Qualitative Leisure Experience

Happiness is the goal for everything people participate in. Whether it be work, play, or even sleep, people perform tasks to end up achieving happiness. The means of achieving happiness are found through leisure. My qualitative leisure experiences are ones that develop me as a person, rather than just activities to kill time. The quality of my leisure has increased since the beginning of my semester because I have started applying leisure to things I do daily that may not have been viewed as leisure before. For example, I commute to school daily, and I hated sitting in traffic; now, I take it as an opportunity to listen to music and think to myself, taking it as an opportunity to develop myself, rather than dreading the traffic that is at hand.

ISTJs are characterized by decisiveness when it comes to practical affairs, usually concerned with the timeliness of events. A common adjective to describe an ISTJ is dependable, which is about six percent of the general population. According to Please Understand Me, ISTJs experience discomfort from thoughts of a bankrupt nation, state, institution, or family (Keirsey 190). This is an accurate representation of myself because I tend to be worried more about the future and being financially stable than I would like. Economic opportunity is something that I need as a means to being financially stable when I work, so thoughts of a bankrupt nation or state can be discomforting. Because ISTJs are categorized as a quiet and serious type, they are persevering, and the dishonoring an agreement would appall somebody of this type. This is similar to my findings in the Clifton Strengths Finder evaluation, as one of my strengths is analytical. This is a fair depiction of my personality; however, this should be a standard for any personality type. When people make an agreement, they must stick to it as a means of respect and trust. There is an emphasis on interest in thoroughness, details, and practicality as an ISTJ, and this is true in my case because I am a logical person. Being a computer science major as a software engineer, practicality and details are the core of my work. If

In the future, I want to be financially stable; to achieve this, I must have a stable job that pays well. I have prioritized having mental calmness and less stress, in exchange for lower pay. Since software engineering is a high paying field to begin with, I am satisfactory with receiving slightly lower pay for a lesser work load. That was my first life goal because without it, I am most likely not able to achieve the rest of my goals. My second goal is having a healthy lifestyle, where mental and physical factors are balanced out. In order to achieve this, I must be physically healthy, so I will be making time to exercise often. Lifting weights also helps reduce mental stress for me, so this takes out two birds with one stone. Being able to go to work with a clear head is also a factor that has an effect on my mental health. I must balance work with the rest of life, not allowing work to takeover my life and bring harm to my health. This ties back to my first goal of having a stable and suitable job; having an easy job will reduce my overall stress and give me more time for leisure. By having more time for leisure, I also have reduced stress because I do not build up stress when I do things that I find leisurely and fun. My lifestyle goal transitions into my leisure goal. My leisure goal is to have a lot of new experiences that I never thought I would try prior to this class. Having an open