Best Shifts Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Free speech is the cornerstone of a society that aspires to genuine progress. It encourages the exploration of unconventional ideas, paving the way for paradigm shifts and breakthroughs that propel us forward. By embracing the diversity of thought, we ensure that our collective journey is marked by continual discovery, innovation, and the dynamic evolution of the human experience.”

Source: Night Shift Recovery

“Night shifts are known for their ability to damage workers health.”

Night Ability Known Health Workers Astronomy Damage Altitude Shift Shifts

Book:Night Shift Recovery

Source: Night Shift Recovery

“It was with the benefit of hindsight I realized I had been hired into a known biologically toxic job.”

Night Astronomy Job Toxic Hindsight Benefit Biologically Shifts Realized Hired

Book:Night Shift Recovery

Source: Night Shift Recovery

“Nasty chapped lips was always a problem at the end of several night shifts atop the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea.”

Night Lips Altitude Mauna Kea Nasty Summit Shifts Atop Chapped

Author:Steven Magee

“I would run down like a battery during several extreme night shifts atop the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii.”

Night Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Extreme Shifts Battery

Author:Steven Magee

“While working extreme night shifts, I would take digestive supplements to offset gastrointestinal problems that would develop at the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Supplements Shifts Gastrointestinal Digestive

Author:Steven Magee

“It was well known to the team of eight extreme night shift workers that group needed nine workers to prevent overwork and accumulation of excess night shift hours that could not be taken because there were not enough workers to cover for the absence.”

Absence Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Overwork Nights Shifts

Author:Steven Magee

“Out of a group of eight extreme night shift workers, I was aware of four workers who appeared to be displaying symptoms of depression. That is fifty percent of the team. That number may be higher if you include those that were already on successful depression treatment and were not publicly showing the symptoms.”

Depression Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Nights Shifts

Author:Steven Magee

“Trying to get a good sleep at high altitude during the daytime between extreme night shifts generally required sleeping tablets.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Sleeping Tablets Shifts

Author:Steven Magee

“The longer I worked extreme night shifts, the less effective energy drinks became. Eventually I stopped drinking them as they would have no effect on me. I would drink one and go to sleep when home during the daytime.”

Energy Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Drinks Shifts

Author:Steven Magee

“The most stimulants I have taken in life were during my extreme night shifts to keep me awake.”

Night Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Telescope Stimulants Shifts

Author:Steven Magee

“Night shift workers typically suffer from solar radiation deficiency sickness.”

Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Radiation Tmt Deficiency Solar Shifts

Author:Steven Magee

“Telescope coordinates are 12 numbers long. After a couple of years working extreme night shifts on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, I could no longer remember the numbers that were read out to me by astronomers.”

Remember Astronomy Osha Altitude Mauna Kea Tmt Extreme Shifts Amnesiac

Author:Steven Magee

“One can only wonder what the motivation is for Mauna Kea astronomers to subject their nighttime support staff to extremely long and fatiguing night shifts when they are easily avoidable.”

Science Motivation Night Work Wonder Discovery Astronomy Mauna Kea Shifts

Author:Steven Magee

“Night shift work is known to cause shift work disorders.”

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Author:Steven Magee

“Night shift work is a known trigger of depression symptoms.”

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Author:Steven Magee

“There were times I was so fatigued and confused at the end of my extreme night shifts that I could not shut down the facility. I would have to wait for the day staff to show up and let them take over the task.”

Night Astronomy Confused Facility Down Task Shut Extreme Shifts Fatigued

Book:Night Shift Recovery

Source: Night Shift Recovery

“But like so many phenomena that were beautiful at a distance—thunderheads, volcanic eruptions, the stars and planets—this alluring pain proved, at closer range, to be inhuman in its scale.”

Perspective Shifts

Book:The corrections

Source: The corrections

“I would run down like a battery during my extreme night shifts and I would never fully recover during the week off between them. I would start my next set of extreme night shifts in a sickly state.”

Night Start Run Down During Extreme Recover Sickly Shifts Battery

Book:Night Shift Recovery

Source: Night Shift Recovery

“You should put daily practices into place to aid in this maintenance, such as meditation or stillness. In meditation, you are able to go within and have the realization of what actually needs to be adjusted or shifted, such as a thought or belief. It’s important that your individual daily practice is consistent and that you are honest in this space about your findings.”

Practice Meditation Consistent Stillness Higher Self Daily Shifts

Book:Learning To Love: And The Power of Sacred Sexual Spiritual Partnerships

Source: Learning To Love: And The Power of Sacred Sexual Spiritual Partnerships

“Cola and pizza was my first daytime meal after a week of extreme night shifts, followed by explosive diarrhea!”

Night Altitude Pizza Daytime Meal Diarrhea Extreme Shifts Explosive Cola

Author:Steven Magee

“Want to wreck your long-term health? All you need to do is work the night shift for years.”

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Author:Steven Magee

“There was never sufficient time for restorative sleep during the really long winter astronomy night shifts.”

Long Night Time Sleep Winter Astronomy Sufficient Altitude Shifts Restorative

Book:Night Shift Recovery

Source: Night Shift Recovery

“The only way I could get to sleep between my night shifts was to use sleeping tablets.”

Night Sleep Astronomy Medication Sleeping Tablets Hypoxia Apnea Between Shifts

Book:Night Shift Recovery

Source: Night Shift Recovery

“If you really want to mess someone up, you sleep deprive them.”

Night Sleep Astronomy Mess Osha Tmt Insomnia Really Shifts Deprive

Author:Steven Magee

“If you want to make a healthy person become sickly, you sleep deprive them.”

Night Sleep Healthy Astronomy Osha Tmt Person Sickly Shifts Deprive

Author:Steven Magee