12 hour shifts are slowly but surely breaking my body and spirit. I really dislike being on call from 5am to 5pm even if I generally like what I do. That and the fact that I'm in a program that gets a new schedule every ten weeks is driving me a little stir crazy, it's hard but I'm making the sleep sacrifice to try and have something resembling a life outside of work.
I'd be a lot happier with it if it was my own business, doing the kind of thing you're doing as opposed to...this.
For real, I don't think I could do this with a smile on my face for someone else. I was pretty worried going into it about how I'd stand up to the hours, nice to see that I can handle it. I've always been the kind of person who can work long hours in terrible conditions but I'm not as young as I used to be.