Essay On Peripheral Leisure Activities

In the late adulthood life of Roseanne she began being an example of the peripheral leisure activities in which later contracted to core leisure activities not only due to age but also to social/emotional effects. After passing through a phase of regression her activities expanded and she slightly engaged in the quality of being active.
Roseanne and her husband had worked extremely hard building an empire where peripheral leisure activities were a reward or a necessity for them. Novak (2012) defines this as activities “that require more resources, take place outside the home, and need more effort” (p. 325). They took vacations to countries around the world doing things any couple would dream to do. They were lovers of nature where they would also visit fancy ranches yearly in areas of upstate New York. They went
She would go to the beach; watch the same programs (along with others) and knit. After being ill for a short while she later recovered and wanted to get involved once again as that was what her husband would have wanted. She began to socialize, she called up her remaining old friends and had meaningful conversations, she took trips to the mall, attended plays in the city, regular salon visits to get dolled up (hair, manicure and pedicure), assigned herself to stretch classes for the elderly and continued with few other things she enjoyed. A plus in the developmental theories is the theory of continuity that de-emphasize on the changes affiliated with aging. This to me is the structure for those who are afraid of old age. This is where a distinctive style of stability in old age is disclosed. The things they enjoy, activities, personalities and preferences remain permanent and foreseeable. So despite that everything is going to decline it’s going to also remain the same as they age with continued habits, lifestyle and