I consider spending my life on this island, sipping grape juice at the Naplarn Villa restaurant, searching for the Buddha's footprint, visiting the Big Buddha statue, the waterfalls at Na Muang, venturing into the jungle.
If it's not in the top 20% of impactful activities, I consider spending minimal effort on it, skipping it, or just not putting my "all" into it.
I briefly considered spending my visit doing nothing more than exploring the steading's cosy nooks with an armful of novels.
We stepped out of the museum proper into the gift shop, and I briefly considered spending an ungodly amount of Icelandic krona on one of the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad T-shirt designs, which feature clever phrases like, "It's all about Dicks," "I'm NOT a donor," and, of course, "This museum is not for pussies" in a sleek, Impact-bold typeface.
This may be unreasonable, but if I'm considering spending four figures on a wardrobe item — and that is an enormous "if" — I want a bracingly candid-style consultation to be included in the price.
At one point I was told the money was "in the ether" and therefore considered spent.
And if any of that gang still has Christmas shopping to do, I hope they will consider spending 20 quid on Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks: The Very Best Of Alan Coren It is so titled because my father once wrote: "Since both Switzerland's national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely to give tourists something to remember it by".
Consider spending some time being social.
I considered how I would spend my energy if I were ever granted any.
Taking in the dazzling views from a balcony at the Hotel Palacio Astoreca, my sister, Aditi, and I considered how we should spend our few days in the city, and the list of must-dos was long: several small museums, new art galleries, the historic center that is undergoing an impressive renovation, inviting restaurants and the lively port-side neighborhood.
