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This was supposed to be posted yesterday, which wasn’t the Sabbath either. But then I sort of kept the Sabbath and didn’t do anything at all until very late afternoon when it was cool enough to plant a few bushes of purple basil and some indigenous jasmine to climb up the trellis and block out the view of Resident Evil. This post is not about Resident Evil so we won’t go into that; it is about the wisdom of keeping a sabbath, if you don’t agree with keeping THE Sabbath.

Seriously, there is much to be said for shutting down and doing absolutely nothing for one day every week. OK, you need to make coffee in the morning and maybe read the newspaper, feed the cats (if you’re me also the dogs, the ducks, the chicken and the quails) and so on, but after that, nothing. Page through Huisgenoot. Sleep. If you must, do all the things you never allow yourself because there is no time: watch a silly movie, fall asleep while watching it, …eh, run out of ideas of being lazy. The point is, don’t set goals, don’t have a to-do list – enough time for that during the week – don’t make plans, don’t drive yourself.

Make it a date with yourself, if not with God. Your body and mind need a day of absolute shut-down to recoup and fire on all engines for the rest of the week. We’ve been programmed that way. You can either work at 3/4 capacity 7 days a week or on full capacity for 6 – do the maths and see what is more productive.