Doomer does the Early Shift

[@DoomDilemma]

The true Early Shift experience. Waking up at 8pm, going to bed at 2am, waking up at 4am for the shift and going to bed after the shift at 2pm to wake up again at 8pm. Then you repeat this cycle till you don't have Early Shift anymore and feel like shit. Who has been there?

[@worldmess5891]

Im still there ...

[@thugnifecent14]

I’m here now

[@FiErCe94]

The trick is to not wake up at 8pm wake up at 3am instead and then you've got an hour or 2 to do absolutely nothing but at least you might have enough energy when you get home to only do a small power nap for real

[@DoomDilemma]

@@FiErCe94 true i always tried to sleep through the night after taking a nap to fix my sleep schedule sometimes it worked

[@FiErCe94]

@@DoomDilemma sometimes youl get to a point where you accidentally happen to land on an actual good body clock one day and you get tired at 9pm but if you have an insomniac partner it won't last for very long

[@Jay_Jae3]

If you gotta work those 5AM shifts, you better be in bed by 8-9PM or else your screwed.

[@KaptifLaDistillerie]

Midnight, take it or leave it.

[@sosukeaizen7028]

I do that rn except I get a full 4 hours of sleep

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

@@KaptifLaDistillerie Danger noodle.

[@nightfighter7452]

Yuuuuuup

[@ThatsJustEric]

Yup. It's 747 now. In the bed now looking at this bout to call it a night

[@Elevator829]

I used to work early shift at a factory, this is definitely relatable

[@Nibborman556]

Same

[@PKSunset]

Chemical Plant for me.

[@sigmalpha_testostronewolf]

I support you

[@Idk-ws5de]

Currently working in a factory 5am - 1:30, I go to bed at 8 and wake up at 4:00

[@xXKINGSMILLYXx]

Currently up at 4:40 to do a 6-2 shift in a factory too

[@uz7699]

The trick is most often in getting up after the initial powernap and overcoming the drowsiness that usually lasts for about 10 minutes and then you're golden.

[@somewhereinspace2166]

True, it's very hard to fight the grogginess at first but it becomes habitual eventually. You really should sleep when you can, though. It may take up 'leisure' time but quality of life becomes terrible on a crappy sleep schedule.

[@hannie.haneul]

Yup, I find drinking water right after waking up helps me with the post-nap drowsiness.

[@ichirosuzuki2252]

@@somewhereinspace2166 I was working four 12 hour shifts from 7-7 for a year recently, and my sleep schedule would always get fucked up because I'd stay up til 2 AM on my last day of work, then I'd end up getting 4 hours of sleep before my first shift of the week. My life was pretty miserable because of my lack of self control with respect to sleep.

[@chibiromano5631]

nah trick is to sleep 10 hours in Tuesday and then do 5-7 hours in Wed then do 8 hours on Thursday and then 6 hours on Friday and then 12-14 hours on Saturday. Cesare Borgia used to do this. He would get like 2-3 hours of sleep for like Friday-Saturday and then crash out all day on Sunday and then go into power work mode and alternate.

[@MethshockFilms]

Waking up with that salty taste in your mouth and feeling like you've been smashed by a train after that powernap fuckin sucks. You're right, best thing to do is just resist the drowsiness and put your mind on a task to keep yourself occupied haha

[@Alidonius6721]

A life where you just sleep and work. Yeah, some life.

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

The only one ugly men are allowed.

[@DL0R]

yup

[@maxphilly]

Is that what you tell yourself as an excuse to live in that welfare money? Third world living in the first world huh..

[@Alidonius6721]

@@maxphilly you a funny guy since I live that life and it sucks ass. I have my bills in check.

[@brandontaylor6326]

@@maxphilly slave mentality, you love your corporate slave masters, so obviously nothing is wrong in your mind view. It's not normal for humans to just work and sleep there whole life to make a living. The industrial revolution enslaved the human race. This only started since the 1800s. People normally throughout time have never worked this much as we do now. You shouldn't have to earn your freedom it should have already been a given. Imagine working your entire life and that's supposed to be normal to you lol.

[@reecep4016]

‘Still got the full day to myself’ never works. Only the vampires last in these jobs

[@J1283-s1k]

100%. Was most recently in a 6am-2pm start-finish job. Every single day that was our justification for why it wasn't a concentrated dose of hell to wake up at 4:30-5am every day and slog it into a dimly lit room that lacked any life, and yet we all would actually get a laugh out of the fact that it was an absolute crock, and that the minute we got home we'd all just go to sleep. It was around January, and where I am, it was actually really sunny on those 2pm finishes, but there was nothing more frustrating than getting home, wanting to go for a walk, only to be so tired I'd collapse on my bed and wake up at 6-7pm and have missed the nice weather, waking up in darkness.

[@boxingbull523]

It works key is to stay in shape, but, it's still sucks booty, get a good nap in.

[@definitelynotatroll246]

I work 5-12 every day, go home, napping by 1 and up at 3, then bed again about 10-11. Still get about 6/7 hours of the day, I love it

[@reecep4016]

@@definitelynotatroll246 5am til 12pm?

[@definitelynotatroll246]

@@reecep4016 yea

[@bossboy191919]

You forgot the part where you can not fall asleep anymore after the 5 hour power nap and thus being even more tired the next day

[@johnny7121]

not really, in the video, the character is fully awake at 2 AM, meaning that won't be able to sleep those 2 remaining hours, so then will head out for work, feeling tired...

