'We deserve guilt-free naps'

I like to think I've mastered the art of being lazy without getting caught, but my family might think otherwise.

- Susannah Constantine

I'm writing a book with Charlotte Sones - the brilliant comedy scriptwriter - and while we're on Zoom together, one of us might announce, after all our hard work, that we need a nap. I don't want to get caught, so depending on which child is away at the time, I sneak into their bedroom with my futon and pillow, proceed to the far side of their bed, put it on the floor and lay there so I can't be seen. But, if I do get caught, I have a plan. Pillow in hand, with a pillowcase half pulled on, I jump up quickly to look like I am in the middle of doing something. Other times I might be in a meeting with, say, my accountant, but I'll be doing my Sainsbury's shop instead of taking notes. That might not be being lazy, but it's doing something I'd pro