GEO 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: 2D Computer Graphics, Distance Decay, Flextime
20 Oct 2017
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Obligatory time - used to do necessary things such as rating, personal hygiene, sleeping, and working. Discretionary time - used for things which you can choose to do or not to do, such as recreational activities. About two thirds of your time is spent doing obligatory activities and the other third is spent on discretionary activities. Ti(cid:373)e is a fi(cid:454)ed (cid:395)ua(cid:374)tit(cid:455): (cid:396)i(cid:272)h o(cid:396) poo(cid:396) (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot (cid:862)(cid:373)ake(cid:863) (cid:373)o(cid:396)e ti(cid:373)e, o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:396)eallo(cid:272)ate the fixed 24 hour amount to better suit our purposes. However, ability to re-allocate the fixed quantity of time depends a great deal on our demographic, economic, and social circumstances, and stage in the life cycle. Amounts of discretionary and obligatory time change over historical time and over the life cycle. Workweek length for most people in most countries today is between 35 and 48 hours. Serial careers, contract work and multiple jobs becoming the norm.