[@nonyabizz3533]

@@johnny7121 bro

[@droptopcoop1180]

Then taking a power nap the next day only for it to continue the cycle

[@jakethasnake3524]

Good morning :)

[@dogchaser520]

Be disciplined if you need to take that nap. Know that if you go back to bed, you fuck with your sleep cycle and it murders you. It's just being aware. Also, it helps to understand you're a slave selling your labor. A slave in a nice comfy box, but still a slave. Motivate yourself to get out.

[@AndalusianPrince]

This happened to me for about 3 years and it spiraled me into depression. Don't take shitty jobs with shitty hours yall!

[@quesochris2386]

I feel you , I'm currently looking for job with better schedule because of this... always felt like I wasted my day due to being tired all the time and waking up early

[@NickMart1985]

I worked 3AM to 12PM when I was hourly. Loved it.

[@Milky-Hazard]

Do drugs :-)

[@atmosphericdream4968]

It depends on person and your will. I used to live just as in video, but now after i come home from work i go straight to the gym and still manage do some other stuff. If i would stop going to gym it would probably feel like i have so much free time. (But i wont stop going to gym tho, time by time it became more and more important for me)

[@NickMart1985]

@@atmosphericdream4968 "Free time" is a term excuse makers use to justify brain draining into a dopamine drip.

[@P3tray]

very accurate, one time I came home from work at noon to take a nap and woke up to my alarm going off at 4am to go back to work

[@professorfinesser8289]

The worst

[@goobin9125]

urgh come on thats living to work

[@P3tray]

@K Selam my new job isn't much better, starts at 8am and I work until there's no more calls, most days I get home at like 7-9 and then go to bed at 11 😭😭😭 Paychecks are fat, the fattest I've ever had of any job I've ever worked but man I really wish I had more free time.

[@AlienGenotype]

Must have sucked but if you really slept the whole time through, you probably were rested as fuck. Sucks to not get the free time though. I know the feeling all too well.

[@chibiromano5631]

early shift is overated af , the boomer and basic b shift.. i don't know why 17 year olds cry about not getting it.

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

Mad respect for anyone that manages to keep their mind together in these insane times.

[@harmhoeks5996]

Why insane?

[@thegalapagos57]

@@harmhoeks5996 apocalyptic

[@harmhoeks5996]

@@thegalapagos57 i still expect at least 10 "okay" years (2060 is most accurate) before any real apocalypse. Where's the apocalypse now?

[@harmhoeks5996]

@@thegalapagos57 hey, why did your comment get deleted? What did it say?

[@thegalapagos57]

@@harmhoeks5996 I think it's because I mentioned the effects of the yabadabado coming to light. But I also brought up the current collapse of the financial system all over the world, the supply chain being completely destroyed, poverty is at an all time high, in the U.S most people who are at the age of retirement now having to go back into the workforce due to inflation. The future if we have one isn't looking good, of course it won't turn into Mad Max in one day but I forsee it getting rough from here. I truly don't see a 2060 with organized government still in power.

[@erickmatthewlynch2058]

The entire first minute was like watching myself in an out of body experience.

[@KrikZ32]

the entire video was like watching me

[@richardthompson9090]

If you really had such an experience from psychedelics, you did not understand it. If you integrate such an experience in you everyday life, you will NEVER have to live like this again my friend ;) shit changed my whole life 15 years ago.

[@higherdesire3038]

The key is to overcome the “power nap” make it till 8pm and then get the greatest 8-8.5 hours of sleep in your life!

[@DiskoKDiskoL]

This.

[@Telados]

Try doing that with two early, two late and two night shifts, absolute nightmare

[@krejziks3398]

@@Telados You must be wrong in the head to work a job like this, maybe few months if you need the money, but for years or even longer? I'd rather hang myself.

[@Juggs009]

@@Telados Love those weeks where I'm put on the schedule for a closing night shift and then immediately an early morning shift the next day.

[@thejourney9415]

I tell myself that all the time, and then it's time to go to bed and I am so over tired I can't sleep.

[@batouranger2553]

Very good, much more relatable than all those crypto stories.

[@jeremys3951]

I don’t like the crypto ones at all

[@imtired10000]

@@jeremys3951 they are the best ones

[@user-wv2jx9nh4l]

@@jeremys3951 i is a goat name

[@skyeproductionsanimation3106]

so bored of the crypto stories

[@env0x]

you must not've been slaving away enough yet if they're not relatable to you yet

[@dannychenski687]

omgg it hurts to watch 0:05 . I know that feeling of lying still and awake and in disbelief of the fact that the annoying constant beeping means that you indeed have to get up NOW

[@sympul]

Adult life is ruthless

[@gavinlamp5426]

Me who works a graveyard shift: *Gets home at 7 AM and goes directly to bed* Apartment Maintenance Workers: *Starts mowing the lawn outside my window at 8AM*

[@crazyguy30048]

get a loud fan.

[@valentinoesposito3614]

Ear plugs

[@willyames9463]

Love it. I work graveyards too, and get home at 6am when a bunch of dudes start doing construction on the house next door.

[@codex8893]

You gotta love it

[@davidhammer28]

Yeah I work graveyard too but I use ear plugs to block the noise out. I usually wake up at noon and then I remove them since the noise is gone or tolerable.

[@n0isyturtle]

He's working 3 jobs just to keep his RX-7 running. We all make choices.

[@jeremysantos4753]

Valid choices indeed

[@cs5250]

I used to pay 17% on a car loan for a used corvette as my daily driver. Terrible financial decision and it just wasn’t what I hoped it would be. I’m now so much happier in my 2% apr Subaru that gets 27mpg

[@zekezeikitsune2339]

Then it gets totaled by insurance from a small fender bender. Doomer problems indeed.

