We all want to feel useful. We all want to feel as if we're contributing. Leisure is the time to renew yourself. Without that renewal time, you're going to burn out. Here are some ways to create more time for leisure in your life.
Planning takes knowledge.
Leisure doesn't just happen. It takes effort and planning to work fun activities into your life. Read the newspaper, scan the bulletin boards in your neighborhood supermarkets. Phone your local parks and recreation department and ask about outdoor trips, sports leagues and craft classes, suggests Patsy B. Edwards, a leisure counselor in private practice in Los Angeles. You can also explore your library, community college and church for new activities.