Sometimes the Rational Decision-Maker puts his foot down and refuses to let you waste time doing normal leisure things, and since the Instant Gratification Monkey sure as hell isn't gonna let you work, you find yourself in a bizarre purgatory of weird activities where everyone loses.**.**
I've been spending my time off doing a lot of leisure things: catching up with friends I never had time to see, fixing up around my apartment, going to the grocery store, cooking, eating better after working so hard for crazy hours over a year".
"Certainly in London – because we're living more and creating this… leisure thing – people aren't having kids until they're 36 now, and it's strange.
I think people will always want something they can physically pick up and put down at leisure, but things seem to be moving online.
Far too much of the procrastinator's precious time is spent toiling in the Dark Playground, time that could have been spent enjoying satisfying, well-earned leisure if things had been done on a more logical schedule.
Whether it's due to the allure of the iPod, the call of the Wii or any number of other distractions, many children choose to spend their leisure time doing things other than reading.
Although anaesthetists are required to monitor their patient's vital signs throughout the surgery and make adjustments as required, they are seen as having plenty of "leisure" for other things compared with those who wield the scalpel.
The Transportation Department's reminder comes amid a flurry of discount offers this fall, which is generally one of the slowest times of the year for leisure travel until things pick up at Thanksgiving.
Rather, Rogers's work seemed to argue, by its very exuberance and pleasure, that living in cities could be something to enjoy, not something to struggle through – a fulfilled dream of technological abundance and leisure, the very things that attracted socialists to modern architecture in the first place.
Bill Grimsey said High Streets and town centres need a "complete solution", encompassing health, education, housing and leisure among other things.
As Der Spiegel reported, "Whether it's with food, alcohol, vacation or relaxing -- Germans apparently don't have the leisure to enjoy things.