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

For many of us, there is no choice at all.

[@BrandonsAscension]

priorities LOL

[@monsterhousecop2082]

Bro you summed up morning shift perfect. The people who "love" morning shift but need a gallon of coffee to function. The having the whole day ahead of me excuse but sleeping most of it.

[@jamescrock2213]

"gallon" nigga just give me meth idc if you use 'ritalin' or 'adderall' its meth lots of americans are on meth give me meth

[@giovannicervantes2053]

@@jamescrock2213 get some prescribed B12 that'll help out ritalin and adderall and meth will kill you dead but B12 at least keep you awake for awhile

[@veiserexab1428]

Or just use a salt nic to start up

[@tano1670]

@@jamescrock2213 you guys overcomplicate things. Just go to sleep at 8 pm and you'll be fine.

[@jamescrock2213]

being dramatic, but on the real, i did need that bigger pick me up during graveyard shift, glad i got out. Money is the source of many of problems, B12 aint shit i eat lean chicken and salads with broccoli 5 days out of the week, its the life habit shit space we're in. Would love to try herd pigs or work in forestry but i need money then money and more money

[@Tr-fj4hr]

I work mid shift: 4pm to midnight and I couldn’t ask for anything better. You have the whole morning to sleep so you can go out after work and not have to worry about being up early, plus you have most of the afternoon to get shit done before your shift starts. Underrated.

[@EldergodUK]

My shift also ☺

[@wtfman5795]

@BPJ just gotta think positive

[@djStens]

Nah the morning shift they're making fun of in the video is prob the best shift. I work 2am-9am at UPS. Best hours ever. I go to bed like 6-630

[@samusaran7317]

@@djStens Thats an overnight shift not morning.

[@raylafleurstp]

how do you fit your eating schedule into this? I too loved working 2nd shifts but was annoying to eat dinner at 10pm.

[@RUCCIGK]

I do this everyday but what gets me through it is, thinking about the good pay, thinking about all my other ideas and plans I have after I leave the job, and never getting to caught up in work, remember you work there you don’t own any of it you don’t owe them anything, you just do what you have to do and no more never go above and beyond for a company…

[@ferna2294]

This hurts my soul because it feels like my life, and many other millions´ lives. Dealing with depression and trying to be productive is a nightmare. To everyone going through this every day: I cannot change your life with words, but I can tell you that once you get your body and your mind used to an schedule, you will feel much better. It has happened to me many times. Sometimes getting out of bed feels like climbing the Everest, but it´s worth it.

[@tienngothuy3540]

Thank u

[@sentosaco]

Needed that

[@rubengarcia7790]

I’m new in the Depression and Anxiety world, don’t know why people glamorize it so much it’s not fun (actual understatement of the year). Hopefully through healthy habits like the one you mentioned I don’t have to rely on pills no more :)

[@rubengarcia7790]

Good luck people

[@ferna2294]

@@rubengarcia7790 I hope that you get out of it soon, but, in my case, it was about 1 year of hit and miss with the pills. Once they found the one that suits me (Venlafaxine), everything became better after some time. All the positive changes are SLOW, but they are worth the hustle.

[@zacx6970]

Working exclusively early shifts for almost 5 years and I will say this video truly hit home. You woke up early and work till 4pm , you think you can still do something only to be so tired and sleepy to even be motivated to do other things. You can’t work or sleep late because you need to get up early next day. I must say , if you can get out of working full-time then take the chance! Nowadays I only worked 11am-2pm on my contracts works, then rest of my days which is 5pm till 8pm is spent as a self employed. I never been so free and stress free of my life after this transition. Plus my monthly earnings is 100% much better than working full time!

[@RM-qn3ro]

What do you do?

[@zacx6970]

@@RM-qn3ro I worked as a Sushi Chef productions in groceries then do some Uber/Deliveroo in the evening. Occasionally during weekends I am doing photography. I am also doing Sushi catering regularly to the Jewish community in my place as they can’t order sushi from the restaurants.

[@dimmacommunication]

LOL everybody call who doesn't do full time lazy, yeah sure , work full time and you have no energy or time left.

[@ivaerak]

@@zacx6970 so much to unpack here

[@Rusiputki]

I agree best advice right here. Part time 2 different jobs if you have to achieve this.

[@yankeedoodle1194]

I used to work at a fedex hub and this is almost identical to my experience. I'd wake around 2-3am depending on the day then work till around 9am, then id feel great driving home until I sat down and suddenly that combo of physical exhaustion and sleep deprivation would knock me out. I was in a cycle of wake up at 3, go home at 9, sleep from 10 till 4pm-ish, stay up till 12 then get a quick nap in before work. One of the most draining eras of my life.

[@jinxd511]

It sounds good how long you worked 5 or 6 hours? Must be a dream

[@akivirus7020]

The schedule is what drained you, your shift time is no so bad

[@mengoinggodsway9024]

Darn.. and I just bought 6 shares of FedEx.

[@aarontongon3248]

If you’re working as a package handler 5 to 6 hours is rough. Especially during peak season

[@akivirus7020]

@@aarontongon3248 Good to mention

[@relaxbro5605]

It's fascinating how something can equally be so funny and sad at the same time.

[@robie6746]

Worked at a fast food joint doing this on the weekends for a few months last year; woke up at 4 AM, didn’t get home until at least 2 PM. It sucked the life out of me.

[@quarryspanish]

I worked early shift at a security company, waking up 4x a week at 4am, it really starts to eat away at your soul.

[@MasterBateman]

Too relatable. I work a factory job, I thought I was alone in attempting to take a 'power nap' after early shift and waking up 8 hours later.

