Screwed circadian rhythms

As you may have realised from the date stamps on some posts, I’ve not exactly been conforming to ‘normal’ sleep patterns recently. When I have nothing dictating when I need to be up and awake I tend to become nocturnal, sleeping between 5am and 1pm. It happens when I’m revising, on holiday from uni etc. So since I finished exams in the middle of December that’s how it’s been. I really need to get back to normal if I’m going to do any shifts at work - since it requires driving at 9am - and then ultimately get back into 9am lectures.

So here’s where you guys come in, are any of you shift workers? What have you found to be the best way to switch back to a normal sleeping pattern? Is it best to just try and sleep at a normal time, stay awake overnight, have a short sleep and then go back to normal? What works?

In other news, I found out that one of my friends got engaged on New Years Eve whilst watching the fireworks in central London. Am very excited for them, they’re a really cool couple. Seems to be the in thing at the mo, one of my uni mates got married just before Christmas, another two are getting hitched in March, another couple in August and then this recent one will be next November. It’s strange to see friends having babies, settling down etc whilst I’m still at uni and nowhere near ready for things like that!

In an attempt to try and fall asleep before 5am, I’m going to watch a DVD (House MD - Series 3 - great programme!) with the lights out whilst laid in bed. Not that I need an excuse to do that!

Take care

SD