I recently completed a time used diary which allowed me to analyse and see how my occupation is used. The aim of this essay is to reflect on the occupations I have completed throughout the three days of the time use diary. I will discuss about the methods used in the completion of the time use diary, results acquired and also discuss about the results. The time use diary I completed was done on three consecutive days. One of the days was a weekend and the other two were weekdays. The time use diary showed who I did the occupation for and most of them were for myself. When using the occupational therapy time use survey on clients, it is important to keep their confidentiality. The results and occupations in this essay will not be confidential
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Studying at home and doing university work also included in my contracted time. My committed time is mainly just shopping outside for groceries or self-care. My free time is mostly leisure activities but not all free time is leisure time. My leisure time can also be in my other activities such as going to church and at university as I am able to meet friends and learn more things. My leisure activities are usually casual leisure activities (Mackenzie & O'Toole, 2011). Casual leisure activities are usually are activities to pass the time such as spectator sports (Mackenzie & O'Toole, 2011). When playing video games, my leisure activity would be classified as serious leisure as I am playing for pleasure and for feelings of accomplishment (Mackenzie & O'Toole, 2011). Playing video games also allows me to interact through the internet and also can give a sense of belonging (Mackenzie & O'Toole, 2011). What is one persons’ work may be another’s leisure, or what feels like leisure to an individual may feel like work at another time (Townsend & Christiansen, …show more content…
The weekdays fit into most of my weekly pattern of activities such as attending university, completing assignments and so on. These routines of occupation has a huge impact on my balance of activities in everyday life. According to my time use diary, I am not getting enough sleep and this plays the most major role as sleep affects everything that we do. This routine of sleeping late and waking up early is not good for my health. My current roles as a student also impacts my patterns of time use as I would have more contracted time use due to university and also needing to finish assignments and study. Through the findings of the time use survey, I also found out that I am more active and alert during the night which is known as eveningness. Evening oriented individuals sleep later at night and are able to perform better in the evening and night hours (Randler et al., 2012). The activities I engaged in throughout the three days allowed me to get closer to my life goals. By attending university, I am able to acquire knowledge and socialise and this aids me to get closer to my goal of becoming an occupational therapist. The necessary occupations allow me to maintain my body and condition so that I can do everyday activity. Working in a part time job allows me to earn money and learn about the difficulties I would
Studying at home and doing university work also included in my contracted time. My committed time is mainly just shopping outside for groceries or self-care. My free time is mostly leisure activities but not all free time is leisure time. My leisure time can also be in my other activities such as going to church and at university as I am able to meet friends and learn more things. My leisure activities are usually casual leisure activities (Mackenzie & O'Toole, 2011). Casual leisure activities are usually are activities to pass the time such as spectator sports (Mackenzie & O'Toole, 2011). When playing video games, my leisure activity would be classified as serious leisure as I am playing for pleasure and for feelings of accomplishment (Mackenzie & O'Toole, 2011). Playing video games also allows me to interact through the internet and also can give a sense of belonging (Mackenzie & O'Toole, 2011). What is one persons’ work may be another’s leisure, or what feels like leisure to an individual may feel like work at another time (Townsend & Christiansen, …show more content…
The weekdays fit into most of my weekly pattern of activities such as attending university, completing assignments and so on. These routines of occupation has a huge impact on my balance of activities in everyday life. According to my time use diary, I am not getting enough sleep and this plays the most major role as sleep affects everything that we do. This routine of sleeping late and waking up early is not good for my health. My current roles as a student also impacts my patterns of time use as I would have more contracted time use due to university and also needing to finish assignments and study. Through the findings of the time use survey, I also found out that I am more active and alert during the night which is known as eveningness. Evening oriented individuals sleep later at night and are able to perform better in the evening and night hours (Randler et al., 2012). The activities I engaged in throughout the three days allowed me to get closer to my life goals. By attending university, I am able to acquire knowledge and socialise and this aids me to get closer to my goal of becoming an occupational therapist. The necessary occupations allow me to maintain my body and condition so that I can do everyday activity. Working in a part time job allows me to earn money and learn about the difficulties I would