While I was packing to leave the office, a coworker walked by on her way out and asked me, “What’s your plan tonight?”

I was stunned. This kind of questions usually caught me at my least prepared moment. It’s nothing bad. It’s just that I don’t have a good answer for it.

“I’m going to have a good sleep and come to work tomorrow,” I said.

She was speechless and looked at me as if she’s wondering how on earth would I say things like that. After a second or two of awkward silence, she uttered, “Yeah, I’ll have a good sleep tonight as well.”

I smiled back to her and immediately thought I shouldn’t have said things like that because it’s not interesting.

What else could I say? Would you be interested in listening to me saying, “Yeah, I’m going to read Hermann Hesse’s Demian tonight. I have finished almost half of it, and I’ve been enjoying his work.” Such chitchats do not require serious answers, and yet I’m still looking for a good answer that’s appropriate and timeless.

But I really want to have a good sleep tonight in addition to reading Hesse’s work.