LSR 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Destination Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University, Conestoga College
4 Apr 2016
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In 1990s put forward a working definition of leisure: Leisure is a state of mind , a lifestyle, something that is entirely voluntary, something beyond the activity itself, something that gives life balance and meaning. Focused most importantly on state of mind being cognitively driven and the focus being something beyond activity, basically can be anything. Leisure is not time, leisure is not recreational, leisure is not necessarily activity, and leisure is a state of being free. Leisure is as much freedom to something as it is freedom from something. Leisure he claims, like freedom is an end in itself. If perceived as a means, it should be called recreation. We do not occupy our leisure in order to become healthier or more productive. Leisure allows us to be free to be what we want to be. The emphasis for bregha was the perception of freedom. Leisure is both an activity and a state of mind.
