Ha are you me? Literally same situation I hate it. It makes it worse that I just come home and sleep for like 4 hours. but anyway... heres what ive been doing. If you’re super desperate you can try melatonin gummies, it worked for me but don’t take it every night it’ll fuck things up even more. I stopped taking it because I was getting too dependent on it (went from taking it once a week to almost every night) and I started sleeping terribly whenever I took it (constantly waking up, having weird dreams). So like 2 weeks ago I decided to stop taking it.

What I’ve been doing since then:
Working out a few times a week, taking baths using a lavender soak, drinking sleepy time tea, reading before bed instead of phone use, limiting the length of my afterwork naps. It’s been working so far. It’s still hard for me to fall asleep before like 11:30, but I dont have to be up until 5 so I’m getting a good 5.5 hours of sleep which gets me thru my day. For you, I would recommend being in bed by like 8:30 so you can be asleep by 9, depending on how much sleep you want.

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Luckily, I'm a morning person and never had to deal with switching from closing to opening, but hopefully some of these tips will be helpful. I'm up at 3 to open, so I try to be in bed by 9 pm. If you need more sleep to function, I'd recommend sleeping earlier. I like setting 2 or 3 alarms to make sure I get up on time, then drink water to help wake you up. If you're especially tired after a shift, naps are cool, but I try to avoid them so that I sleep easier at night. Hope that helps!

As an opener for over a year, and someone who pre-pandemic regularly woke up at 4am to go to the gym before work, caffeine (which you obviously have access to 🙃) and melatonin or CBD are your best friends. I know it’s lame but set a bedtime, 8 or 9pm, take your sleepies then and get everything in order for bed, especially if it takes you awhile. Get ready for bed, set your alarms, and force yourself to light out and phone down. If you struggle to wake up, make sure you’ve got something, whether it’s an energy drink or a bottle of water (especially if you freeze it so it’s still icy cold for morning) on your nightstand.