- Read. Not the freesheets which will only cause you to deplore the state of humanity and wonder if we really are all going to hell in a handcart, but something escapist and enthralling.
- Play music - no need for a stereo, use your imagination as a concert hall and listen silently to something good. Bach Goldberg variations tonight, probably performed by Glenn Gould. Inaudible humming is good too, audible humming makes people look at you strangely.
- Plan dinner for the week. Seriously. This is good organisational time that would otherwise be dead time.
- People-watch. Discreetly study those around you, wondering who they are, what they're thinking, where they're going. Give them make overs if they need them. Marvel at the tattoos on the guy in front.
- Day-dream. Just how would I furnish that castle in Spain?
- Eavesdrop. Need I say more?
- Catch up on favourite blogs ... on the bus, of course, not underground, no signal. Today I learnt from www.chocolateandzucchini.com that there is a saying in French "to collapse like a soufflé", meaning "too lose steam".
- Eat.
- Refine your fashion-sense, using the world to window shop. Mmmm, great shoes, wonder where she got them?
- Distract yourself from thinking about swine-flu.
And you're home!
Time for a restorative sit in a deck chair in the garden ...
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