Blog Summary

Throughout my blogs I realized in the first couple, I was categorizing my leisure activities according to time, and we all know that leisure has no time boundaries. We could experience leisure at work, even if we didn't plan on it, therefore I have learned and will apply these terms to my upcoming blogs. I have also just begun to grasp the concept of flow and how it should be used or what context it should be referred in. In one of my blogs I mention that I experience it more or less every time I work out, without my new gained knowledge I would not have been able to use this term properly in a contextual sentence.

As I am here sitting writing this blog summary in a second cup near my house, I would perceive this as "circumstantial freedom" because I do have the freedom to complete this assignment and the freedom to not, and I am choosing to complete it because it was assigned to me, as well as it will help me develop and define my skills. It is therefore extrinsically motivating, because my drive and determination, is based on an outside influence which will determine my grade upon completion of this summary.

Throughout my blogs I have never experienced any symptoms of boredom. according to Iso-Ahola and Weissinger, if an individual does not recognize that leisure can take place from a psychological point of view, then they are experiencing "boredom".  In my 5th blog I stated that I watched a movie which was not my direct preference but I still enjoyed it. If i was not able to experience leisure through a psychological stand, then I would have been bored because of the lack of physical activity and because of lack of movie preference but because of the the story and its stimulating effect, it was able to grasp my attention. The link that I am trying to make is that I was able to experience leisure in a surrounding where it would seem utterly impossible, but because I viewed this film as leisure I was unable to reach a level of boredom. In many aspects it could be seen that I experienced adherence, because I was experiencing flow during the "chick flick" when most men would probably experience a sense of boredom.

Body works

The gym is truly my second home. The atmosphere, the people and the heavy weights, just doesn't get any better than that. I am intrinsically motivated when it comes to lifting. It is a leisurely activity that I cannot get enough of. I have achieved a sense of internal competence throughout my years of lifting because of the satisfaction which i have received by doing it. I often achieve optimal arousal while performing my demanding tasks at the gym. It is very rare that I experience boredom in my domain, but there have been times when I have experienced anxiety but for the most part, flow is always achieved when I am hard at work, in my second home

The women

This past weekend, me and my lady went to see a movie, now it wasn't my average action shoot em' up type flick. am sure I speak for every guy who has a girlfriend when i say we all have to make compromises to certain movies sometimes. My compromise, was the movie tiltled "The Women". Yup, it was a bonified "chick flick", but hey sometimes you have to give in. As for the reviews, let me just say in that 2hours and like 15minute there was literally not one guy in the actual film. I have never seen a movie with just one gender throughout the alloted time, i was pretty impressed actually. It wasn't a bad flick either, I probably wouldn't go see it with a bunch of my buddies, or even rent it for myself, but watching it with my lady and keeping an open mind, made it somewhat enjoyable.

Accomplishment

I am happy to say that this past weekend was an accomplishment. everything went perfectly planned for my girlfriends birthday, we laughed, we cried, and we were merry... well know one cried but we all had a good time. we had a friendly game of bowling which lasted till about 2 am, starting at 11pm, it was definatly good times

good times

ahh!! its minutes to 6 and that makes me happy, because I will be a free man from this non leisurly activity called work. have dinner reservations tonight with my girlfriend tonight for her birthday, so you could imagine that i am smiling from ear to ear. and then we will participate in a friendly match of bowling...and yes i did say bowling..i mean its fun with a little competion of course lol..its gonna be good times cant wait :)

MNF

WOW! what an intense game this last monday nighter was, (football) it was the Philadelphia Eagles vs the Dallas Cowboys. I enjoyed the game at a downtown bar called sports station at the corner of Fort and St Catherine.. they've got about a million T.V.'s and the sound system is awesome!!. It was a scoring battle which almost made history for first half points combined in a single Monday night game. the outcome was the Dallas Cowboys coming out on top at 41-37, but it was definatly one of the best monday night games i have seen in a while..and a great Leisurely activity :)

working it!!

I must admit, i am a gym rat, i live, eat, and sleep the gym lol..it helps me realease stress, and gives me a sense of satisfaction.