem worth it! Plus waking up early has always been torture for me.

Lol, I'm already having issues with that!

Thanks, I have blackout curtains but the sunglasses/hat is a good call!

Yeah, I'm not very good at falling asleep quickly so I'm not sure if naps will work, but by the amount of people suggesting it, I think I'll have to try it. Thanks!

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Former night shifter here,

Regardless of which interval you choose to sleep, I'd highly recommend getting some blackout curtains for your bedroom window(s).

Light stimulates the release of the body's "be awake" hormones, so anything you can do to create artificial night when and where you intend to sleep should help some.