Your weekends don’t have to be impressive. They have to leave you ready for Monday.

Time off has a job to do, and that job is not producing a story. A weekend stuffed with activity can leave you more worn out than the week it was meant to repair, which is a strange result for the only part of the schedule you choose. The useful question is how Monday morning feels. Everything else is decoration.

Plan this weekend backward from Monday: what would make that morning easier. Keep one thing you actually enjoy and drop one thing you agreed to for the look of it.