No Vitamin D: the EXPERIENCE 

When you live in a country without much sun, you tend to develop Vitamin D deficiency. The fact that you had a night shift in Wyoming means that you probably have that effect amplified by three.

i worked a night shift for a while myself and this is pretty accurate: only other thing i'd maybe add is other people legit do not care about your sleep needs and will be as loud as they please when your asleep

This hits hard as someone who's naturally nocturnal and far more comfortable at night, having to do the sleep schedule reset every week for the one early morning I have for uni XD

It’s a miracle, a video by the sea rabbit. My goodness, it’s gonna be amazing! Glad to see another video.

That was such a smooth slide into a merch promo haha *The keychain plushies look so adorable ahh!*

For some reason my body naturally tries to be nocturnal, and I can say that yeah this is pretty true, my favorite thing is that at night everything is super calm and nice outside, going for walks and just being outside is way more enjoyable at 2 or 3am, but you always feel like shit and never talk to other people-__-

My mom has been a 12-hour night shift nurse for 40 years now. Coffee has become the one thing keeping her going and she's pretty much given up going to social events so she can get sleep. Nocturnal life has become so normal she doesn't really know what she's going to do when she retires. My mom works 3 to 4 times a week so on the days off she tries to get up a little earlier for appointments and things. I have no idea how she does it, but I applaud people who are willing to change their lifestyle in order to be there for others. Thank you!

As someone who's currently fighting in my job to be transferred to dayshifts, this is painfully accurate.

This sounds like a rough time. I hope you got yourself a vitamin D supplement during this, I had to be prescribed one during the height of my seasonal depression (on top of the usual depression)

All points are valid as someone currently doing night shift. I miss seeing the Sun but I also don’t get extra pay.

i really like how you animated this one! looks very good

Absolutely love this style of animation

I worked night shift the summer after my first year of college and tried to keep as normal of a schedule as possible. I would sleep at night and be awake during the day on weekends. I also took summer courses online and would do my assignments after waking up and before my shift. It was a miserable time, so my hats go off to the people who make it work.

I used to work a night shift and I can confirm everything in this video. For hours, I could just stare blankly at a wall and no one would question why. I especially agree with the neutral point, meals 1, 2, and 3. Used to get asked things like, "Who mixes steak and pizza for breakfast?" I do, because time is an illusion.

As someone who has been doing night/early morning shifts for 4 years now, I can confirm the accuracy of these pros and cons. Personally the empty roads are hands down my favorite part.

The meal thing is straight up perk! The joy of ending your shift at 4-5 am and before leaving a college, who's also on the night shift, ask you "hey? There's pancake today at the cafeteria.. Wanna grab breakfast with me before we leave?"

As a trucker, it’s kinda nice running the night shifts. Traffic is almost all of the problem when you’re a trucker.

I work night shift, here are my tips and tricks to surviving.... I have been doing this for a long time now. It's an art form. I highly recommend to double up on the blackout curtains. That's right TWO SETS. *MAYBE THREE* The difference is monumental. Also, get floor length blackout curtains, double those puppies up, and use a tension rod to put them in your doorway. This reduces noise SIGNIFICANTLY, as well as cuts the amount of light able to enter your room. If you have pets that like to sleep with you, it's even better because you can use something to prop your door slightly open (but mostly closed) and they can come and go whenever they want and it's still dark af. It's also not a bad idea to have things like tapestries or other things that will help reduce noise from being able to bounce around. For instance, my room shares a wall with our living room wall that has the TV on it. I got those ikea wardrobes, and put them full across that wall. The clothes help cut the noise of the TV by a lot. Also, a desk fan, noise machine, or a sleep sound playlist is also a fantastic idea. We have a desk fan we turn on, and the sound Pavlov's dogs us into falling asleep. Melatonin supplements can also be useful if you ever throw your sleep out of wack, but I wouldn't use them every day. But oh man, they can be a real hail marry if you're having a rough time.

Yoooooo so exited to see another searabbit vid you're great man love your work

I did 6p to 6a Night Shift from December to August/Septemberish, it was by choice but the loneliness is all too real. Actually lost friends who got fed up with me “ignoring” them 😔

I appreciate your work in this really annoying time for healthcare workers :)

Sea Rabbit is the Technoblade of Animation. -Similar style of humor -Sporadic Upload Schedule. What other similarities are there?