[@ilsgrade8357]

100% relatable. Early shift just makes you feel like shit for the remaining time of the day....

[@marcinzagol6818]

Afternoon shifts are not also perfect. I work from 10am to 6pm and it doesnt feel good. You are at home around 7-8 pm, no Time for anything else even for power naps because if you fall asleep you Wake up already at the morning and at morning you dont have time for anything else also. Only profit is somehow good sleep and not getting up very early but without any Time for some naps for long term you feel very tired

[@wedomusic9451]

Been there man, it gets better. Trust me. I worked from 10pm to 6:30am for a year while I was going to school 8am to 1pm. It was tough, but the motivation to better myself and prove to myself I was mentally agile drove me to do it!

[@Steezington]

thats the spirit. been going through the same and it feels really good knowing that you’re being productive outside of just earning money to get by

[@MrNoBody198]

You work terrible schedules for terrible pay, while the people you work for make perhaps millions (depends on who you work for). It doesn’t get better, it only gets worse until it finally ends.

[@qazzack]

Bro they robbing you a half hour

[@AmericanWhiteTrash]

I’ve been at 0:10 many times in my life. It’s a miserable existence just slaving life away and having most of it taken away by the government.

[@rodrigocarvalho6426]

One of the most relatable dommer stories I´ve seen on KZbin. Real shit

[@magicmarlie]

This is why I despise morning shift. You lie to yourself and say you're gonna be more productive, but you end up tired and exhausted after the shift, only to waste the day. My wife doesn't understand my life will be just like this if I work mornings and then she'll be upset we can't spend the evenings together because I'm too tired to function. Also, forget ever going to the gym

[@mrdeeptruths]

alla yall need to 1 hit up the gym for more energy 2 eat 3 meals a day and snack on fruit and nuts 3 stop smoking nicotine 4 only have one coffee in the morning and 4 live below your means. do that for 1 month and report here

[@mrdeeptruths]

@@contrapasso1539 lmfao well spotted

[@veiserexab1428]

If you don't have a Gym, you can just jog around on your house and make dumbbell out of concrete

[@tysonrosales9447]

@@mrdeeptruths This is true, most people don't take care of themselves enough to realize that.

[@tysonrosales9447]

@@contrapasso1539 Most of yall do have all of these bad habits. Health/fitness is important, the food you eat is important, and smoking cigarettes is bad for you. And excessively drinking too much caffeine and not enough water will lead to dehydration which is bad for your muscles and makes them work harder. These are all contributing factors. Most of you would be surprised the difference it actually makes when you take good care of yourself. Most people who have this problem likely don't do any of these things and do the exact opposite. Going to the gym even if only 2 or 3 times a week, not smoking cigarettes, eating good nutritional food, drinking more water (especially at work), limiting how much caffeine you consume, all very good ways to significantly improve lifestyle. You don't have to kill yourself in the gym to maintain a decent level of fitness either.

[@northernu.s.a3995]

Used to work 7am to 3:30pm in a factory. I loved it. I will be doing it again this summer.

[@tsolmonbayarenkhbold8544]

Občas mi připadá, že jsme žašli až moc daleko Občas mi připadá, že už nejsme na zemi, ale na nebi...

[@darez8105]

Tiez som sa nad tym pozastavil

[@Noah-il1wy]

this is so relatable. i worked in a factory for three months and had to do the early shift regularly. the feelings you go through throughout the day are just like in the video.

[@thehighestofclouds9890]

Some advice to anyone who is doing or is about to do this type of work: 1: Get up slightly earlier and have a large breakfast containing fruit, veg, nuts, lots of water and ONE cup of coffee. Makes the day so much better. It’s hard to do it at first as you get up earlier, but it’s 100% worth it. Stay away from carbs for the most part. 2: At breaks, eat and drink the same as rule 1. Stay away from energy drinks, they will fuck you up in the long term and they don’t give you the clean energy you need. Be revitalised, not buzzed. 3: When you get home, have one more coffee and a light but energising meal. If you have plans, do them. Don’t wait around. Stay away from your bed, couch and TV at all costs. Don’t use Tik Tok or anything that will get you to laze around unless you want to wake up at 9pm and waste the day.....again. 4: If you have a partner, be brutally honest about how your job affects you. Do it ASAP. Talk about it and you will recognise more aspects of how your job affects you. If they don’t get it, then it’s either them or your job. Work it out quickly, as it snowballs fast. 5: Get to bed on time. Try and get at least 8 hours. Turn off that fucking phone. Pick up a book. Get some proper decent rest for the day to come, because it’s coming either way. 6: Appreciate the small moments of peace and take notice of nature. Sounds silly, but it’s mentally rejuvenating. 7: Actually do something on your day off. Go and travel around. Go the the beach. Have fun with friends. Sure, have a lie in, but not for a ridiculous amount of time. Use your time wisely, because before you know it you’re waking up again at 3am. 8: If you can, try and find another job. If you can’t get out of it, try and work your way up to a position that’s better. Hope this helps. If you do this, then working this type of job won’t be so bad. It will actually be beneficial health wise compared to an office job to a certain degree as you’re on the move at work and eating well. Edit: Don’t smoke. If you’re smoking, then try and quit. It ain’t easy but you’ll see the benefits quickly. Edit 2: not saying carbs are bad. My experience is that they fill you up too early and they don’t give you the energy you need. If you know a better plan, then do it. At most places such as factories they have shitty coffee machines that are usually free. Tea is not usually an option but if it is it’s shite. Bring your own stuff if that’s the case. Edit 3: STAY AWAY FROM ALCOHOL. if you like a chill drink, fine. But one leads to another and you end up wasting a precious day. You realise how valuable your time is in these jobs. Any chance you get make the most of it. Peace ✌️

[@Strangepete]

You're saying all this as if to suggest that having to work a job in order to earn money to be allowed to be alive is sane, rational and acceptable to begin with.

