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Let’s embrace French Sundays – the art of doing absolutely nothing | Polly Hudson

The idea of being deliberately unproductive is certainly tempting. The only concern is that you might enjoy it too much ... They know what they’re doing when it comes to kissing, toast and horns, so get ready for a…

PolicyDriftLet’s embrace French Sundays – the art of doing absolutely nothing | Polly Hudson

The idea of being deliberately unproductive is certainly tempting. The only concern is that you might enjoy it too much ... They know what they’re doing when it comes to kissing, toast.

The idea of being deliberately unproductive is certainly tempting. The only concern is that you might enjoy it too much ...

They know what they’re doing when it comes to kissing, toast and horns, so get ready for a French Sunday. A new theory suggests that embracing this intriguing-sounding strategy might just be the secret to life, and, more importantly, to dreading Monday less.

Apparently in France the Sabbath really is a complete day of rest; not for the French any running of errands, cleaning or batch cooking. Rather than trying to do everything, they do nothing. And the hypothesis is that the French Sunday – or le dimanche français, as nobody is calling it – is transformative, and stamps out the Sunday Scaries for good.

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