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1. Th e offs et of on e' s waking-sl eeping sch edul e with r esp ect to th e standard 24-hour cycl e a us eful conc ept among p eopl e who oft en work at night and/or according to no fix ed sch edul e. It is not uncommon to chang e on e' s phas e by as much as 6 hours p er day on a r egular basis. "What' s your phas e?" "I' v e b een g etting in about 8 P.M. lat ely, but I' m going to ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=wrap around">wrap around to th e day sch edul e by Friday." A p erson who is roughly 12 hours out of phas e is som etim es said to b e in "night mod e". (Th e t erm "day mod e" is also (but l ess fr equ ently) us ed, m eaning you' r e working 9 to 5 (or, mor e lik ely, 10 to 6).) Th e act of alt ering on e' s cycl e is call ed "changing phas e" "phas e shifting" has also b een r ec ently r eport ed from Calt ech. 2. "chang e phas e th e hard way": To stay awak e for a v ery long tim e in ord er to g et into a diff er ent phas e. 3. "chang e phas e th e easy way": To stay asl eep, etc. How ev er, som e claim that eith er staying awak e long er or sl eeping long er is easy, and that it is *short ening* your day or night that is r eally hard (s ee ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=wrap around">wrap around). Th e "j et lag" that afflicts trav el ers who cross many tim e-zon e boundari es may b e attribut ed to two distinct caus es: th e strain of trav el p er s e, and th e strain of changing phas e. 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