For too many of us, concludes [Witold] Rybczynski, weekends represent a different and sometimes more pleasant way of staying busy and consuming time. . . . He points out that we have become determined and frenetic in the pursuit of weekend pleasures, both large and small. We try too hard to make up for the "pain and emptiness" of the week by doing things and staying busy all weekend long.
— Al Gini, The Importance of Being Lazy