Passing-Time Choice

Context:
- It can range from being an Unconscious Passing-Time Choice (coasting life) to being a Conscious Passing-Time Choice.
- It can range from being a Short-Lived Passing-Time Choice to being a Long-Lived Passing-Time Choice.
- It can range from being a Time-Bound Passing-Time Choice (killing time) to being a Time-Unbound Passing-Time Choice.
- It can range from being a Singular Passing-Time Choice to being a Repeating Passing-Time Choice.
- It can range from being a Positive Passing-Time Choice to being a Negative Passing-Time Choice (wasting time).
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Example(s):
- a Choice to Binge, such as binge TV-watching.
- a Coasting Life Choice.
- a Killing Time Choice, such as while commuting.
- a Spending Time on One's Hobby, like gardening and birdwatching.
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Counter-Example(s):
- a Doing-the-Harder-Thing-Choice.
- a Forced Human Choice.
See: Waste Time, Mindfulness, Bad Faith, Addiction, Boredom, Just One-More Turn Decision, Procrastination.

References

http://qz.com/689526/hobbies-and-the-meaning-of-life/
- QUOTE: For me, birdwatching has provided the answer to a conundrum that haunts modern life: how to fill our days. Our hobbies tell a great deal about us and our world … Hobbies are a corner of our existence over which we have the impression of control … Leisure pursuits, Veblen argued, derived from models established in pre-Industrial societies, where the aristocracy chose economically unproductive professions and pastimes

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kill_time#Verb
1. To spend time doing nothing in particular in order that it seems to pass more quickly.

(Van'T Levenan & Jonsson, 2002) ⇒ Netta Van'T Levenan, and Hans Jonsson. (2002). “Doing and Being in the Atmosphere of the Doing: Environmental Influences on Occupational Performance in a Nursing Home." Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy 9, no. 4
- QUOTE: The aim of this study was to explore how elderly residents perceive supports and constraints of the nursing home environment on their occupational performance. Interviews were conducted with 10 residents in one nursing home in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The constant comparative method was used for data-analysis. Three themes were found: continuity of some familiar occupations of personal interest; self-determination and control in daily activities; and social contacts with people. In reference to familiar occupations this study showed that some persons need to continue performing such an occupation themselves while for others being in the atmosphere of the doing might fulfil the same need as the actual doing. The importance of recognizing this type of adaptation and its implications for a possible expansion of the concept of occupational performance is discussed.

(Epel et al., 1999) ⇒ Elissa S. Epel, Albert Bandura, and Philip G. Zimbardo. (1999). “Escaping Homelessness: The Influences of Self‐Efficacy and Time Perspective on Coping With Homelessness1.” In: Journal of Applied Social Psychology 29, no. 3
- QUOTE: … We thus predicted that a high sense of personal efficacy would be accompanied by a high future orientation and a...
  … The activities were various domestic activities, calling potential rental agents and employers, watching television, being depressed, passing time away, working...