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( Leisure)
Leisure or free time, is a period of time spent out of work and essential domestic activity. It is also the period of recreational and discretionary time before or after compulsory activities such as eating and sleeping, going to work or running a business, attending school and doing homework, household chores, and day-to-day stress. The distinction between leisure and compulsory activities is loosely applied, i.e. people sometimes do work-oriented tasks for pleasure as well as for long-term utility.[1] For an experience to qualify as leisure, it must meet three criteria 1) The experience is a state of mind. 2) It must be entered into voluntarily. 3) It must be intrinsically motivating of its own merit. (Neulinger, 1981) The word leisure comes from the Latin word 'licere, meaning “to be permitted” or “to be free,” via Old French leisir, and first appeared in the early fourteenth century.[2] The notions of leisure and leisure time are thought to have emerged in Victorian Britain in the late nineteenth century, late in the Industrial Revolution. Early factories required workers to perform long shifts, often up to eighteen hours per day, with only Sundays off work. By the 1870s though, more efficient machinery and the emergence of trade unions resulted in decreases in working hours per day, and allowed industrialists to give their workers Saturdays as well as Sundays off work. Affordable and reliable transport in the form of railways allowed urban workers to travel on their days off, with the first package holidays to seaside resorts appearing in the 1870s, a trend which spread to industrial nations in Europe and North America. As workers channeled their wages into leisure activities, the modern entertainment industry emerged in industrialized nations, catering to entertain workers on their days off. This Victorian concept—the weekend—heralded the beginning of leisure time as it is known today.
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Leisure Subcategories
Leisure Articles
Moderate Exercises to Fitness! by John Simmons
Have you ever felt tired and stressed out from work and by the time you get home you see your three children running towards you asking you to play basketball with them? You refused and promised them that you will after you take you rest.
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Leisure Activities in and around Lewes by Sarah Roberts
If you want to get out and about during your stay at Pelham house you’ll find there are lots of activities to chose from right on your doorstep. Whether you’re after a gentle walk around town or in the downs or an adrenaline fueled extreme sport , S...
Leisure-time versus full-day energy expenditure: a cross-sectional study of sedentarism in a Portuguese urban population
Leisure-time versus full-day energy expenditure: a cross-sectional study of sedentarism in a Portuguese urban population
Diane L Gal , Ana-Cristina Santos and Henrique Barros
Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University ...
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