[@hil449]

@@Strangepete that's the rules of the game, if you're not a millionaire you just gotta play it

[@hil449]

Holy sh1t man that comment was awesome. Great life advice. I'm saving it, thanks so much

[@thehighestofclouds9890]

@@hil449 hope it helps, bro

[@LeadRakFPS]

You're dead on. I've been in the work force since 2004. Everything you said is spot on and has to be adhered to in order to have some semblance of normal life and routine. Yeah sure, fall off the wagon every once in a while, but try your hardest to maintain the routine you mentioned. It pays off in the long run.

[@Denariusjay]

I feel this. I work a 6pm to 4am shift cleaning parking lots. When you get home you have to sleep only to wake up and get ready for work. It's just a brutal life sucking cycle but hey, it pays my bills and allows me to buy shit I guess

[@dereksbooks]

But that's how normal 9-5 is also like. After your commute, dinner, and personal cleaning, you go to sleep and repeat.

[@o0QuAdSh0t0o]

Welcome to the rat race

[@marcus6138]

Contempt slave, basically

[@SENPAI.Popaii]

*"advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate, so we can buy shit we don't need"*

[@Pawl4k]

@Bill Bob nope, do the math 6 pm to 4 am is 10 hours, 9-2-5 is 8

[@laughingtothebanklikehahah3618]

Waking up at 3 am to leave work by 4 pm. Shit was miserable working at a factory and I have respect for people working there just as much as the military troops. The pay honestly wasn’t that bad (about 33k a year) but when you have to work 12+hour shifts for 6 days while not having time for just 1 hobby; The job will fuck with you more mentally than physically. There were days where I just said “fuck it” and showed up to work high af off Kratom while chugging monsters just to function. Happy I got out of that.

[@env0x]

i took kratom every single day for the nearly 2 years i worked at walmart and i was considered one of the best workers. everyone was so surprised when i quit because none of them could tell i was miserable there every day lol.

[@laughingtothebanklikehahah3618]

@@env0x yeah bro some strains will have you feeling relaxed and happy when in reality you’re almost dead inside. Working at the factory I took around 18 grams a day but now I bumped it down to 6.

[@monsecko4792]

Americans are lucky with kratom

[@laughingtothebanklikehahah3618]

@@monsecko4792 I wouldn’t recommend it

[@ichirosuzuki2252]

@@env0x That's the classic. I've never been able to hold down a job long enough to climb any kind of "corporate ladder", but after a year and a half to two years I usually hit my threshold, and my work performance takes a nose-dive on a dime. My last office job I went from being one of the most productive employees to setting a record for errors in one month, continued on that trajectory for 2 more months, then just quit before they could fire me so I'd have some references for a new job

[@ITRIEDEL]

I can relate to this so much. I use to have to be at work at 6am so I had to be up at 5am to get to work on time. I’d get off work at 2:30pm and get home and take a nap. I was renting a room out at the time and I had a window unit by my bed. The sound and cold air would make me so comfy and I’d end up waking up at 7-8pm. Then I’d go eat, play games, and it would be 12-1am before I’d get to sleep and the cycle repeats forever.

[@zenaslloyd5074]

Seriously the trick is getting off caffeine. I have energy throughout the day and sleep like a lamb during the nights without the damn energy drinks and coffee

[@mpkp2011]

Brutal man, I had to work an am shift for a year and it absolutely killed me inside. Such a constant delusional feeling.

[@johnarbuckle6583]

I find going to bed early helps a lot when you have to wake up early. No powernap BS

[@Special_Agent_NSB]

I worked the early shift at UPS for 2 years and this is giving me actual PTSD.

[@xrazerzx470]

Love that you put "Die Gebrüder Brett" Music in this video 👌

[@spaceboot6936]

Just started a factory job that starts at 5am and this video and comments got me right with what I needed to learn. Started noticing these patterns so Im glad I found it before I learned what I needed to the hard way.

[@ThatOpinionIsWrong]

I used to work only on Saturdays and Sundays 6am - 6pm, entire 12 hours 2 days in a row, as a 20-22 year old. It was not that physically demanding because the machine did most of the work, I just had to set it up and carry components around and make sure everything is right. I had 5 days during the week free from work, full recovery usually took the entirety of Monday. 5 days was plenty of time to fix sleep schedule, relax, have a gym routine and work on side hustles. I actually did once go to the seaside on summer mid-week thanks to this system. On another side the work was mentally boring and I had to stay entire day on my foot. My place was 10 min drive from the work but after eating dinner and working out I basically had to go to sleep already to wake up for another day of work. It was also shitty during winter to both wake up and get home during complete darkness. Now I'm going to the university on weekends and doing paid internships during the week, I do 8 hours shifts and I have basically no free days at all. It's very tiring but I have to endure it because after I finish this university I will earn significantly more than I did in the previous job.

[@steelofeggs5893]

Man , i wish you the best

[@21Pogon]

Absolutely, all the best to you! Especially that I share the same position in life as you, my shifts are 12s and I even do over time if my semester is not more than 2 classes. It’s the busiest that life has ever been and quite a load to carry, but being young and ambitious helps, and it is temporary. The most important thing during such life phase is to not get abnormal blood pressure, because that shit is such a silent killer and can undermine the rest of your good life. So balance your schedule well, eat good and sleep enough, and don’t over stress. Take care.

