Leisure

Socioeconomic status has many impacts on the type of leisure that people chose to participate in. To elaborate, a study conducted in Japan showed that men with a higher socioeconomic status were involved in more travel-related and leisure related physical activity while those with a lower socioeconomic status got most of their physical activity because due to their work (Arao, 2015). The difference in the way the socioeconomic classes participate is a physical activity could be due to a number…

separate and apart from an activity” (Olson, 2008, p. 56). However, when I actually participated in the activities, I was not only extrinsically motivated, but I was also intrinsically motivated, which are similar to my motivations for my general leisure activities. Throughout the Low Challenge Course, I came to enjoy the team activities that I participated in. It was motivating to watch my teammates work hard to complete the challenges that was given to us without giving…

interventions in outdoor leisure in macroeconomic perspective, it is time for us to investigate how outdoor leisure is provided by microeconomic level and practiced or consumed by urban Chinese. This section firstly demonstrates diversified types of outdoor leisure organizations nationwide, and then it specifically demonstrates the similarities and differences of outdoor leisure practices among three sites. 3.1. The Outdoor Leisure Organizations The development of outdoor leisure…

gathering with other members of the upper class. The great difference between the leisure activities of the aristocracy and middle class was money. As the upper class enjoyed dances, so did the middle class. Instead of hosting the dance in an elaborate manor, the middle class enjoyed dancing at their common homes excluding the elaborate décor present in the events of the upper class. Playing the piano was another leisure activity enjoyed by not only the upper class but the ladies of the middle…

through. Nowadays children and even adults are guilty of being cooped up in a house playing video games. Leisure has faded in and out through society since the 1900’s. Smalls, the main character, becomes the “new boy” and wants to play ball terribly. Unfortunately, Smalls deals with leisure constraints throughout the entire movie. Leisure constraints are issues provoking your participation in a leisure activity (McLean, 2014, p. 122). The prevalent activity of that era was baseball. Baseball…

to consider it “selfish” to care for the self, particularly in regard to basic human activities like leisure, recreation, and relaxation. Caring is not selfless and passive, not is it a weakness’. In her dialectic contextual framework, Gilligan put attention to the need for balance in life. Similar to dialectic of the ethic of care, the relationship between constrain and possibility within leisure can enable women to make choices which can satisfy the various dimensions of life experiences,…

Play is defined as “a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities normally associated with recreational pleasure and enjoyment.” Although it is often associated with children and rarely so with adults, the importance of play is being undermined. In the excerpt from “Reclaiming the Power of Play” by Stephen T. Asma, he largely argues that play is indeed vital for humanity. However, some of the objections the author raised up against the claim that play is vital for humanity is because…

” Dolzinski once said these words together and they seem to fit life in the colonies wonderfully. All aspects of the colonies give what this quote says success takes, but the three this essay focuses on are colonial families, life on a farm, and leisure. Colonial families, although similar to our own differ greatly in some ways. Before family comes marriage and in the colonies most were married in their mid twenties. All free women were usually married, considering that males outnumbered…

these people with a story tell. Author, Michael Pollan wrote Hawaii’s Wild Side where he informs readers of his family’s adventure to what he refers to as the wild side of Hawaii which is geographically known as the island of Kauai (Pollan Travel + Leisure). Pollan begins his article by constructing his credibility, appealing emotional to readers, and his use of logic; however, there are still a few weakened points throughout the way. Throughout Pollan’s article he is constantly explaining…

— Exactly one month ago, the students of the Academy for Leisure came back from their wonderful study trip to Vancouver and Vancouver Island. They have spent the first five days on Vancouver Island, focusing on the Vancouver Island University and the beautiful nature including 800-year-old trees and outstanding waterfalls. The other six days they went to Vancouver Downtown where they have visited interesting companies related to the leisure sector and went to an impressive ice hockey game.…