50 Ways To Have A Good Weekend

  1. Drink coffee.
  2. Avoid people.
  3. Read High Fidelity. Go for a walk.
  4. Drink more coffee.
  5. Keep avoiding people.
  6. Romanticize going to 7-11.
  7. Rewatch ‘The Apartment’ for a thousandth times
  8. Then rewatch ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
  9. Buy fruit with unrealistic optimism.
  10. Sit somewhere fancy and order only a drink.
  11. Pretend your life takes place in locations from the Before Trilogy.
  12. Stretch dramatically like a Victorian woman with tuberculosis.
  13. Delete three screenshots you no longer understand.
  14. Open LinkedIn. Close LinkedIn immediately.
  15. Wear an outfit to impress your dog.
  16. Become emotionally attached to a bakery.
  17. Say “I deserve this” before purchasing iced coffee.
  18. Avoid productivity content like it carries infectious disease.
  19. Be yourself but also be mysterious.
  20. Listen to Clairo and sing along.
  21. Ignore at least one unnecessary opinion.
  22. Go outside and remember the best things in life are free.
  23. Walk around a bookstore like an unemployed philosopher.
  24. Rearrange your room. Rearrange it back.
  25. Drink water like healing is your side hustle.
  26. Stop trying to optimize every aspect of your existence.
  27. Let yourself be average at something.
  28. Eat noodles at an unreasonable hour.
  29. Make eye contact with a dog. Receive spiritual clarity.
  30. Stop checking social media, especially that darn Twitter.
  31. Say “it is what it is” and actually mean it.
  32. Watch rich people’s problems on TV from the safety of your own bed.
  33. Clean one small corner of your life.
  34. Forgive yourself for being slightly insane all the time.
  35. Walk slower.  Be gentle.
  36. Moisturize like your enemies are watching.
  37. Wear sunglasses indoors briefly. Feel Jennie.
  38. Don’t turn every hobby into a business model.
  39. Stand near the river and suddenly become philosophical.
  40. Let yourself disappear for a day.
  41. Remember that not every unanswered question requires closure.
  42. Stop refreshing your email. Nothing life-changing is happening there on a Saturday.
  43. Light a candle and fix absolutely nothing.
  44. Accept that some weekends are for thriving and some are for horizontal recovery.
  45. Buy flowers for your mom.
  46. Laugh at your past self with tenderness.
  47. Leave one conversation early. Protect your aura.
  48. Be grateful your younger self survived long enough to become this version of you.
  49. Drink one final coffee.
  50. Continue avoiding people respectfully.

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Sophia Bennett is an art historian and freelance writer with a passion for exploring the intersections between nature, symbolism, and artistic expression. With a background in Renaissance and modern art, Sophia enjoys uncovering the hidden meanings behind iconic works and sharing her insights with art lovers of all levels.

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