# leisure (psychological)

time when work does not happen and one can act in recreation

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: recreation  ·  Arena: emergencelexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort), [recreation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-recreation.leisure), [act](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-act.deed), [happen](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-happen.event-occurrence)

**Through:** the interval of time plus the absence of work frees capacity while recreation supplies activity, together forming free, enjoyable time

**Novel properties:**
- free time
- volitional engagement
- non-obligated activity

## Examples
- In 2023, Finland recorded an average of 6.5 leisure hours per day per person, measured in time-use surveys by Statistics Finland. *(everyday life)*
- The International Space Station crew followed a schedule with 2.5 hours daily allocated for off-duty recreation, documented in NASA's 2021 mission logs. *(engineering)*
- The 1916 US eight-hour workday movement led to measurable increases in leisure time, tracked in Bureau of Labor Statistics records by 1920. *(institutions)*

## Used by
- [entertainment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-entertainment.leisure) (L15)

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