Sleeping Around Your Shifts

Purpose: For people whose work hours move, and whose sleep has to move with them.

When to use: Use this when your shifts change or your sleep has fallen apart around work.

Worksheet prompts

1. What does your work schedule look like right now?
   Which days, which hours, and how often it changes.
2. When do you actually sleep on a work day? What about on a day off?
3. What gets in the way of sleeping once you get home?
4. What might make daytime sleep easier?
5. What is one thing you can set up or ask someone for this week?

Shift sleep is a harder job than most people realize. You are doing it anyway.