Some people are simply night people. I'm one. I usually feel sluggish throughout the day and only really gain momentum after the sun goes down. Even without a night job I usually stay awake nearly to sun up.
I've been a bartender most of my life, usually working shifts till 5am. It just works for me. I wake up at my leisure and run my errands while everyone else is at work. No rush hour, no lines. I still have days off to spend with friends.
Frankly, I don't understand day jobs. When I wake up I'm usually still tired for a few hours. Then I gotta work all day which makes me tired. Go home and be too tired to do shit. Go to bed because I'm tired and do it all again the next day. That feels like not having a life to me.
We're all wired differently. Maybe you're just not a night person. You should do what works for you if at all possible. If you have no choice in the matter then I say embrace it. Don't try to reset yourself too hard to a daytime schedule on your days off. You are getting up around the time most people are getting off work or school so you should be able to find time to spend with friends or family. If you commit to it you just might be able to find a way to make that schedule work for you.
I used to live up north too. Don't really miss them, ha. But I lived in the city so it just made everything a pain. Nothing fun like sledding or snow forts.
When I lived in New York I was flabbergasted any time I had to ride the subway during morning rush hour. I could never live with having to do that every day.
I did something similar on a bicycle about to crash into a car in a near head on collision. Right before impact, without thinking, I jumped off of the bike, ran across the hood of the car, did a full front flip and landed on my feet on the other side... While wearing flip-flops.
A guy on the curb asked me if I was alright and all I could think to say was, "did you see what I just did?!"
I'm a bartender. I work when other people are off work. I thrive on their days off. I have days off too, just not yours. Not everybody wants to work a 9-5.
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