As a fellow nocturnal who is bound by our corporate overlords at Amazon, I can say with 100% confidence that this is entirely accurate.

I also worked graveyard for years! Though, not as a nurse. Massive respect to you, brother. I think, other than Vitamin D, our circadian rhythms all adjust differently. I had some pretty bad habits that developed in me an affinity for isolation, and the easiest way to be isolated all of the time is to just be awake when nobody else is, too. So part of me still has a hard time associating the sun going down with the end of a day, but rather it always feel like things have just begun once it gets dark. The thing about basking in sunlight before bed is absolutely true tho, can be a blessing and a curse.

I enjoy the dark. It doesn't feel like I'm being flashbanged all the time, and the quietness/lack of people is so relaxing. Like you don't need to worry about the stress of societal norms or anything, and you can just kinda vibe and do your own thing.

Kudos on making it through your nights! I’m semi-nocturnal with my own 12-hour nights and rounding my third year on them. And thanks for your service in medicine. Hope you were treated well

Con #5 really gets to me because this last Christmas my family was pissed at me because I didn't go to a Christmas breakfast at 7 am which I was told about the night before (though with sleep schedules like ours it was the same day).

When I was 14 my brain decided to screw me over by making me go on a third shift to avoid the anxieties of school and other things. It sucked that I never got to go on morning walks and stuff like that, but there were a few pros. I woke up to the smell of mom's beautiful dinners, nobody was there to tell me I couldn't microwave leftover pizza for my other two meals, and I got to get better at gaming because I had nobody there to keep me doing anything productive.

I go on night shift very often for a month at a time, sometimes two. During the summer one of my favorite things to do was go longboarding at 3am when the roads were quite. Everything you mentioned hit like a brick, I couldn't imagine going for half a year. Stay strong solider

As someone who has worked a graveyard Shift for about 6 years. The significant other stuff hits HARD... With my last Ex-Gf, she worked in the early mornings so like 10a.m. to 6p.m. and me with the opposite time of 10p.m. to 6a.m. it really sucked, since by the time I arrived to work I would simply make her B-fast and wake her up so she would go to work, and she would do the same for me. We ended up spending about 1-2 hours/day max together awake and it sucked. This spiralled into losing a lot of our intimacy both physically but more importantly emotionally. This eventually led us to basically become roommates who slept on the same bed. Sadly the relationship just died. So yes, dating can be REAL hard unless both are willing to put up with a semi constant lack of sleeping and a lot of effort.

Now, when random inspiration hits you at 3am, you can actually act on it.

fricking banger, heres to a 2022 with like 2 videos

Child of a night shifter, thus I have an insane schedule. My dad has us 7 children to work with during our waking hours while our mom 1: sleeps the day away or 2: works. We can still do a little with here but her times are slim.

and then there's me, who slips in a 6am-14pm sleep schedule whenever i stop having outside forces dictate my schedule for me. it's like my brain just wakes up at night, and it's when i'm most productive. whenever it's examn season i go to bed when the sun wakes up and i can somehow trick myself into thinking the sun is setting.

Good to see you back sea rabbit :>

yo sea rabbit you were literally my childhood thanks for being my favorite animator on youtube bro much respect (when you used to live stream i watched so much that i got gifted subs)

Missed ya dude! don't worry upload videos whenever I'll gladly watch them whenever I can

This just hit hard. I don’t work night shifts but I’m dealing with a terrible sleep schedule right now.

I also have to do nights and days as shift work, and I definitely think the worst part is having no energy all the time, it just sucks your soul

Hearing you work 12hour shifts reminds me of my mom. She works 7am-7pm shifts and 7pm-7am shifts sometimes

You've been playing with the animation style again - looks good! I like how you kept the design of writing it by hand, but I bet it's at least a little easier to make and undo mistakes😁

As someone who has worked night shift for about a year and a half now. Like half your cons are actually pros. It's alot easier for appointments since most people work 1st shift. I actually get to see the sun more now because I'm not forced into a building all day long. And you can also be more flexible with your schedule if you need to be. I think night shift is really better than day shift.

