I work only 20 hours a week, but it’s weird. It’s two ten-hour night shifts. I have a chronic physical disability that makes it difficult to stand/walk for too long, or to do even basic tasks that involve my wrists. I used to do 40 hour/wk night shifts, but they were 8 hours each, and it felt way more doable as we got there when things were settling down and usually left before the chaos of the morning shift began. Now, I’m arriving to the chaos of evening shift, doing night shift, and leaving work only after the chaos of the morning shift. I’ve talked about it before, but unless night shift is the only shift you can reliably do as I feel it is for me, don’t do it. It may seem like the “easy shift” but it will absolutely destroy your emotional, physical and mental well-being, your schedule, your appetite, your ability to sleep, and your social life as you’re now too busy sleeping throughout the day. It’s not worth it.

I’ve been thinking about going up to 40, but I don’t know if I could handle it. The money would be so much better, though.