need ideas for nights off

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ok so I've just started working night shift and I don't know what to on my nights off. I need a hobby or something that will fill the hrs between 12am-6am. Any suggestions??????

Specializes in Critical Care.

Really powerful lights on a mountain bike. No crowds, rarely too hot to ride. As long as you don't mind the idea of being out in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night doing something that could cause you to go unconscious and nobody would notice, other than that it's a fun way to get through nocturnal downtime.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Patient Safety.

I try to do my grocery shopping at the 24-hour grocery store - I'm usually the only one in the store who isn't stocking shelves.

I also think it helps to have some friends who are also night-shifters. I'm new to nights as well and it really helps to have people who keep the same hours to do things with - even if it's just watching TV. It keeps me from feeling so isolated at night.

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Specializes in ER, Home Health, PCU, Med/Surg.

I have worked nights for over twenty years now, i switch back and forth, i take a nap on my first day back to work and i stay up longer on my first day off. I try to do three in a row so that my days off are all in a row too.

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Specializes in geriatrics.

I make healthy meals so I have food to take to work. Yoga, reading and watching tv. I also really like to travel, so when I want some excitement, I go somewhere. But now I have student loans. I find after 12 to 13 hour shifts, I'm too tired to do much. I just

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