ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the activity level; all of everyday life may be conceptualized as being experienced in one of three domains: work, leisure, and non-work obligation. The pursuit of activities in these three domains is framed in a wide range of social conditions, some of which, at that level of analysis, blur domainal boundaries. The activity, sometimes joined with role, most of the time agreeable, but sometimes disagreeable, is the cornerstone of a positive sociology. The idea is eminently sociological, since many activities, in this way or that, involve the participant with other people while unfolding in particular social conditions. The serious leisure perspective may be described, in simplest terms, as the theoretic framework that synthesizes three main forms of leisure showing, at once, their distinctive features, similarities, and interrelationships. Casual leisure is immediately intrinsically rewarding, relatively shortlived pleasurable activity is requiring little or no special training to enjoy it.
