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Re: How to deal with days off?


Posted by carolyn thompson on August 06, 2000 at 20:44:23:

In Reply to: Re: How to deal with days off? posted by awake alex on June 20, 2000 at 18:53:30:

I've heard of something called "anchor sleep" to help with the days off. I hear that on the morning you finish work you take a short nap; then stay up on about 2am and try to sleep until about 10 am. This anchors your body between normal night sleep and shiftwork day sleep.

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