Interesting, because people were literally told how they need to act. We’ve been going against our own nature for as long as they’ve been telling us to
Awesome. My mother always said "your bored, enjoy it, it is a luxury". Then she'd find something for me to do. What a great lesson that was. What she normally found for me to do was dishes, haul fire wood, dust, rake the yard......to this day I'm never bored.
My daughter, she's grown now, made the mistake once telling me she was bored. Just once. Lol. I wish now I had suggested something fun instead of making her do some work.
Even if you knit 15 or 20 minutes a day thats more than an hour a week. Little by little your project gets done! And you get that sense of accomplishment!
The 40 hour work week was implemented just 10 years before this was created. I had no idea people of the 19th century had to work 70 hour work weeks. This is quite educational even 73 years later.
@@charityneverfaileth22 if not more, and some still give more then that and would even expect it of eveyone, the purist form of the Protestent work ethic" idle hands are the devils toolshed, but you do have to have some destress time or reflection time, even the christian religious communites know this they live a humble hard working life of routine but have down and reflection time as well as quite study time and time for excercise or games or singing.
“Leisure time should give you a change, should help you learn things, and should have a long term goal”- my life is so much better with simple checklists like these ❤️ Thank you old time wisdom I needed this
The moral lesson from this video is to keep ourselves busy, learn more, more creative, and be more productive during our liesure times. And I really love that! ☺️
churning butter for the fresh bread on the table i made from the tree i choppped down with the axe i made from the rock i dug up with my own hands in the dirt i tripped on during the bear attack.......whatever.
This is so interesting to watch seventy years later. The middle class still enjoys 40 hour work weeks and the automation of household items like washing machines, but now people are feeling pressure to work side hustles or second jobs, couples are both having to work and find time for washing, cooking etc on top of that, we are spending longer commuting further distances to work, and home ownership is increasingly difficult and almost impossible on a single wage for many, let alone while raising kids. Not to mention sedentary jobs meaning we have to find find to exercise too. It's feeling like 'leisure time' isnt quite what it use to be, but I'm not sure how realistic this video was to reflect everyone's circumstances back then.
It wasn't. Black and Hispanic folks often didn't have that luxury, thanks to having to deal with racism and the poverty that often comes of it. Even the lady who played Maria on Sesame Street did not have the luxury of having a stay-at-home mom (and in her biography she said she had asked why her mom didn't stay at home like all the moms on TV, and mom explained that she basically would love to stay home but can't afford not to work).
This video wasn't trying to target everyone. It was targeting middle class suburbanites. Poor people would spend their time doing more work and rich people absolutely know what to do with their free time. Targeting everyone would be impossible anyway.
@@paulinekeown2472The vast majority of US citizens have washing machines, dishwashers, vacuum, and don't have to feed animals, sew clothes, chop wood, or build their own furniture. The average American works fewer than 40 hours a week. Nearly everyone has time to pursue their interests if they want.
The 'ton of homework' thing only came around in like the 60s when they were trying to beat Russia in the space race and therefore wanted all their future children to be smarter/more capable to beat Russia in the future
Don't worry, Ken. The older you get, the less leisure time you have because your body wears out, you may have family, or you're always working to support yourself.
well ken im assuming in this movie the character is 18 or so. maybe even 17. goes to college or trade school finish between 20-21 years old. then has to work and the time flies by
Not for everyone. My work time has been getting easier since my studies (I’m 32). Agreed on the body problems, but the aspiration is to be able to do a little less as you accumulate a little more money later on. Maybe.
More like a broken education system that teaches nothing about what to do with money or build anything. This is why we have people claiming wages need to be 15 dollars minimum. Even though in my state, 15 an hour got me a two bedroom apartment, a car, and enough food for me.
It's actually the backbreaking taxes that causes us to work so hard. And now that democrats gave TRILLIONS of our dollars to Ukraine, and imported MILLIONS of illegals, there's little hope for the middle class to escape poverty. Thanks alot democrats.
The previous job i had was 12 hours away from this man's 72 hour and was full time paying dirt cheap. I was so burnt out i couldn't understand why i was unable to use my leisure time for things other than laying in bed neglecting every aspect of my health that continues to follow me a whole year later. This video and that lovely person's comment really put it into perspective
exactly. everything now is just so fast that i don’t have time to take anything in. these are so much more relaxing. a lot of current movies and shows give me anxiety
Notice how well-spoken they are, and it's actually possible to understand what they're saying. Television changed all that. Now teenagers talk so fast and don't enunciate their words that it's impossible to understand them.
