I do stay away from the Net pretty faithfully from Friday nights until Monday mornings (though sometimes I sneak a couple of looks at my work e-mail, in case of crisis). But I can still find ways to fritter away time aimlessly. My phone has a Solitaire game on it, and lately, that’s been stealing waaaaaaaaaaay too many hours from my evenings. I should probably just delete it, except that I fear I’d just go download another one.

Since you have a lot of Fridays off to look forward to, you could rotate through all of the activities you mentioned (and others), including naps. Just stay away from the internet. Talk about a time suck. If I could just have back the hours I’ve spent in aimless surfing over the past eight months—let’s just say I could probably have written a book (and read many) or knitted a sweater or completed some other substantial project if I had exerted a little direction and self-discipline.