RST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dementia, Personal Identity, Midlife Crisis

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Recreation, Sport, and Tourism
• Course: RST 100
• Professor: Shinew Kimberly

Document Summary

Provides context for describing and explaining normal transformations. Adult life is series of connected stages. Exact age we go thru the stages varies, but most of us go thru them. If we follow the traditional pattern of working, marrying, and having a family. Seek wide assortment of activities - balance. Personal identity and career path still developing. Finding a mate can be a priority, although single life is more accepted today. Having a child changes it even more. Being childless is more common, but not norm. For those with children - social activities often become more home focused. As children become involved in organized programs -> they become parents leisure as well. Can cause family and leisure time to suffer. Participation in high risk and strenuous activities often stops/ declines because too much responsibility - not worth it mentality. Feel limited time left to find meaning in life. Many regret time spent at work + not family/ leisure.