If you’re a frustrated and dissatisfied shift worker searching for a way to ‘Beat the Shift Work Blues’ then you’ve come to the right place. As shift workers we certainly work crazy and irregular hours which can make it very difficult to achieve a happy ‘work/life balance’.

But don’t worry – there is a solution!

I am going to share with you exactly how to ‘Beat the Shift Work Blues’ and become much happier at work.

Firstly I will tell you, that I am a shift work veteran of the airline industry where I worked for 15 years as a very frustrated shift worker. So I know EXACTLY what it’s like to get up in the dark, to constantly feel tired, and to miss out on family time because I’m either in bed or working on the weekends.

So what did I do to help me to ‘Beat the Shift Work Blues?’

Well I decided to take 100% responsibility for my life and to do 2 things:

1. I changed my mindset which allowed me to accept what I can’t change, and to change what I can.

2. I made a conscious decision to ‘not mind shift work’.

You see, shift work can be incredibily tiring and frustrating. To be honest if you’re a shift worker, then you’re a lot tougher and stronger than most of the general population because shift work isn’t easy, and not everybody is cut out for it.

There are certainly so many things that can add to your fatigue and frustrations. But the day that I decided to “… accept what I can’t change, and to change what I can” – literally changed my life.

Now if you come to work everyday and you say to yourself “… I hate my job, I hate working shift work, woe is me …” then that’s exactly what is going to happen. In simple terms, your thoughts will attract those things.

However if you start to take charge of your shift working life (and not the other way around) and begin by changing the way that you think, this mental shift can be very, very powerful.

You see the key difference is the thoughts that we think. You can choose what you think about and what you focus on, and you can also choose who you listen too. Keep away from negative people and certainly don’t be one yourself!

So come into work with a smile on your face, be friendly and don’t take life so seriously. Learn to laugh again because laughter is contagious. When we smile, people smile back.

Isn’t this the sort of work place that you’d like to be part of?

Do you have days when your whole body is just aching with tiredness? You feel so weak and exhausted that you can barely drag your tired body out of bed when the alarm goes off? Then you need to take a good look at what’s coming out the other end, because a sluggish bowel creates a sluggish body.

Now as you sit here and read this article you’re probably thinking “I really don’t want to know what’s coming out the other end of my body” – but you should. Because even though bowel movements are probably not your usual topic of conversation (especially at the dinner table), they are a good representation of your inner health and why you’re prone to having a tired body.

You see, by having a “complete and satisfying” bowel movement in the morning – it will actually help you achieve a higher level of energy. Whereas if your bowel is over-burdened and blocked up, then it’s actually preventing your body from being able to absorb essential vitamins and minerals from the food that you’re eating.

In fact this is also one of the reasons why so many people get sick. Their bodies are so clogged up from all of the processed and toxic food that they’ve eaten over the years – that they’re depleted of nutrition, or more simply – severely malnourished.

Unbelievable given that we live in a world that has an abundant supply of fresh food.

But the real problem is that we’re choosing to eat all of the wrong foods which have very little fibre and very little nutritional value – plus we’re eating way too much of these types of foods.

You see, the fibre in food is an important bulking agent to the stool, because it aids in the elimination of waste materials from the colon. We actually need between 30-50g of fibre every day, and to put this in to perspective; three cups of steamed vegetables contains 10g of fibre.

So if you want to transform yourself from having a tired body into one that feels more energetic and radiant, then you need to look after your bowels.

Make sure that you’re having a high-fibre diet; drinking at least 1.5 – 2 litres of water a day; consuming sufficient essential fatty acids (EFAs) for lubrication (yikes, sorry to get so specific here); and incorporate regular, brisk exercise as a part of your daily lifestyle.

Oh, and another way to boost your bowels into action is by having a glass of warm water with lemon juice first thing in the morning. This aids the digestive system and makes the process of eliminating the waste products from your body so much easier.

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a heck of a lot less tired just thinking about that!!