Quais são as melhores maneiras de gerenciar o estresse durante o trabalho noturno?

Getting enough rest before showing up for a challenging work timing is the key to reducing stress levels. Depending on the schedule, one should gauge how much sleep is needed beforehand and when is a good time to get up, brew the coffee and put the music on while getting ready. Adopting the right mindset along with the needed planned rest will make a stressful night shift, a balanced day at work. The body embraces what the mind tells it to. One needs to plan ahead and be ready, the rest is bound to fall into place.

One thing I found helpful is tracking my sleep schedule to know the truth about what I currently do. No one likes to admit we are falling into bad habits so we might fudge the numbers on the positive side to make it look better. This is subconscious, of course. It's important to have an accurate account of where I am so I know what to adjust to get the results I am looking for. It's important to make sustainable small incremental adjustments when it comes to sleep. For example, if I get only 5 hours of sleep during the work week and get 10 hours on my days off. I can set a goal to increase my sleep hours during the week to 5 and a half to 6 hours.

Some ways to get started with meals and snacks is schedule a meal plan for the week on the same day so you don't have to waste energy thinking about it when the time comes. When we are tired, we tend to make poor decisions. If you know what you are planning on cooking and eating, your brain doesn't have to expand any energy making a decision. You want to conserve all your energy for thinking about the things that pop up that aren't in your control. Bringing a water bottle you can fill up and carry with you will help you stay hydrated. Water will give you more energy than caffeine; it's been proven. Set yourself up for success by making good choices easy to make by having it available and ready to consume.

In my experience, connection is the source of life. Feelings are signals so be aware of what you are feeling. Loneliness is usually felt not because you aren't around people but you feel isolated or misunderstood. It's important to have courage to share what you are feeling. Most of the time we try to hide feelings we consider aren't as accepted by others. Feelings make us human beings. I have found that when I am vulnerable to share a perceived negative feeling, others are more willing to share more vulnerability with me. Here's some good advice, never cry alone. There are too many people in world to be alone when you are having a moment. Let someone be apart of it.

Connections. What I mean by connections is your relationships with your co-workers. After coming to Denmark, my first part-time job as a student was in Old Irish Pub. The shift would start at 22:00 and end at 05:00. Do you know what made those shifts human-friendly? Genuine emotional ties to my colleagues. It doesn't change the fact that, at some point, you want to get to your bed and sleep, and the journey back home tends to be long. No. It helps others to feel appreciated, no matter what they are doing: washing dishes, running around with buckets filled with glasses, making cocktails, or changing toilet paper at 03:00 in the morning. Those are my people. I would hire any of them because they showed human integrity under pressure.