31 December is Moving Day!

Hi there!

Just wanted to let you know that on New Year’s Eve 2025 The Leisure Time Journals will be moving to Substack.

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“He hath no leisure who useth it not.”

–Herbert, George. Jacula Prudentum or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc. London: T. Mixey for T. Garthwaite, 1651.

“Whoever is not in the possession of leisure can hardly be said to possess independence.”

—Melville, Herman. Letter, The Melville Log : A Documentary Life of Herman Melville 1819-1891, Vol 2 (Leyda, J., ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace, 1951.

In 2019 the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the average American spends over five hours a day on sports and leisure.

Furthermore, seniors reaching retirement age average SEVEN HOURS a day.

Some people worry about what to do with all that free time, especially as retirement looms.

This has never been a problem for me. In fact, to quote the legendary Bill Watterson, “The Days are Just Packed.”

In these pages you’ll discover some of the fine time-wasting activities I’ve cultivated over the years.

If you venture further, be careful–you may find yourself wasting time of your own!

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