Walking home with friends, taking the long way for no reason, is a luxury adults would pay real money to get back.

Unstructured time with friends is the thing adults talk about losing. No plan, no destination, no reason to take the long way except that nobody wanted the afternoon to be over yet, and those hours later become the ones people describe as the best of their lives. Right now it is just walking. Later it turns out to have been the scarce resource.

Take the long way this week. Walk somewhere you would normally get a ride to, with somebody whose company you like, and do not hurry it.