m (Bammel & Bammel, 1996). And that is what Amy likes to do. She likes not only the results of cooking a nice meal, but the whole process of doing it. From choosing the ingredients to the way the food will served. Even when she watches television, she likes to enjoy every moment of each show, analyze its different parts and every time find something different to talk about. As she mentioned, she only does these activities when she is not at work or when she doesn’t have to do any schoolwork at home. Her opinion is identified with the “compensatory theory”, which was mentioned above. This theory is one of the most common ones and the majority of people identify with it. They try to avoid including activities related to their work as part of their leisure time. Besides work and school, which take a lot of time, many other factors influence her leisure time. Amy mentioned that whether she is with some friends or not influences her leisure choice. Typically, she likes to do relaxing activities with friends, as just watching a movie and chatting is, because she likes to get to know them better. Also, when she feels stressful and tired she does not enjoy doing any activities and that’s why she doesn’t engage herself in any kind of leisure. Daniel is the name of the third person I interviewed during this assignment. Daniel is a twenty-one years old African American, who has been to the Bay Area for about four (4) years. He is a college student and only works during the summertime when school is closed. He just moved to a new apartment, which shares with two other roommates. He is a very easygoing person and always speaks in undertones and that made guess in a way his answers. He defines leisure as an activity that requires no physical, but only mental energy (personal communication, September 18, 1999). He likes to do activities that give him the opportunity to relax and at the same time think and reconsider ...
