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We need to be as vigilant about the quality of our free time as we are about the quality of our work.
In a live-to-work society, where your career is also your identity and status, the instinct for leisure atrophies. Paradoxically, then, getting a good weekend means working at leisure.
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By definition, play is fluid and has no known outcome or necessary beginning and end. True play doesn’t try to tame time.
Expand your idea of play to include flirting, reading out loud to someone, daydreaming, and other purposeless and pleasurable moments.
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Socializing strengthens the immune system and boosts mental health, reducing depression.
Passive, solo leisure activities like tending to social feeds and playing video games reinforce absence in lives already starved for presence. Digital networks are not the same as human networks, and t...
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Hobbies have been proven to reduce stress and loneliness, and senior citizens with hobbies may be less susceptible to dementia.
Deep engagement in an activity unleashes the “flow” state, which arises from immersion and mastery so intense that time seems to drop away.
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Just because you didn’t work last weekend doesn’t mean you had a good weekend.
If you don’t feel rejuvenated and keen to face Monday after two work-free days, you're doing your weekend wrong.
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Search for some volunteer activities. Most volunteers have a clear sense of purpose and meaning.
Studies found that spending time on others makes people feel highly effective and capable, which has the effect of expanding time.
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The goal of the focused life at home is to choose where to spend your time.
Unfortunately, our free time fails to live up to our ideal and instead of spending time on our hobbies, books or familiy moments, we get caught in the low-quality leisure trap - easy and availab...
Fear grabs our full attention. However, some people react to fear with extreme hyper-vigilance. They want to be on guard all the time.
That type of adrenalin-fuelled behaviour can have short-term value, but it can also be myopic. We need leisure and sleep to see th...
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