Weeks We Should Get off Work

Week to catch up on sleep

Week to catch up on random books we think we should have read because people always mention them in conversation

Week to catch up on meaningless pleasure reading that doesn't apply above

Week to catch up on suspenseful cable TV series that everyone else talks about

Week to exercise (should be done while catching up on above, to make it less painless) or quit smoking

Week to write thank-you notes to people who went beyond call of duty, who we meant to thank or repay but never got around to it

Week to take lessons we always wanted to take (foreign language, instrument, or what have you)

Week for domestic travel (note: If living in NYC, may mean setting foot in a different borough)

Week for international travel

Week to clean house, paint stuff, and throw out old junk so that when it's time to move, we don't say, "Geez, it would have been so much more fun living here all these years if I'd fixed it up sooner"

Week to volunteer and donate to charities

Week to tell people in your life how much you appreciate them (note: may involve risk of said people deciding you're clingy)

Week to take care of your body with massages, manicures, etc. (Boys, you can just floss.)

Week to look up stuff in encyclopedia that you always wanted to know (Like, what is the difference between crumpled and crumbled?)

Week to watch and read news

Week for random other self-improvement (Boys, you can just floss.)

Week to find real O.J. killer

Week to finally introduce self to neighbors you've lived next to for forty years

Week to get revenge on all those people who wronged you whom you've been thinking about ...whoops, just kidding. I meant, week to hope for peace and love.

Update: Someone e-mailed me to ask if I'm OK. This post is meant to be lighthearted. Don't worry, I'm fine! Oh, the link to the Bible is also kinda a joke, although I do think I should read it again one of these days because I'm so Biblically ignorant.