I love your videos but for the sleep schedules everyone's brain is different, me personally without alarms in the morning, and needing to go to bed at a certain time my natural sleep schedule (ie falling asleep when tired and waking when body decides) was 4pm - 10am

there really is no preparing yourself for not seeing the sun for several months in a row. peace degrades into painful isolation remarkably quickly. im finally awake during the days again and its absolutely surreal how happy the sun will make me.

Hm, that’s pretty interesting. My preferred hours of sleep are actually somewhere between 2AM and 12 AM. As a freelancer and an artist, I’ve had many different sleeping schedules in my life but out of them all I absolutely despised waking up at around 5-6 AM for school or work. I’ve always ended up miserable and cranky throughout the whole morning and had to take an 1 hour nap after going home, no matter how much sleep I got during that night, just so I have enough energy to exist. Now, waking up at around 11-12 AM I’m usually perfectly rested and ready to take on the day. When it comes to creativity, with my current sleeping schedule I’m at my most creative at around 5PM to 2AM and that’s when I usually work. Then I need an hour for some self care and a quick shower and I go to sleep. That being said, I don’t like going to sleep later than 4 AM. Naturally, my body starts going into survival mode if I don’t head out to bed before 4 AM. I will usually get very hungry and my heart will beat faster, making me equally tired and restless. I also hate falling asleep when it’s sunny outside but once I fall asleep I don’t really mind it. So, that’s what I found out works for me. It also leaves me with some time in the afternoon to do the shopping and other chores while it’s still working hours for everyone. It feels healthy to me, I don’t know if there’s anyone in the comments who can confirm or deny it but if there’s any way you can adjust your schedule and sleep between 3AM and 11AM I can fully recommend it.

I recently started a new job that is 2:30pm to 11pm, but we actually get done at 1am. I also have to drive 50 minutes home, so I get home and shower and go to bed at 2:30pm. I hate it here! I can no longer socialize with friends and family. Also they are starting a mandatory 6 days a week, 10 hour days next week. I hate assembly work now, this is supposed to be temporary till I land a job that uses my college skills.

The Sea Rabbit is finally back WOOOO! love your videos keep up the good work 👍

this was my very first animation channel i have every watch. Love your channel keep it up

I personally find just about the opposite to be true. It's hard to have my schedule be where I'm not awake at night. Even if I forcefully correct it, it just sorta falls back to night owl.

MHT here! I work night shifts and you are on point with everything! One of my favorite things about night shifts is that when you are working with coworkers,everyone is so tired that we all find the smallest things funny 😂

really like the art style!!!!!!!

Been working night shift for 8 months getting off at 3am and haven’t noticed any cons since I have set weekends off including fridays when I get stuff done. I pretty much love it.

kind of highlights how messed up the world is when my main takeaway from this was you earn more money from working nights

A chunk of working nights successfully is prep. Blackout curtains, earplugs, vitamin D supplements, and knowing what’s open when before choosing when bedtime is are all necessary. Also, tricking your brain gets helpful, such as keeping lights on at night but turning them off during your daytime hours. I also like going to bed in the morning, cause sunrise and sunset are easilly confused, especially if you’ve been indoors working when it started.

My stepdad is also a nurse so living with him while he's up all night was weird. I could tell he didn't like it either.

Literally watching this during a 2am-8am desk shift. I felt this is my soul

Watching this before going in for my overnight shift that I've been doing for a couple months now 🙃 I'm an annoying morning person, so its especially rough for me 😂

I work night shift at a convenience store. As a natural night owl with autism, this is the perfect job for me. It’s so quiet and peaceful, nobody really butting in to disturb me, nothing to overload my senses, and I don’t have a manager breathing down my neck and I can get my work done as I see fit, as long as it gets done. My boss is super appreciative of me and I’m at my happiest just chilling and mopping at 3 AM.

