Got Time to Kill?

Life is short and there is just too much to accomplish to spend time in unnecessary ways. You should be guided only by the need to find favor in the eyes of Hashem. So if Hashem says it’s a mitzvah to go to an event, you should go. But to look for activities that you can easily avoid, just in order to ingratiate yourself with people, that shows you forgot about Hashem. — Ohr Avigdor Shaar Avodas Elokim