What to do on long weekends

“Spending three days at home with absolutely nothing to do can have a positive effect on one’s existence” is what I have discovered over the period of last three days. The benefits, listed below in no particular order, are:

• You have all the time in the world to bring some order to your room. The male folks can definitely relate to what I want to say. For those who can not - it precisely means having used socks, stashed one after another, not in the shoes that you no longer like putting on, but in the closet after being nicely washed and dried. The clothes washed and ironed on the hangers, the bed sheets neat and clean, the books that I don’t remember when I last read, but still on the study table and so on and so forth.
• There are always some friends, some uncles, some aunts, some cousins you wanted to call since long but somehow the daily grind leaves you too tired to pick up the cell phone and call them up. So, on days like these you can mend broken relationships by calling them up, enquiring about their well being, telling what you have been up to and you will definitely walk away feeling good about something.
• Tax-planning is something that I always keep on procrastinating but on such a long weekend that is something that I enjoy doing and trust me so will you. More than the money that you will save on tax out-go it’s the feeling of having utilized your time in a constructive way that you will cherish for quite a few days. The money saved is just an added benefit!
• I know you have resolved year after year, birthday after birthday, diwali after diwali that you will start exercising regularly from now on. And, always discovered to your great dismay that you once again broke your resolution. Days like these are just tailor-made to hit the gym and knock off some kilos off your tummy. Another positive – you get to meet new people and be friends with them.
• All those movies that you heard your friends talking about and wondered what is so good about them. You can spend quite a lot of hours watching those movies you had missed out earlier.
• Dine at that fine restaurant that was on your radar for quite some time and pamper yourself with some nice ice-creams, sweet dishes etc etc etc

I have done all this and more over the last three days and I am sure my life is a lot more organized & orderly than it was just three days back. So next time you have a long weekend and you are wondering what is the best thing you could do then don’t think any further. Refer to this post and trust me you won’t regret it.