How did you manage powerlifting between all of that? Did you take a break from it, or try and fit it in before or after work?

i have been on night shift for the past 5 years in wyoming working 6 PM to 6AM and honestly it doesn't bother me ive gotten used to it and actually enjoy having a ample amount of alone time. The main thing that pisses me off is that walmart screwed over night shift people by closing at 11pm now due to covid. I used to love going shopping at 2 am when there was hardly no one around but now walmart is always packed even right before closing.

I have a suggestion for the title and thumbnail. Rather than titling the video something niche, like "No Vitamin D," you could instead title the video "I Tried Being Nocturnal for a Year" or "I Only Slept During the Day for a Year," because that sounds a lot more enticing and interesting. Then, in the thumbnail, do a side by side. On one side, a picture of your character looking normally with the caption "Day 1." And on the other, a picture of your character looking sleep deprived, with the caption "Day 365." I think that would have wider appeal and would get this amazing video in front of more people

Nurses are the best people. I’ve been hospitalised 3 times in the last year, and nurses have always been great. Thanks, in general.

first lol

I work night shift in a retirement home atm. You making this video heals my soul. Incredibly accurate

It’s awesome to see how your style has evolved! Keep it up!

The merch plugin was hilarious. Interesting new video style too. I personally don't really like the moving back and forth thing and like the other style better.

this was the last thing i expected in my recommended today but it absolutely made my day

Con: ALONE Me: I see this as an absolute win

This hits so hard during my time as a call center agent. People outside are singing videoke and having fun and you're annoyed that you need to sleep through all of that, and try not to sing along. Better not order anything online as the delivery guy will always come at an inconvenient time. And Family will drop by to give food from Sunday outings (which is nice) but you just wish to pick it up yourself at your own time.

Hey that sleep study specialist was a good idea! I'm studying to be a neuroscientist one day, and as I have a delayed sleep cycle, I was worried about finding a job that strats by noon or later. I could definitely specialize in sleep and work the evenings and nights. They would probably be okay with me giving lectures at noon, students would be more likely to show up too.

I love night shift soooo much I work at a grocery store and the satisfaction I get when a person is about to come in and I lock the door and I'm like "Sorrryyyyy were closed🤗" it makes the fact that I look like I haven't seen the sun in years worth it

I worked warehouse graveyard and this video hit so close to home, thanks for making this :)

Omg, that feeing the sun before bed is the truest thing ever

About half of the cons are pros in my book tbh. I very much am nocturnal, my body does not like sunlight, so dark and going against a normal sleep schedule is very much up my alley. I didn't see the sun for a month straight late last year and I loved it

Quite the epic video Mr. The Rabbit

This is great thing to be watching when I'm feeling restless and staying up way to late for work tomorrow (on a regular day shift).

I work night shifts so I feel some of these, but I tend to be a night owl and an introvert anyway and I'm pretty damn creative at night. I think appointments and family events are still a challenge, but at least take some vitamin D supplements to fix the deficiency.

Cons: being alone I see this an absolute win

"you have to go against your body's natural sleep cycle" >me watching at 4:30am Q~Q

Nice mini sea rabbit keychain. I missed out on your other sea rabbits already. I am NOT missing those. Thanks for the heads up. This also explains why you haven't posted any animations for a while. I like that you didn't bother changing the part for 2021 at the beginning that made me laugh. Happy new year!

hey just to tell you i think your videos are super cool! you’re like one of the only animators i know that doesn’t really use digital art and i think it’s super rad B)

Damn I can relate to this. I only got a ten hour shift ending at 4am so I have it slightly better but I also don't have to deal with people much in manufacturing. I don't think I would have the patience at 3am for a annoying patient.

The productivity thing is really true. It's so hard to do anything

My fiance started working night shift a few months ago. It has it's rough moments for sure, but the pay is certainly a help since we're trying to save for a house. Apartment living is not great for his schedule, especially once construction started next door so all through the day its heavy machinery noises, the whole building shakes sometimes. Hopefully in a couple years he'll have enough seniority to switch to days.

Huge fan of Meal 1, 2 and 3. I can eat pancakes and waffles at any time of the day without judgement ha ha

My dad was able to flip his sleep schedule within a day. He did so every week, twice a week, for something like a couple DECADES. He worked night shift during the week Monday night through Thursday night, and spent time with us on the weekend (spending Friday flipping his schedule through strategic naps, Saturday + Sunday with us, and Monday flipping it back). He never understood when I complained about my sleep schedule getting out of control at the drop of a hat.

