A woman swears by a midday snooze during her working day and says it’s empowering for “hot girls” to take naps.<br /><br />Rose Bell, 21, takes an hour nap while working remotely from home most days - referring to it as an "extended lunch break".<br /><br />She finds the perfect time to rest her eyes is between 11am and 3pm for and makes sure to set an alarm if she needs to be up for a meeting - so she can check her hair and put on some mascara beforehand.<br /><br />Rose said the naps leave her feeling “refreshed and motivated” to finish the rest of the working day.<br /><br />Recent research from the University College London suggests a snooze during the day is good for the brain.<br /><br />Rose hopes naps can be normalised and accepted in the workplace.<br /><br />Rose, an actress and account executive, from Hollywood, Los Angeles, US, said: “I have a nap on most days.<br /><br />“Staring at my screen all day can be tiring.<br /><br />“If I don’t have any work that I need to do I think ‘I’m just going to take a nap’.<br /><br />“Afterwards I feel really refreshed and motivated.<br /><br />“Hot girls take naps – it’s empowering.”<br /><br />Growing up Rose’s mum, Kyla, 50, took naps throughout the day as a stay-at-home-mum – so it became normalised for Rose.<br /><br />Now she takes a nap every day she can – on working days and on days off.<br /><br />She said: “I’m young and in LA – sometimes you go out on a night out and come back at 2am.<br /><br />“I might need a nap the next day.<br /><br />“I take an hour to two-hour nap.<br /><br />“It’s an extended lunch break.<br /><br />“No one can stop me.”<br /><br />Rose often works from her bed, the sofa or her kitchen and finds it easy to crawl into her bed for a snooze when she feels her body needs it.<br /><br />She said: “I’ll set an alarm 10 minutes before I have to be on a call.<br /><br />“Then I can sort my hair and put on mascara.<br /><br />“If I’m open for the rest of the day, I won’t set an alarm and just keep my phone on loud.<br /><br />“I feel much happier when I’ve had that break.<br /><br />“I’m grumpy when I’m tired.”<br /><br />Rose said having a nap hasn’t interfered with her work and instead makes her more productive.<br /><br />She said: “I feel refreshed instead of dragging on the rest of the work day.<br /><br />“If I could nap when I was six, I think I can nap now as an adult.<br /><br />“Would you like an employee who is tired but awake or one who is refreshed an energised?<br /><br />“Naps should be accepted in the workplace – in the same way a lunch break is.”
