REC100 Lecture 3: Module 3A

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: REC100
• Professor: Bryan Smale

Document Summary

Introduction: a variety of factors, such as socioeconomic status and gender, impact how much free time we have and what we do with that time. Time is one of our most precious commodities. Pressure to be accessible to work outside of regular office hours can lead to psychological stress, feeli(cid:374)gs of ti(cid:373)e pressure a(cid:374)d rese(cid:374)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)t fro(cid:373) fa(cid:373)ily a(cid:374)d frie(cid:374)ds (cid:449)ho are (cid:448)yi(cid:374)g for (cid:449)orkers" increasingly scarce time. Typical of most people to spend their days preoccupied and worried about the next thing they have to do. People are very tired during their free time, leading to leisure that helps them zone out rather than making meaningful use of their time. S(cid:272)ar(cid:272)ity of ti(cid:373)e refers to people"s per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) that they are (cid:272)o(cid:374)siste(cid:374)tly pressed for ti(cid:373)e. Time deepening = consistently looking for ways to get the most out of our time: advantage of time deepening is efficiency, however, the disadvantage is stress.