Is Weisure Time a Good Thing?

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Is weisure time a blessing or a curse for you???

I had a weisurely weekend… “What,” you ask, “is weisure?”  It’s blending work with leisure, leisure with work. Work + Leisure = Weisure. Is it a good thing?  Maybe, maybe not.

Weisure makes a value judgment and comes across as critical of the way in which many western men and women live ‘lesser’ lives because of its instant and in-touch nature.  I see the experience as enriching and don’t bemoan the passing of the ‘old’ way of life, since there is no reason why the two cannot co-exist.

William Keyser

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Take a short break and consider the following:

“Doing the dishes is work, creating an algorithm is work, writing a poem is work and all three can also be leisure. There used to be a great cry for restoring the work-life balance, but as we integrate our lives and take mind, body and soul to work, we naturally lead a balanced life.”


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