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This story is part of the September 26 edition of Good Weekend. See all stories .

Each week , Good Weekend ’s how-to column shares expert advice on how to navigate some of modern life’s big – and small – challenges. This week: How to be idle.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines idleness, in part, as “the state of being unoccupied … inactivity, indolence” – as if these are bad things. If I’m overinterpreting here, I’m likely not alone. The Protestant work ethic, supercharged by capitalism, seems so ennobled in…

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