Sentences with phrase «own leisure time»

It also means more leisure time.

But we do have some control over how we spend our leisure time.

It's believed the company was able to entice better candidates with the promise of more leisure time.

That's one reason why it's worth asking which leisure time activities are linked to happiness, and which aren't.

«Most of us are rubbish at using our leisure time.

But, as I've pointed out repeatedly, the startling fact, backed by research, is that these days, Americans, if anything, have more leisure time than previous generations.

There is a growing amount of research showing that using phones during our leisure time interferes with our ability to psychologically disconnect from work and recover from the stress and demands we face on a daily basis.

So if we (mostly) all have adequate leisure time at our disposal, why do so many of us genuinely feel overwhelmed and burnt out?

Their collective gains from this household innovation are two additional hours of leisure time per week.

Then any time you have for family or leisure time is an added bonus.

Unpleasant weather is thought to improve concentration and productivity, in part because a rainy day or snowy day kills the potential for leisure time outdoors; if we aren't distracted by the sunny possibilities outside our window, we're free to focus on the task at hand.

Maybe it's time to remind yourself of the value of the other non-monetary values of loafing, including boosted creativity, stress reduction, time to reflect on big - picture questions and perhaps even improved relationships if you spend some of that leisure time with those you care about.

Or to put it simply, thinking about the monetary value of our time when we're relaxing makes us impatient and unable to enjoy our leisure time.

You think of drinking whiskey and playing golf as things you do in your leisure time to unwind.

Long hours, for example, may be acceptable if workers believe the loss of leisure time is justified by the extra income.

A study by the University of the West of England found that long commutes can have an adverse effect on your wellbeing, reducing job and leisure time satisfaction, increasing strain, and worsening mental health.

But if we see success as having more leisure time, then we're already winning.

Hours spent sitting in pointlessly long conference calls, or unnecessary meetings, are nothing but «disguised and ineffective leisure time» no more noble than sitting numb in front of the television.

More than 80 % of Shenzhen residents are migrants, most speak Mandarin and spend their leisure time away from home.

Running a business is not easy nor does it leave a lot of leisure time for business owners.

Looking at median hourly because of the obvious problems of mean, and because weekly makes us think about leisure time: What Lorenzo said.

Naturally, there are a lot of compelling reasons to retire early, such as more leisure time, vacations, and less stress.

It evokes visions of fast cars, luxurious living, and endless leisure time.

For youthful business owners, balancing time spent at work with leisure time at least appears easier, and in some ways is, thanks in no small part to near boundless energy and the ability to run on all cylinders for 16 hours a day.

Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time.

After all it seems to me that Generation Y has, through world travel, through mass education and through sheer amount of leisure time actually faced a greater degree of natural and artistic beauty than any other that has preceded it.

For the football fan, the World Cup is the pinnacle, not only of the game, but of leisure time itself.

In the process they have turned the possibility of leisure time into a problematic issue.

There are many indicators of the increase of leisure time in America.

It is a misnomer to think that poor people have leisure time.

A little leisure time is quite acceptable, and the vice of idleness is not really even a «major sin» 4 kept in manageable (dare I say workable?)

There is no leisure time for poor people.

This is the point of view of an elitist from the first world with total disregard to the circu.mstances of lots and lots of people in much more difficult circ.umstances in the rest of the world who have neither the leisure time, education, literacy, or resources to «study» any religion, let alone choose yours to study.

But still here in the way she chooses to spend her leisure time we can see her Christian devotion expressing itself.

Therefore, the declaration upholds «the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment,» as well as the right to leisure time and education.

If you're advocating that exorcism is something to fill your leisure time — have at it, but there's no evidence that demons exist so if someone has mental problems wouldn't you agree that medical treatment is better than arbitrary spells?

If you're advocating that exorcism is something to fill your leisure time — have at it, there's no evidence that demons exist so if someone has mental problems wouldn't you agree that medical treatment is better than arbitrary spells?

Leisure time has moved from its former peripheral position in the economy of life to become a major fact of existence.

It is important to note that America is the only nation in the world whose citizens spend most of their leisure time in the world of television.

Most dating takes place in leisure time when there is little opportunity for discovering how the person relates in the kinds of non-leisure activities which compose at least 90 percent of married life.

I just figured folks in general, once their most basic needs where meet and they had leisure time, started seeking something.

By «has to do» I take it that leisure time is time open to what we decide belongs there.

If it were, changes in leisure time would be a substantial depressant on the resultant figures in this country.

«Even our leisure time as become scheduled, has lost its spontaneity.

Much of the overall result depended on which of several possible ways of calculating the value of leisure time was employed.

First, we decided to omit calculations for leisure time.

Capitalism drives technological growth, which allows us the leisure time to give back to society.

The key challenge for churches is to create communities that support each other in our mission — both the things we do together in our church and community in our leisure time, and the things we do when we are out in the world.

A viewer's leisure time might be ordered around the television programming schedule.

Meanwhile, the television drones on during school hours as well as leisure time, thanks to Channel One.