![]() Find a comfortable sleep temperature setting and keep the room well ventilated.Exercise regularly, but not right before bed.Avoid heavy, spicy, or sugary foods 4 hours before bedtime.This includes coffee, tea and many sodas, as well as chocolate. Avoid caffeine 6 hours before bedtime.Avoid excessive alcohol ingestion 4 hours before bedtime, and do not smoke.If you are in the habit of taking siestas, do not exceed 45 minutes of daytime sleep.Establish a regular bedtime and waking time.That way, your chance of falling asleep on duty, and risk getting fired, is lower.Īs we wrote in this blog, The World Sleep Society website has 10 commandments of sleep that it publicizes on World Sleep Day. Trust Security and Fire Watch company says the first order of business is to make certain you get enough sleep before your shift begins. So take some tips from security companies. ![]() This video gives tips on staying awake and surviving the night shift. If you're a doctor scurrying around an emergency room or a police officer on foot patrol, the chances of falling asleep are slim to none.īut if you're a security guard in a small town or are on a low-activity watch and are on the graveyard shift, you might have a lot of trouble staying awake. But let us hope that every security guard has pleasant nights with little to report.įor many types of workers, the night shift entails a struggle to stay awake. There are quite a few security guard stories at that ask/Reddit thread. Does everything have to be so unpleasant? On to more pleasant topics Coincidentally, that's when I lost my innocence, ala 'Sleepers'. That's when I turn the corner and an older man was struggling to put his pants back on. I jump back a little and try to regather my composure. I approach cautiously and get just to the corner when a young man scurries past me and darts towards the street. So, now I knew that there was someone(s) were in the area. I was doing my rounds and as I approached a blind-corner, I would smell cigarette smoke. Sh-t gets crazyĪnother Reddit commenter wrote in the same thread:Īlso working graveyard shift, different security job. He tried to hit us multiple times and ended up chasing us for a couple of blocks when I flashed my brights to get his plate. He was driving a lifted f450 and we had a small Japanese car. 5 seconds because we apparently pissed off a tow truck driver by watching him do his job (from a good distance btw). Another site I had to master my reverse driving in. Funny thing is he could sell right in front of me and theres not a thing I could do. One of our sites has had 3 homicides in the past 6 months and the other has a pissed off drug dealer because we've been asked to target his corner of the complex because of transients sleeping in people's doorways. My company does short 30 minute patrols and I bump from site to site. At least, they hope it's boring or they could be a facing a situation.Ĭheck out this post from a Reddit thread about security guard horror stories : In between making rounds, as they monitor the security camera feeds, how do these guys stay awake? It sounds like kind of a boring job. I hope you have enough time to study so that you can give exam with the best prep.It's a thankless job, but somebody has to watch over valuable property or sleeping innocents in the wee hours when the crowds go away. ![]() Which is why, the points about planning and time adjustments come into play. But i understand that it's not as feasible for everyone. I know it all sounds like generic advice, but tbh, i just took 2 weeks off from work and dove into books and that worked. Other than that.find a study buddy.stay motivated (by internal or external sources).eat well, stay hydrated, stay physically active, all that stuff. So make sure that you keep the execution of that plan in control. If you overwork, you'll have less energy left to study and that'll spiral down your entire plan. Then there are second to best options - depending on your exam date, design your study plan by topics, check your resources and spread them out across the timeline, get rest, take breaks to keep mind running, take practice tests every once in a while to make sure that you're progressing, and according to all of this, adjust your work schedule to allow for study hours. But that would take planning and flexibility from office and strict commitment. The best way, of course, is to take a few days off and study.
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