[@AgentSmith911]

Living in Norway, that dark morning, dark afternoon living can get depressing. But it's the opposite during summertime, with the sun rising at 5 am and going down by midnight 🤩

[@padarousou]

I had to work 15 hour days sometimes on weekends when I worked in a kitchen and I was attending university and holding another part time job at the same time. I was about 19 the time and it can be brutal especially when you are young. Make sure you stick to your field and internships, the only people that don’t get anything out of their degree are the ones that stop showing up

[@padarousou]

@James FureyYou’d be surprised how many competent people don’t get a chance at employment simply because they are competing with others who have a degree. I agree merit is much more important than accolades, but on paper merit doesn’t really register and that’s what employers first impression will be based on. With that said, I attend online university and I find that I actually learn better that way, and while it may not look as impressive as an Ivy League school on a resume, it does prove that you can be self-sufficient which can be very important in some positions

[@dimmacommunication]

The real doomer experience is when the freakin neighbours dog barks so you can't sleep properly... and you go to work beat up like trash...

[@furkantorun1]

hey man i had the same issue. The dog was barking every morning so i put a 9 mm on his skull, my sleep is blessed ever since.

[@fci1]

Or DIY wanker next door plays with his toy hammer and drill set all day.

[@dimmacommunication]

@@fci1 LOL I do that kind of stuff in the garage , doing it in the house is absurd . Then if you go to the police they will say " it's daytime ,not illegal " . But it's legal to sue them 😅

[@platanom3n]

Thats why you buy earplugs

[@ScrewHeadJuNgle]

"Maybe just 10mins to survive" I felt that in my soul, it was to real.

[@biaaszinterneta1050]

I actually liked morning shifts. Streets were always empty and so were trams. As a summer job it was cool but I can't imagine working like that till the end od my life

[@ezrapyne69]

No matter how depressed he is, he has an rx7 fc

[@63annushka]

I used to cycle to my early shift, sunrises, clean morning air and no pedestrians were the only redeemable thing from the experience.

[@shitpostcentraI]

this is pretty damn true. and the days I choose not to nap I'll be watching youtube on my bed and fall asleep mid video

[@thebutler2525]

This was basically me for an entire year as a dishwasher for a local restaurant. I was 20 years old when I started there and had always went to bed pretty "late". when I was 8 - 9 years old, my mom would tell me to go to bed at around 9:30 PM, but I would stay awake until 1 AM. that would get progressively worse as I got older and I would also have to wake up at around 8AM for school. anyways, I don't remember that year of working. literally.. it's weird. I do remember going to bed at around 4 - 5 AM and having to wake up at 10 AM, take a shower, then start work at 11AM. get off at 4PM (sometimes 5 or 6PM) eat, then TRY to take a small nap. I say I don't really remember that year of working, but I just don't remember HOW I did that. nowadays I work at a local pizza place and THANKFULLY start work at 4PM. we used to close at 1AM but now we close at 8PM through Monday - Thursday, and 10PM on Friday and Saturday. most days I go to bed between 4:30 AM and 6AM. some say its bad, but eh... it really isn't for me. my sweet spot for a refreshing sleep is 5 and a half - 6 hours. I can also function with 3 - 4 hours but get a bit irritated with that low amount of sleep. I'm 23 now and miss the "Doomer" days in all honesty, mainly because of the long night walks. what I don't miss is the mindset.. I would say that I was a doomer at around 18 then "stopped" being a doomer at around 21. I'm glad that I went through that.. cheers to the doomers who are young, as well as the "ancients" lol. I don't know what you guys are going through but hope you get out of it and possibly fight the good fight; be it against those who are above the government or spreading a fine philosophical message about life.

[@uxsenebeli]

What a story mark

[@jackmaxted5683]

Thank you anon. I can't relate to many people when it comes to this problem

[@xRedNationx]

This is why you should sweat your ass of in high school so you can get into a college paid for. You don’t want to be mid 20s loser working these shit jobs for little wage

[@bigdgray98]

Having structure in your day and getting those 7-8 hours are key to doing early shifts. I'm doing them myself at the moment and while everyone else is tired and depressed, I'm actually feeling good and mentally positive.

[@Thecelestial1]

6 months doing a breakfast shift 430 start at Burger King. Never again.

[@BknMoonStudios]

You know what's worse? Having to be at work at 6 AM and ending the shift at 6 PM. *_NEVER_* work 12 hour shifts, people.

[@matejsiml1616]

I work for 12-15hours per day, and its fine

[@Ryan-zp6of]

Nah. 13 hour shifts are great

[@monkemonkerson5620]

Every time I try and do one, it sucks worse than the last time and the time before that. Unless you're bonkers about your job, that's a long ass, soul draining day.

[@SelectiveStreets]

Depends on the job, if you work in security your pretty much sat there watching Netflix

[@colematthews7535]

@Damien Jäger exactly why I’m a nurse. Work nights Friday-Sunday then Monday-Friday night off.

[@falsereality5990]

The way we make ourselves ill to maintain the lives we don't want. The way we reason how it could do good for us to try not to go mad by it. But if we really believed it, we wouldn't need the reasoning in the first place.

[@epiphany55]

I love these gurus who talk about getting up at 5am as if it's some kind of revelation. You end up crashing about 9pm. All the same bullshit awake/asleep hours. 8 hours work, 8 hours recreation, 8 hours rest bla bla bla blaaa

[@heyy1829]

Exept 8 hours work is more likely ten hours with preparation and commuting, and sleep is usually more like 6 hours for most people

[@nonyabusiness2032]

Don't drink coffee or you will rely on that.

