The power hour: Could waking 60 minutes earlier get you through your lockdown day?

Having time to yourself before the kids get up or before you start work can help to achieve your goals and increase your happiness

The over-arching take-home from The Power Hour? Quite simply; get up an hour earlier. I tried it and trust me; it is transformative.

Zoom culture reached its absolute acme this season when Texan lawyer Rod Ponton presented for a court date as a startled-looking kitten. Informing the judge that he was not in fact, a cat, but a human, Ponton was perfectly happy to carry on the meeting as his feline avatar. This unexpected little mishap brings us right back to 2017 when “BBC Dad” was interrupted by his children on a call to the British broadcasting service, rhapsodising on South Korean politics. Rather than show a morsel of contrition, his young ones swaggered in with the moves of Jagger and the poise of peak-Yeezy Kanye West.

Many of us are grappling with the myriad roles thrust upon us from the cold hand of Covid;home-schooler, chore-doer, care-giver, child-minder, team player, meal provider, exercise facilitator, need we go on? We seem to be stuck in a Darwinian time loop and it’s looking more likely that only the yogis will survive.