How to be idle

Today, coming from Geneva, from Mummenschanz, I find an old clip from The Economist, October 16th 2004. This in an old jacket of mine. It is the review of a book about "Idling" (vagancia, paresse).
The author wants you to rediscover life at a slower pace: sleeping in, staring at the stars, and allowing yourself the pleasures of a three-hour lunch.
...the times when men had time to dream and think about the big subjects in life.

Two years later (Lausanne Demi-Marathon), I do all those things....but just after the run.