I’ve learned to expect a certain amount of leisure every day of my life. That has been the experience of my life, that I always have time to read a book for pleasure, to watch TV, or even to do nothing. And that has been what I’ve learned in my life, that the industrial revolution gave rise to leisure time.
But that’s likely one of the things that will be changing. Everything will be harder and will take longer, and we won’t be able to do nothing very much. Spring and Fall will be very busy, the other seasons less busy, but still with less leisure than we have now.
My neighbor, who is a grain farmer and small livestock keeper on his 160 acres and works 40 hours per week at an off-the-farm job, does not have the leisure time that I do. Perhaps the Change, at least from the aspect of leisure, will be less drastic for him than it will be for me and those like me.
Ending and Beginning 
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