[@vectorninecrosswind]

This is almost certainly a slavic guy making this :D the hard bass and the gopnik pants

[@___fokker___974]

Relatable AF Sir, well played, well played indeed. After a few years ''you`ll learn'' not to power nap; ofcourse you`ll do a power nap. Ofcourse.

[@MrFriendo]

I was screaming "No don't do it!" when he said he was gonna take a 10 minute nap. FUCK.

[@SomeSloan]

always instantly click anytime DoomD uploads, love the vids, the aesthetics, the messages that we can all relate too, and just the overall content style!

[@marcoaureliofernandezreyes1413]

Sam here good videos.

[@j4dedm4llard47]

I wake up at 3:30 to go to work. Ive never related to a video harder.

[@avahighfill5412]

All my 12 hour shift workers know the drive home is not a feeling of freedom. Half the time, it’s pure emptiness. You know you’re going to be short with your family when you get home. You’ll have to rush to get done anything you’ve been meaning to do in the short 2 hours you have of personal time before you go to bed and do it all over again. The whole drive is just you wondering how you’re going to manage another agonizing day tomorrow.

[@ya_boi_zak5927]

A truly awful experience. All that time spent working jus to get paid crumbs. Surely there are better ways to get money.

[@samusaran7317]

@@ya_boi_zak5927 Some times its better to put your ego aside and save more money living with others. It doesnt pay to live by yourself unless one is so cucked they love spending all their time at work.

[@jamesb7529]

1:30 oh god that alarm tone sends shivers down my spine in the morning LMFAO

[@Dominency]

The garbage in the car it's so relatable. You don't have energy or time to clean it out or to have any actual meals you just take junk food on the go and chuck it when you are done. Late stage capitalism really really does suck our souls are so crushed.

[@lukea9873]

oh yeah and all the dirt and cement builds up in ur car with mcdonalds and kfc bags im like fuck the day a girl sees this im done

[@laughingtothebanklikehahah3618]

My diet was basically Tornados and Monsters

[@lukea9873]

@@laughingtothebanklikehahah3618 ooh nice we have mother energy drinks in australia its like a sour caffinated sugary as fuck drink, if im slightly hungover ill smash that on the way to my 35 degree heat 10 hour concrete factory job. GG lol

[@Noface678]

That’s nasty tf. Everyone still has time to throw out the trash.

[@toowingless9473]

Damnit capitalism and it’s… *pulls card* Way it makes me uh.. not clean my car? Yeah, yeah.

[@Elegyofawesomeness]

Yup. Did this before classes in college. Years shaved off my life for sure

[@Rusiputki]

I want to mention something else. Even if you rotate shifts and try the 8-5. You will still feel identical, you get stuck in traffic jam, everything is closed, and not enough day light to actually do anything when you have energy. Really 6am start or 2pm start are the better options in this type of work. And no boss till 9am or after 5pm...

[@westonblanchard5404]

Fr i work second shift at my factory 2pm - 10pm. I find this schedule to be very doable

[@derekmartin8127]

Very well done. The trick is to not overuse caffeine. Look at them like boosts or power-ups. You only have 3. One shortly after waking up, the next one after lunch, and then the last after your shift (or after timed 40min +/- powernap).

[@fredthemanish]

Used to work 4am shifts for a company where all we did was unload boxes and equipment. It's sucked and I purposely never slept the nights before work. Went in fucked up but did great work

[@zerobudgetstories]

naps are incredible

[@Elpipiton]

It takes the brain 5 to 10 minutes to warm up to a new task. If after those 10 min you still wanna take a nap, go ahead. Just don't forget to journal it in.

[@Duchenkuke_DV]

this literally happened for me today. now its 3 am and i am still awake...

[@lochnessmobster1977]

did this life for too long. had at least one energy drink a day to get thru it, and then you end up sleeping when you get home.

[@AnoNym09878]

I got a little paranoid thinking someone’s watching me and describing my life

[@ironcross6719]

I felt that lol On a serious note though, I find that working out in the afternoon gives me the energy to actually enjoy my afternoons and avoid "naps" that sometimes last hours.

[@Dominency]

"I made a decision: Not to work. To live as a parasite. I never worked in my life. I never had a job, except for a year, in Brasov as a highschool teacher. And it was a complete failure. I realized I could not practice a profession. I have to wander around in life. To avoid any responsibility. I have to do anything to save my freedom. Freedom to not work in the proper sense of the world. All my life, I have calculated how I can be free. I don't want to be a slave in any way. This is the only absolute certainty that I've had in life. I don't want to be subordinate. I can succumb to any humiliation on the conditon that I am free."

[@scherebeatle]

where is that from

[@Polyvalent]

@@scherebeatle Emil Cioran.

[@Arejen03]

thats literally me, im 30 , worked 1 year in my life, besides that im living off social money, i go to doctors i lie about my mental ilness just to get my unemployment money.

[@bnegs521]

@@Arejen03 you wont get unemployment you're lying

[@Arejen03]

@@bnegs521 im from Germany not us

[@IvanDude1]

When you're a night owl its fine. Waking up and its dark out is the best. Harder to get groceries though.

[@denebstudios.8018]

Im going to start working an early shift next week at the construction, and yt recommends me this. Its gonna be just a few months, but i hope i can overcome it and still being productive

[@jacksonsolsma6448]

Especially hurts when the clubs are going late, people revving engines, living next to trains or the L. Roughin it.

