Leisure in economics is simply “not working.” Instead, I define positive leisure as: def. Positive Leisure. Positive leisure means two things:
- Creating at Leisure. You’re doing “work” that benefits you/others. CGP Grey definition
- Leisurely Pace. Making sure life is not rushed, and there is space.
- Uneconomic Leisure. Leisure that is not about consumption (i.e. buying things/spending money).
Leisure is about making sure you're life is full of "doing things at your leisure," or going through life at a "leisurely pace."
Positive leisure understands…
- …that resting in the modern world means mental, not physical relaxation
- …that leisure is derived from structure
- …that not doing anything may also be draining
Positive leisure implements the following:
- Do things at your leisure (=do things as slowly as you want.)
- Most things can stand being done later
- Sometimes you have to not give a shit
- You’re not rushing because you need to, you’re rushing because society pressures you to.
- Forcibly Slow Down, Set a Very Long Time Slot, etc. Using deliberate slowing down as a strategy for managing stress or overwhelming situations.
- Productivity#Logistics/Productivity is not against leisure. In fact, productivity is about doing things well and at your leisure.
- Move between tasks at a leisurely pace
- When you do this, you have more Slack.
- Procrastination happens when you fail to combine productivity and leisure well.
- 감성 cannot exist without emotional peace.
- Even in turmoil you can have emotional peace, and time to reflect on those feelings.
- 성민석 says 감성 is what makes life worth living. And it is for you too.
- Positive leisure often leads to Gratitude
- It’s easier to enjoy the things (=physical things & immaterial things) you already have.
Creating Positive Leisure
- Breathe
- Moving slowly through life
- If you have too much things to do, either…
- …remove the offender
- …increase productivity (get the simple things done fast)
Structured Relaxation (=Leisurely Relaxation)
Find Leisure that either:
- Relaxes you fully
- Sleep, Music, Movie
- Relaxing on a couch doing nothing
- You feel good having done it
- Reading a book or magazine article
- New content, e.g. on Netflix, subscribed Youtubers, Mastodon, etc.
- → These should be your own curation, from people/sources you’ve chosen
Fun and Pleasure is derived from Structure
- Pleasure and pain is derived not from absolutes [=it isn’t a sliding scale from pleasure to pain] but is an Emergent Phenomena from structures in life.
- Hedonistic Adaptation and the reverse for pain evidences this.
- Structure is essential, and doesn’t harm pleasure. It more often actually enhances it.
- spice and honey is enhanced at duke, as Celine does.
- (Book) How to Be Miserable - Randy J Paterson: taking part in “hedonism” is ineffective because impulses!= what’s good for you. “Those who eschew impulses are better hedonists than you are.”
- This is fotunate, because this means that Creation Station is not mutually exclusive from pleasure. To achieve both, aim to maintain separation between locations.
Flow Work
- Happiness Through Achieving the State of ‘Flow’: Seeking happiness in the immersion and engagement of tasks.