Hey the sea rabbit is still alive. That's pretty cool

I am the complete opposite. I find myself more awake, productive and aware at night, as well as sleeping easier during the day. I struggled with this in high school and after speaking with some sleep doctors, they proposed that it might just be how I'm wired. Lucky me I guess, night shift jobs are always in extremely high demand :)

Found this video randomly, but as someone who has worked graveyard shift the last 15 years (night grocery stocking) this video couldn’t ring more true. Especially the meal time one. I get such odd stares getting burgers at 7am xD

Watching this while on a nightshift, i think im one of those freaks of nature you talked about, id much rather be awake at night and asleep during the day. nights are so much more quieter and relaxed. also i fucking hate getting up in the morning so it suits me so much.

As someone with insomnia, I’ve gotten used to being a night owl, and I am most productive at night.

I worked nightshift before. Made me depress on how alone you feel always in the dark. The last time i had a job like that, i went to the office and sat outside for 2 hours and decided not go and went home. That day it was clear to me that i was not an introvert.

Tbh most of the cons you've listed I see as absolute win. I tried to change my sleep schedule for when I had a semester of almost exclusively 8 am classes in 2nd year of uni. It was probably my worst year in terms of sleeping. Idk, my body naturally switches to be active at night, so much so that when I don't have any early classes the next day, there's no chance I'm falling asleep before 4 am, unless I hapoen to feel super tired. That's why I dread the day I have to get a job and switch to early morning wake up schedule again. Even the day shift (12pm-10pm and such) sounds dreading because I always have a crisis during the afternoon and my body half-shuts down calling for a nap for no reason. Which is why I'd love to work during the night, also because some of my friends live across the ocean and I always have to stay up late to chat with them. And alone time at work? Frick yeah, nothing sounds worse than dealing with people at work.

I've been working graveyard for the last 9yrs. From 22 to 31. It was easy in the first few years. My body has slowly begun to rebel and REFUSE to sleep during the day and i get almost comatose at night at work. Maybe I'm finally getting...old. For the food point, i love being able to eat whatever whenever. I also find that my schedule outside of work for like appointments and such is soooo much better working graveyard. Need a doctor appointment? Anything before noon is great! Have a family emergency that you suddenly have to take care of? Great! You already had your shift for the day or it's early enough in the afternoon that you can still go to work that night! Need to grocery shop? Perfect! The shop opens at 6am and nobody but the employees stocking the shelves and the geriatric grandmas getting cat food for Mr. Blinky are there and you're in and out in a flash. Have a long commute home? Smooth sailing cuz allllll the bumper to bumper traffic and accidents are on the opposite side of the highway as everyone else is going in to work. As far as love went, I got lucky and married a Frenchman who was 7 timezones ahead of me so no matter what time i was up "late" he'd be awake cuz at my crack of dawn was his early noon lunch break ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ tho this will be harder on us when we move in together eventually. Only big con for me is the sunlight gives me migraines something fierce, i can't see well driving during the day anymore, and my depression has gotten way worse.

Christ I feel you man, it fucks with the mental health too.

I work nights, and also hate the sun, and I've always had blackout curtains. So it kinda works out for me!

Last year I was working for ER admitting. 12hr shifts 7-7. Terrible thing though was it would change between night and day shift. They would maybe give me a full day to reset my internal clock before coming back to the opposite shift. So I COMPLETELY understand the pain involved in switching between the two clocks.

I’ve worked nights for the past 6 years for the same pay as someone working days and as a supervisor. In my experience I rather like the laid back atmosphere since it was just me and my crew, but you miss so much. I missed so many birthdays and holiday dinners because I simply was asleep when those things happened. You could wake up early but then risk going to bed too early for work the next day. It really sucked not being able to see everyone when they all live on a different schedule than me

Ngl I like to sleep when its sunny it calms me down

what a trooper, going to bed at 8 am and waking up at 4 pm is the nocturnal equivalent of going to bed at 8 pm and waking up at 4 am, which I don't think most people could do