Brighter Days, Darker Nights

Brighter Days, Darker Nights

Circadian Community🏘

🌟 Rhythmicity is a group effort.

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Nikko Kennedy
Nov 09, 2021
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Stabilizing circadian rhythms requires creating a circadian environment.

For this, you may need negotiation skills. Consider the following scenarios:

  • someone with significant investment in a career that requires nightshift

  • someone with a disability whose caregiver knows nothing about circadian living

  • someone with a spouse who falls asleep in front of "the game" or "the news" every night

To transform their living or working space into a more circadian environment, each of these people is going to have to negotiate.

The Necessity of Circadian Community Support

Depending on where they live, a person may even need to organize their community as a whole (not just their immediate social sphere). As an example, take a look at this complex before:

And after:

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