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the original luxury good, now disguised as guilt you forgot to schedule
means Free time when you're not obliged to work, free to rest, play, or do as you please.
from From Old French 'leisir,' meaning permission or freedom to do something, which traces back to the Latin verb 'licere' — 'to be allowed, to be permitted.' So leisure is, at root, not about idleness but about license: the time you have permission to do as you like. 'Licere' is also the ancestor of 'license' and 'licit,' making leisure a quiet cousin of the very words that grant and govern permission.
ancient idealGreek 'scholE' meant leisure, root of the word school
status flexVeblen called idleness the elite's loudest brag
two pronunciationsBrits say 'lezher,' Americans say 'leezher'
productivity trapmore devices promised free time, delivered round-the-clock email
the paradoxpeople often feel happier working than relaxing