Description
Phase 2 Directions:
This is an individual assignment.
Please write approximately 3 pages analyzing your Time Diary data collection.
Your paper should include the following elements, in the following order:
- An introduction paragraph that summarizes the main ideas you will cover in your paper.
- The body of your paper in which you should address the following topics:
- Topic 1: Describe your overall time use.
- What (if anything) about your time use surprised you?
- Describe either your use of technology or your social/alone time (depending on the analysis you chose in Phase I).
- How is your leisure time use similar to or different from the general population?
- See the American Time Use Survey chart below for information on how people in the US spend their leisure time:
- Topic 1: Describe your overall time use.
- Topic 2: Look at the emotion and stress variables in your Phase 1 data.
- Overall, how stressed were you? Overall, what was your emotional state?
- What trends do you observe (e.g. When are you most/least stressed? When are you happiest/least happy?)
- What activities are related to fluctuations in emotions and stress?
- Topic 3: Reflect on how your leisure connects to your overall health/wellness.
- What about your leisure supports your health/wellness? How?
- What about your leisure detracts from your health/wellness? How?
- Reflecting on your time-use data, are there any behaviors you would change to better support your own health and human development?