Leisure is perceived in a variety of ways—as time, activity, experience, or state of being. It can encompass play and recreation and can be casual or serious. In its idealistic sense, leisure can be perceived as experiencing activities, chosen in relative freedom, that are personally satisfying and innately worthwhile and that has the potential to lead an individual towards self-actualization and, ultimately, play a part in a selffulfilling way of life.
Recreation is usually thought of as leisure time activities and pursuits and often tends to be more organized, whether in an informal game on the park or organized more formally by others. Recreation is more institutional in character than play or leisure. In its purest sense, however, recreation can be re-creation: an inner consuming experience that leads to revival. In this sense, recreation experience renews, restores and ‘recharges the batteries’.
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