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…people in the modern world are so caught up in the busyness they have lost the ability even to imagine what leisure is. – Ben Hunnicutt
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To [ancient Greek philosophers], living a life of leisure was the highest aim of a human being.
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10 |
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True leisure, the Greeks believed, free from the drudgery of work, not only refreshed the soul but also opened it up.
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10 |
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…researchers… insist housework and child care [are] not the same as leisure… women’s leisure is different from men’s leisure in both quantity and quality.
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…once mothers went to work, they sacrificed virtually every scrap of what had once been personal leisure time in order to spend it with their children.
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In the purest sense, leisure is not being slothful, idle, or frivolous, it is… simply being open to the wonder and marvel of the present.
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For most of human history, [leisure] was the kind of time available only to the wealthy and the powerful.
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…leisure has been lost because work now answers the religious questions of who we are and how we find meaning… the total work devotion of the ideal worker has become a religion itself. – Ben Hunnicutt
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Making time for leisure to refresh your soul is critical for living a good life.
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…scholars say women taking time for themselves, deliberately choosing leisure without children or family, is nothing less than a courageous – subversive, almost – act of resistance.
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