What schedule do you keep on your off days?
I've been dancing for two weeks now and honestly, I love it. I'm only dancing about three times a week because I have another job and I'm in a serious relationship (with someone who is 100% supportive of my dancing). One thing I haven't figured out yet is how to schedule my off days. My other job is something I do from home and can do whenever I want. I guess I just haven't figured out if I should keep basically the same hours every day for the sake of my sleep schedule, or if I should try to move to more "normal" hours on the days I'm not working. So far I feel like I'm sleeping and laying around too much, but I'm definitely not used to being out and on my feet this much so I'm sure I won't always be this tired. I'm thinking that maybe I should just keep my sleep schedule the same every day, and do my other job at night, too, on the nights I'm not stripping. I'm obsessed with getting enough sleep so that's a factor here. I'd love to hear how other people schedule their off days. Do you keep basically the same hours every day? If you go to bed at 5am on nights you work, what time are you going to bed on nights you don't work?
Re: What schedule do you keep on your off days?
Hey,
Anjelina, how are you organising your days now that you've been dancing for a couple of months? I just started and I have the same questions. Also, my partner works days and I now work nights, it's really not fun and causes strain on our relationship, how do you deal with that?
Re: What schedule do you keep on your off days?
You'll get used to the physical part, don't stress about that yet.
I found it was best for my sanity to keep a very similar schedule on my nights off. On work nights I get to bed around 4 am and get up about 1 pm.
If I'm taking multiple days off in a row, I sometimes edge it back to a 3 am bed time - I was feeling really rushed on days I needed to do 'regular world' things when places closed at 4:30 or 5 pm, so getting up that hour earlier helps.
@Meghan, my SO also works mostly days. Time management and planning is the key. I try to do as much as I can during the day so that if I'm off that night we can spend time together before he goes to bed. He generally gives me his month's schedule so I can also pick a couple date nights on his days off.
Also, I've noticed it kinda depends WHAT you're doing together. Like, if before you spent a lot of time watching TV (because you had shitloads of time), now you'd probably wanna make your limited time together doing something a little more engaging, ya know? Quality time vs quantity of time and all...