Living around it
Meals, exercise, sleep and planning a week you cannot predict.
A ten-minute routine for when the rota lands
The same four steps every time, done while the window for fixing things is still open.
Read →Annual leave when you work shifts
Why leave is worth more and harder to get on a rotation, how the accounting differs, and when to actually book it.
Read →Errands and admin on a rotating schedule
The advantage nobody uses — weekday access to everything — and how to build the shopping, the post office and the boring stuff around your cycle.
Read →Exercise that survives a bad block
What to do when the plan collapses — the floor that keeps the habit alive until the good weeks come back.
Read →Exercise with a rotating schedule
Why "same time every day" fails against shift work, and what to do instead — including where exercise interacts badly with night shifts.
Read →Getting through a block of shifts
The tactical version — what to do the day before, during, and on the way out of four consecutive shifts.
Read →Getting to appointments when you work shifts
GPs, dentists and everything else that only opens while you are working or asleep. Practical ways round it.
Read →Meal planning around shifts
Eating properly when your hours move — what to cook, when to prep, and why the day after nights is the one that catches everyone out.
Read →Planning a week you cannot predict
How to plan when the schedule arrives three days before the week starts — separating what is knowable from what is not.
Read →Setting up a home that works for shift work
The practical, physical things — blackout, noise, food, the front door — that decide how survivable a rotation is.
Read →Shift work and mental health
What the evidence says, why the isolation matters as much as the sleep, and what is worth doing about the parts you can influence.
Read →Sleep planning across a rotation
Planning sleep as deliberately as shifts — including the transitions, which are where most of the damage happens.
Read →Socialising when your week is different to everyone else's
The default social calendar runs Friday to Sunday. What to do when you are working most of it.
Read →Staying healthy on shifts, realistically
Not a list of ideals. The four things with the best evidence, and what to do when you can only manage one.
Read →Studying while working shifts
A degree, a qualification or an apprenticeship on top of a rotation. What makes it work and what makes people drop out.
Read →Taking leave that actually rests you
A week off that is mostly recovery is not a week off. How to place and use leave on a rotating schedule.
Read →The domestic week when yours does not match
Bins, deliveries, the shop, the school newsletter. The small recurring stuff that quietly assumes a Monday-to-Friday life.
Read →The money side of shift work
Premiums, overtime, and the costs shift work adds that nobody counts. Worth doing the arithmetic properly.
Read →What changes when you stop working shifts
Moving to days is not only a schedule change. What people report gaining, losing, and not expecting.
Read →Working a second job around shifts
The four-day block makes a second job possible. What actually works, what wrecks you, and the coordination problem it creates.
Read →Your first month on shifts
What nobody tells you before you start, in the order you will meet it.
Read →Other topics
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Now on iPhone — Android coming soon. Free to start. Free to share. It just wants your week to be a little less of a mystery.