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Topic 09

Shift Work

Shift work asks you to be alert when your body expects sleep, and to sleep when it expects daylight. Most general sleep advice quietly assumes a daytime schedule and stops being useful here. This hub covers sleep opportunity, naps, light, and transition days for schedules that do not follow the sun.

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