You can build the back porch. After you build the back porch, you can build the stable. After you build the stable, you can _Build a buggy, drive a big tow truck!_
A leisure activity must: -give your life change -enable you to learn while doing it or prepare yourself for better living - part of long-range goals that would give satisfaction Thank you, this video is helpful!
Ken travels to the 2000’s and says.. I don’t have enough leisure time.. I can’t squeeze family, a job, streaming, gaming, playing with phone, going out, spending time with my hobbies, geez.. Lol
Good instructional film! Leisure time should be used creatively and constructively. Skills acquired from hobbies as a young person can prepare one for a career. Some people may laugh at this and similar films believing they are condescending but not everyone is fortunate enough to have parents that provide such guidance. Films such as this provided outstanding guidance for young people that could not acquire it any other way. Really an excellent film for young people even today.
@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 Having something to feel proud of that you crafted with developed skill, is a need. Also it helps make us less of a society of mindless consumers.
Far too many don’t understand the sheer amount of time and effort it takes to write things with a quill and ink. It’s honestly something of a miracle we have any kind of written down historical records at all!!
I think it’s funny; you know how now we all type on computers and type dates out like “09/11/23” but back when they had to HANDWRITE documents, I’ve seen manuscripts with dates put in like “On this eleventh day of September in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred…blah, blah, blah” all in beautiful penmanship. I didn’t even think about how much extra time using the old pens would take.
I came here from a YTP. The ironic thing is I actually learnt something from this. Not many people in today's world realise how easy everything is now and what we all take for granted, especially today.
Person: Gee, Ken! You’re so good at photography! What made you want to start? Ken: well, I got this camera for Christmas one year. That, and a disembodied voice dragged me over how I was spending my leisure time and told me I needed a hobby.
A broken clock is right twice a day. People still had hobbies back in the day, lol, but they are correct. You will feel much better if you use your leisure time at least somewhat constructively.
"Say Ken, how would you like a little flat rectangular screen? You can sit and stare at it for hours and watch mindless 12 second videos of cats playing the piano. You don't need to use your brain or muscles or anything! How does that sound, Ken?"
For once, one of these old films actually makes a lot of sense. There's one thing i have to comment on: never feel pressured to make a business out of your hobby. I do photography too, and people sometimes ask for a print (an actual boomer style darkroom print!) of a picture i took. I reckon i could make a couple bucks off of it if i wanted to. But it's absolutely fine to have a hobby just for the fun of it. Monetizing it can rapidly turn a hobby into a chore. Also, doing nothing can be a goal in itself. If i plan too many activities - even fun ones - on a weekend, i just feel like i direly need a weekend after a weekend on monday.
"Never feel pressured to make a business out of a hobby" Your comment really resonates a lot with me. There was a time I really enjoyed making videos but over time as I attempted to make a business out of my hobby, I fell out of love with making videos. It became a real chore. I did learn a lot from the experience all things considered.
what about doing what you love? making money off that instead? isn't that a hobby? I mean... sure. There are things you want to do that doesn't involve schedules or pressure to get things done but you only have hobbies if you're doing something you don't quite enjoy
I will never do my hobbies for money. A neighbour tried to hire me to sew him some shirts. I politely declined. It would ruin my hobby to have to do it to someone else's specifications. Same with embroidery. I loved doing vintage tea towels for gifts. Someone said I could sell these and the very thought would take all the pleasure out of it.
That's life... scrub clothes, carry water, carry clothes, bake bread, carry bread, scrub bread, feed the chickens, carry the chickens, scrub the chickens, bake the chickens, scrub water, bake clothes... til time to DIE.
I came here from cs188's "Better use of toilet time" YTP. I really like this video, it's actually very nice. I'm a big fan! Keep up the good uploading :D
Anybody else wondering why the hell we're going backwards in society? We have allowed ourselves to forget our past accomplishments and we're heading straight back to 70 hour weeks. Geez . . .
well if you want to work more hours to get ahead that's your choice but like you siad your union ancestors fought to keep the work hours more manageable. 40 hours. but these days with rising cost of livnig it seems like you have to work more hours just to stay afloat.
My leisure time is Saturday and Sunday. Monday to Friday is spent working in construction. By the time I get home, I'm dirty and tired. I just want dinner and relax before preping for tomorrow.
