Suggestion for solving the problem - working at night

[Xyloph...@gmail.com]

I know some people who work at night and they say they don't suffer
from summer heat at all. while before that, when they worked day time
they suffered tremendously.
I think it might be a good idea to find a night job. you won't get to
see the sun so much and go out in cooler times of the day. it's an
alternative to moving for all thous people who can't move.
also it pays better at night jobs.
What do you think?

[Sandi]

In my experience working at night definitely helps, but not enough. It
DOES help enough to be worthwhile if you can't make a bigger change!
Just not enough for me to call it a decent alternative to moving.

I hadn't even thought about that because to me it was never a question.
I have always been a night person and when I have lived somewhere hot
and during the hot part of the year I make a point to work at night.
Originally that was in jobs outside the home where I had night or
evening hours. Now that I have been working at home for many years I
control my schedule, so I usually work at night.

Sandi
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[Wendy]

Since I have lived in Florida, all that staying up all night has done for me
is give me swollen glands. They start swelling up around three in the
morning. Then I get sick.
When I lived in Maryland, staying up all night was no problem, esp. in
the winter. The winter kind of sent me into a manic state where I'd have
days of creativity and productivity and it couldn't be contained to just the
day, so I'd stay up all night practicing muscial instruments, writing
papers, poetry etc. These manic episodes usually happened around February
or March. In April I would start winding down and by May, I started
languishing again and life started requiring a tremendous amount of effort.
In the summer, I was a kid, so no school pressure then- life jst kind of
slowed to a crawl. As long as I kept exercising regularly, it was bearable
because one knew Autumn was right around the corner.
After moving where I am now, staying awake in the day is hard enough- I
can't imagine staying up all night. Summer Sad has not robbed me of my
circadian rhythms, it has just prevented me from capitalizing on them for
optimal health. The shock of waking up early in the morning is very healthy
and makes your body produce hormones that help your immune system and help
one cope with stress. But waking up to blue sky and blaring sun and
suffocating humidity at 5 or six in the morning as we often do here in South
Florida... is depressing.
Yes, I agree, working at night is optimal if you can't move, but
personally, it doesn't work for me.

[Saskia]

The idea of no sun makes me depressed, lol! I actually love the sun and sunlight.....just not blasting at full volume every day. Yeah I couldn't handle working at night either, and I'd be depressed during my "good" seasons when I'd be working at night and never see my friends or experience normal life as I know it! My brother did a night shift for awhile and his health really suffered...I guess some people are better at it than others as my mother in law did it as a nurse for 20 years (but now she is permanently a night owl!).