[@th3lazypirate879]

That time warp be kicking everyone's ass

[@mycoboto]

I work 7pm to 5am at a recycling center and this is so accurate it makes me that much more depressed

[@africaart]

I saw the energy drink (a habit I thought was unique to me). Now am realizing something.

[@mycoboto]

@@africaart dude I know I start with a monster or nos at 7pm pepsi by 9pm then coffee from midnight from 3:30am then flush it out with a bottle of water when I get home then twilight sleep/nap smoke pot all day til time to do it over again

[@aristonmain]

you still good bro?

[@ironleeFPS]

I used to work 12am to 8am 5 nights a week, alone in a tv station building as head of security. It was awesome. Didn’t have to do anything, had all day off. Working at night is where it’s at. I never felt like I was waking up early because I’d go to sleep when I got home and woke whenever the fuck I wanted, usually 1 to 3pm.

[@kaliss7192]

I used to take naps after work just because I was so damn tired. But then I started going to the gym for 2 hours after work. Never needed to take a nap again. Except on weekends when i don't have a schedule.

[@soldierside365]

When that phone alarm went off at the power nap part, my heart genuinely started racing like I had to wake up

[@illustriouschin]

Try doing this with a family, you'll be wishing you were a doomer so you can get that nap.

[@averagejoegrows]

learn to have sex with a condom

[@GeneralChangFromDanang]

I'm a natural 2nd shifter and had this exact experience when I worked day shift in a machine shop. Even if I skipped the afternoon nap, I couldn't fall asleep until 2am. Never got used to it.

[@cannabinized]

7am-3pm is the perfect shift, early enough that you avoid rush hour but doesn't mess up your sleep schedule

[@bnegs521]

Too early

[@AMM1998]

@@bnegs521 how do you function in life if 7am is too early for you?

[@J1283-s1k]

100%. To me, 8am-4pm is as far as it goes before you start finishing too late and get caught in rush hour.

[@ekaterinastaneva9922]

@@AMM1998 9am is too early

[@jpebrz]

That is exactly my shift

[@DutchDukeMan]

at my job i need to switch every single week from a late shift to an early shift. so every other sunday night i'm either laying in bed with a head full of thouhts not getting any sleep all night until my alarm goes off. or i just stay up watching YT all night until i need to go. it just sucks either way.

[@wed3k]

I literally wake up at the same time and feel so poopy at 2pm.

[@stevenc.6502]

The trick is to change your internal clock; you need black-out curtains in your bedroom, and bright lighting the rest of the time; preferably light that mimics sunlight. If you have the same shift all week, then you cannot change your schedule too much. It's worse if you have rotating shifts or a mixture of shifts. Once I had a mixture of night and afternoon shifts, and adopted a 28-hour schedule; this had the benefit of giving me sleep hours at night on my days off, I went to sleep for 9.33 hours and then was awake for 18.67 hours. This only works if your afternoon shifts are immediately before your night shifts.

[@TheMatthess]

So relatable. I worked as a welder and ironworker for 3 years. Wake up at 4 am, be to work at 5. Pack a pot of coffee, cold leftovers and some nicotine and I'm ready for the next 10 hours. It was kinda nice getting off of work at 230, most of the day ahead of you. But I would always stay up too late or take a "power nap" and wake up when I should be going to sleep. Never do it again though.

[@arisaga822]

Life, responsibilities, and children mean I bed down at 11.00pm. Up at 4.00am to commute. I love life so much…

[@frankbeans5921]

After awhile I learnt not to do the ‘power nap’ as it just fucked me over. Better off having a coffee to get you through the arvo then going to sleep at 7pm. Depressing part about that is in summer the sun is still up.

[@memduhyalcner4584]

he is better than me. He has car and pc. I don't even have a car or good pc it is hard to buy one in Turkey with minimum wage.

[@andzejf1236]

Keep your head up bro

[@user-fz3ip3ke8p]

How's the situation in turkey right now? Are there people starving? I've heard the economy went down bad

[@JediDarkForce]

Run bro run

[@memduhyalcner4584]

@@user-fz3ip3ke8p Well we are not started starving yet but inflation is like between 60% and %50 and government says its only 40% bu our purchasing power got pretty low. I have not eaten meat in 6 months because i can not buy it. I smoke smuggled cigarettes because it is expensive in legal ways. And Turkish Lira is losing power against dollar and euro it makes foreign goods impossible to purchase. For example a good gaming notebook(yes gaming notebook) is around 12.000 Turkish liras and minimum wage is 3000 Turkish lira. You have to work for 4 month to even get this. I can make more examples but i think you get the idea.

[@stateofflux7453]

@@memduhyalcner4584 I assume (maybe wrong) the consumer dynamics in Turkey is dictated a lot by remittance money being sent over from Germany and NL too.

[@CapitainOne]

Even having a 12 hour shifts, non consecutive days, I can relate. When you've slept 20 hours straight, just from being tired, you will relate too xD

[@ryanadams0922]

I had to do the graveyard shift. It wasn't easy but it was very interesting and I was always tired

[@daniel.m5278]

Always take a 2 hr power nap after work. It feels so reguvinating

[@TDDPhoto]

This feels like a personal attack

[@jirinovacek7224]

I was doing some weightlifting in the gym, boxing or something like this almost every day after work. I also took some melatonin pills before sleep and this was the solution to fall in sleep early enough to get the 8 hour sleep. Make a video about night shifts in the factory. The whole night you see only intense artificial light and your brain lacks melatonin so much that you wake up after 3 hour sleep, feeling like being destroyed. Not being able to fall in sleep again. Only sport and melationin pills was the solution to sleep 8 hours so I was luckily fresh every day