Tibor Scitovsky once remarked that the most rewarding leisure tends to be skilled leisure: playing a musical instrument, sports, drawing and painting and so on.

Tibor Scitovsky once remarked that the most rewarding leisure tends to be skilled leisure: playing a musical instrument, sports, drawing and painting and so on. and that as people start to work less, they will increasingly need to learn how to spend their free time in a way that doesn't make them miserable or bored. Reminds me a lot of the maker ethos as well: production is more satisfying than consumption. Long work hours are also harmful when they make it hard to spend time with your kids, time to resolve personal issues or wind down after a stressful period, time to study. For a lot of people, weekends are stuffed so full of errands, appointments and grocery shopping that there's very little time left to actually recover from the work week. Point taken, though, the quality of work often matters more for wellbeing than the quantity.