They fixed this leisure time problem. Im married and still work full time, make dinner, clean house, and care for kids. I remember growing up and my dad made enough towing for my mom to stay home.
EbbieSweetn Good wages back then were enough for one family to live on one income. Feminism came and watered down everyone’s wages so that now two incomes are almost a requirement.
My dad never made enough for my mom to stay home. Amd we lived tight. We hung laundry nine out of twelve months, gardened and preserved food, and took exactly one vacation growing up. And at times my poor dad worked 96 hours per week.
Hobbies and doing things just because you enjoy it are great. Shunning having down time, bragging about working over 70 hours a week, and using that as excuse to demean a young man for relaxing and enjoying those years before he becomes a workaholic, ISN’T. This uses something that can be healthy and twist into a SLAVE every minute should be filled mentality. The best thing about having actual down time where I’m not being a busy bee is, having time to actual think about what I want to discern if what I’m being exposed to will help me get more of that. This does but only because it helps me see why my hobbies have become stressful at times and how I got the idea that I should only feel good if I’m trying to do too much. And feel guilty just relaxing in the moment. Plus this makes me feel like their are RULES for what I should do with my off time. I can make my own decisions thank you. The videos that show how other people spend their off times, the progress they are making with their goals like having time for the things they love most and balancing that with time for themselves, family and friends; are better inspiration and more pragmatic approach to adding joy in our lives. I thought this video would be along those lines. It never occurred to me that hobbies could rules designed to make you feel bad about relaxing in whatever way you choose during your LEISURE TIME. Now that I do though, I can see not only is this the same mentality that created slaves and worked them to death, it’s the same mentality we have now. Except most are working 2 or 3 jobs to reach those 70 hour workweeks, but still can’t afford to live from one paycheck to the next. God forbid they get pleasure from relaxing and doing nothing because they are too tired to bird watch.
There's a definite difference between relaxing and "moping." I don't think anyone in the 50s would disagree that relaxing and reflecting is a healthy use of leisure time. However, moping and inwardly lamenting that your time is useless because you have no one to spend it with and nothing to do is not healthy. And young people with plenty of energy and nothing constructive to do often start playing pranks and getting into trouble for the fun of it because they have not learned a hobby or been allowed a small age appropriate job to earn some spending money. There's nothing wrong with relaxing and reflecting on life. I think it's a skill like many others...learning to be still and peaceful and content with the stillness. But many extroverts can't tolerate it for very long.
Yeah, we need good things on tv! How do we kick out these greedy companies' commercials that make one want junk food or useless junk, and show helpful informative stuff instead? 😢
@@Eet_Mia My sons are grown men now, were not goth and they are well-adjusted, talented in music and great human beings in general. I think their father and I did a pretty good job raising them.
Found this from a cs188 YTP. And honestly, even though it's literally from 70 years ago, I feel like this still holds up today. Finding good use of downtime can be pretty hard for many, myself included. And it seems to come from not knowing what to do or why to do it. And it could be harder if you have too much free time, whether you're out of school, work, or both. I find that by having less leisure time, I get more of an incentive to actually use it, rather than be like "oh I have the whole day left, I'll do it later". It's always good to start small in what to do with your leisure time. Like mentioned in the video, golf, swimming, reading a book, or helping your parents with a task. And nowadays with the internet, you got access to literally billions of resources right at your fingertits! Maybe reading some articles about where bananas come from, watching old videos about how to use leisure time, or watching how to turn a sphere inside out. Or even stuff like learning a language, learning how to sew, or learning a free video software to make your own RU-vid poops. With all of this available, I can't find a good excuse to be bored nowadays. In all, its not just about knowing what to do, it's also about knowing why to do it as well as what to get out of it. You may not know if you like it until you try it yourself.
The advice in this video is common sense. People are surprised at the relevancy of it because common sense is definitely uncommon today. The western society is actively encouraged to be lazy and waste time, money and resources.
I actually really like this. Since getting my first job I've been very focused on making use of my free time. Always make sure I'm not wasting it, since lazing about once in a while is nice, but when I actually use it, I find the quality of my day is much higher. I have many hobbies right now haha
I’m actually surprised how little has changed. So much changed in the seventy years before this video, but we will have a forty hour week and most of the same activities.
I like this video. I use my time wisely as well. If I'm not learning new things online then I shut things down. I search for educational things, because everything else is a waste of time.
