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The Art of Doing Absolutely Nothing

How to Waste a Perfectly Good Saturday with Purpose

Published: 10 September 2026

Author: Alex Buday
Writing language: English
Length: Estimated reading time: about 3 min
Series: Henry & Margaret: Morning Coffee Chronicles
Access: Paid writing · €1.99

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Henry and Margaret have a plan for the perfect Saturday: absolutely nothing. The problem is that doing nothing, as it turns out, takes a surprising amount of planning, discipline — and a certain talent for ignoring the outside world. Brutus, naturally, mastered all of this years ago.

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Saturday morning. Coffee is hot, the newspaper is waiting, and Henry and Margaret have made an important decision: today, they are going to do absolutely nothing.

It sounds simple. Unfortunately, even doing nothing can become surprisingly complicated once humans start planning it properly.

Brutus, meanwhile, has clearly understood the assignment.

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