The best weekends are rarely the busiest ones. They are the ones with enough unscheduled margin that a spontaneous conversation on Saturday morning can stretch into the afternoon without checking a watch.
Ambition in cities like Lagos, Nairobi, and Johannesburg often tricks men into treating rest as another performance metric. We pack forty-eight hours with obligations and wonder why Monday arrives with the same fatigue we carried out of Friday.
Plan the one anchor that restores you, whether that is a long morning run across the bridge, two hours with a physical book, or lunch with friends who knew you before your job title. Leave the rest open.
