![]() One survey of 2,000 Americans found 33% were napping daily, while another revealed 25% of Brits were doing the same. There are signs people have already started slipping naps into their routines since working remotely. After all, the sofa is right there, beckoning us over to enjoy a moment of shut-eye. Should we so desire, we can take a 20-minute kip after lunch and emerge pin-sharp for a busy afternoon. ![]() Aside from those awkward Zoom team check-ins we’re pretty much free to do as we please as long as we get our work done. Our boss overlords have been forced to loosen the reins. Go for a run! Guzzle a green juice! Take a nap! With a large proportion of people working from home (it is estimated that half the UK workforce will still be doing so at the end of 2020), lots of us have more control than ever over what our working day looks like. Yet now is the perfect time to rebrand them as something we associate with a productive lifestyle. They’re linked with laziness and lethargy with people who can’t be bothered to get through the day. ![]() But in the UK, US, Australia and many other western countries – where capitalist rat races are fuelled by flat whites and billable hours – naps have a major image problem. Not in China, where desk-side snoozes are a constitutional right Japan, where inemuri (“sleeping while present”) is a sign you’ve been working hard or Spain, where siestas are woven into the social fabric. ![]()
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