I've recently began opening at work again. Something I did all the time in Gainesville, but it wasn't until recently I lived close enough for that to be a reality in Portland. But the new re-found position feels great.
All of this means I have to be at work at 4:30am, so I get up at 4-4:10am at latest; it's twenty minute walk or 7 minute bike ride.
It's a little hard to get up at times, but I love seeing the city just before it wakes up, and the temperature and low energy in the air is just lovely. This morning I saw the mood still shining bright on my way into the job place.
With this new schedule it seems like my sleep schedule has been 1-4am and 1-4 or 5pm. That's two separate 3-4 sleepings at best. It's weird, but it works and it's becoming a pattern really quick. I'm trying to convince my body it doesn't need such a long sleeping in the afternoon part, but it just depends how long the opening shift is. 8 hour shifts definitely mean longer naps.