European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine Why All those people never have enough time by Rischall new York times i because she wanted Mora free time sue Alstedt quil her Job As a manager at at to. Then to save even More Tima she Bough equal Mont to do hoc banking Al Home but she soon became impatient with the computer because ii was t As last As the one she had used a work. I could t stand to Wail Tor ii even though i was coming out at the Rale Al  she said. Four years Atter leaving her High pressure Job als Ledl. Who lives in Manhattan still finds herself addicted to efficiency and Speed. And she still does t have enough Lime. According to Market researchers and pan takers Alstodt typifies a swelling complain of people All Over the United states in Large cities or Small with highly demanding careers or no Job Al All. We have become walking  said Coll Godbey an expert on Leisure in the department of recreation and Parks at Pennsylvania Sale University. If you re not doing something you re nol creating and do lining who you  time according to this Way of thinking is solely a resource to be expended. Tea i heft in values that Godbey describes has certainly been nudged along by the Power of technology. In his Book time wars Jeremy Alfkin argues that the relentless rhythms of computers ate replacing those of natural Lite. The constant pressure to become Ever More efficient aided by High technology tools has enslaved the culture to says. Free Lime. Leisure Lime. These notions confound social scientists definitions Are highly subjective which is one reason polls and surveys on the subject have produced such widely varying data. One Large scale study that has been carried out irom 1965 to 1365 by the University of Maryland shows an Overall. Increase in americans Leisure time. John Llo Binson a sociologist who Heads the Survey research Center there Sals two earner households do have a time crunch. But. He said from 1965 to 1975 there was actually a gain of five hours a week i the average adult s Leisure Lime. His analysis of the most recent data is rot yet Complete but he said it did nol seem to show a reversal of that trend. Pollster Louis hams sees things Dill Arenfly. His surveys suggest that the number of hours worked by americana has increased by 20 percent since 1973, while the amount of Leisure time Haa dropped by 32 percent. Government statistics do not support his assertion that people Aie working More hours but he does nol Lind that surprising. You be got a great number of salaried people now. And they Don t get paid overtime he said their hours of work Are not necessarily monitored by the government or even their employers. His surveys show Hal proles Shonat people work 52,2 hours n weak while Small business people work 57,3 hours a week. It s Clear these salaried people should be worn out but so it seems arc the ones that Robinson surveyed even Leisure time How people spend k percentage of respondents who participate in each activity in a typical week. Interviews were conducted by Telephone from december 1988 to january 1987 with 600 people whose household incomes were $25,000 or More. The margin of sampling error to plus or minus Lour percent at Home entertainment includes watching television or movies on a Var and Stan Long to Tho radio records or tapes. Sports for exercise includes walking golfing jogging Tennis swimming skiing and biking. Reading out of Home entertainment 46% 43% includes going to a movie watching sporting events dining out dancing shopping and going to the theater or an amusement Park. Participatory sports 28% includes fishing Hunting Bowling boating camping hiking. Companionship 24%visiting and talking with friends or spending time with one s children. Indoor hobbles 21%" includes playing Easte and games. Fnu arid doing carpentry or i. A ,ii." 12% canyoning i r though they ended up with the five extra hours of Leisure time. They watched television More and they slept More he said. That s what i refer to As Post industrious  according to a. Nielsen television use has steadily risen from six hours and 36 minutes daily per household in 1980 to seven hours and five minutes in 1987. The increasing Appeal of real shows up Over years of Gallup polls in 1938, the most popular ways to spend an evening were Reading watching movies and dancing. In 1936, the top Choice was television allowed by resting relaxing and Reading. In 1933, no one said resting and relaxing said Coteen Mcmurray of the Gallup poll. It May be that people Al they need More rest because of the Way they Are using choir Timo they watch to while eating dinner White Reading the newspaper or they hold a meeting in a moving Auto White eating a Burger King  Godbey said. That leaves them without the unstructured time that is most refreshing he said. Steve Savage one of the owners of new video in new York a Chain of five video stores finds the need to arrange things especially frustrating when h involves recreation. You have to make plans and then you have to confirm your plans he said. It s part of your schedule it s not the  the Over scheduled lifestyle chronicled in elaborate weekly planners whose replacement is a year end ritual May be one reason for weariness. But some people Are simply wearing themselves out with chores especially women. In a study last year of 600 people with incomes greater than $25,000, decision research corp. In Lexington mass. Found thai women had 25 percent less Leisure time than men did. Studies have shown that married women who work often assume More of the household responsibilities than their husbands. The Rise in two income households takes a Large share of the blame for the time pressure Hal Many couples lace. When there is no one Al Home in the daytime chores and errands have to be done on the weekend. What we see is a real feeling Hal there s less True Leisure time less time to wind Down said David Meer vice president of the Daniel Yankelovich group a Market research firm. But the Market researchers and poll takers say that complaints about pressure and Lack of Lime Are growing everywhere among All groups it s True in Portland Maine and in Evansville Indiana said Judy Langer a Market researcher based in now York. She said everybody just seems to tee worn out by the growing demands of life. Lives Tike Sally Minard s leave no doubt about Why some people feel harried. On the monday before Christmas she held a morning news conference at her office in new York sped to the Airport and took a Light to Chicago where she gave a dinner party for a client. The next Day she attended Early meetings and then returned to new York in time to do some work at her advertising Agency before giving a cocktail party for 50 people. Minard who is married and has iwo children does not consider that Pace unusual. And she is convinced that technology has been a Factor just Ihrk Back to when you had to Send something and wait Lor it to arrive said Minard a partner in Lotas Minard fatten Mclver inc now you re never waiting Lor the next  i limiting the workweek in t necessarily the solution. Debbie Abrams. A Mother of three who works three Days As a speech therapist says she never has time to rest. You feel guilty ii you sit she said. There s always something to be  Abrams finds she spends enormous amounts of time driving her children to their various activities drama classes jazz dancing soccer practice gymnastics. You want to give them the availability of anything they re interested  she said. Your Lime is really spent taking them places they want to  she remembers her parents feeding a less hectic life partly because if the children wanted to go somewhere they walked which was easier in Chicago than in the suburbs. My Mother did t work and my father did t have a lot of extra activities she added. Her husband John a dentist i recently attends meetings at night so he can keep up with advances in the Field. Some Rose archers see signs of rebellion. Ina Hafl Brendl who owns her own research and consulting firm in Albany Cam. Said she finds More and More americans showing interest in new age ideas such As visualization meditation and reincarnation. People Are looking Lor Soma Way to get Comfort Hillebrandt said. Saturday. February 6, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 13