Reminding yourself that free weekday time is okay to use for this kind of thing is a skill. Sometimes it’s easier to do the “I might not be getting anything done, but at least I’m not having fun” thing.

Sometimes I forget how much you can do with all the time remote work unlocks, so I tried making a sort-of pastrami for St. Patrick's Day

This article is framed in terms of bicycle lanes, but pedestrians and cyclists spend more within their neighborhoods. They buy less per trip, but make enough extra trips compared to drivers to make them more valuable customers to local businesses. And they use less infrastructure that businesses pay for.