What do you miss most about life before? I miss Friday nights with my friends

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I finished work on Friday and sat on the sofa and thought about what to do with myself. The night seemed to stretch ahead of me. Friday nights feel very long when you’ve got no-one to talk to in person and nothing to do.

Of course, there are loads of things I could have done. My house needed cleaning, I had a writing course to catch up on, I had hundreds of books to choose from on my bookshelf and Netflix and Amazon to watch, I could have done a workout or some yoga, I could have had a bubble bath and I could have even finished unpacking the last few boxes that remain despite me moving in four months ago. But I didn’t want to do any of those things. None of them were good enough. I was feeling very sorry for myself.