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Activities in this locator are listed by the primary value satisfied, but some
activities satisfy several values. Therefore, there is a certain amount of
overlap in the lists that follow because different people engage in the same
activity to satisfy different values. For example, two people may collect
movie memorabilia, such as posters. One of them might be collecting


Values and Leisure

The leisure role can be an important source of personal satisfaction. Many
people use leisure in a positive way, either to complement or compensate for
deficiencies in other life roles. Leisure can be used to complement other life
roles when an essential value is not being satisfied in the family or work
roles. For example, if Independence is a primary value, and family and work
roles do not allow independent action, a leisure activity that allows
satisfaction of this value should be selected.

Leisure activities, if carefully chosen, can add to the satisfaction you derive
from other life roles. People who value Belonging may satisfy this value in
their relationships with significant others. However, that satisfaction may be
enhanced if they engage in leisure activities with their spouses or significant
others because of the increased social support and communication that
results. Both the leisure role and the role featuring significant others
become more satisfactory because the roles are shared.

The leisure role can also become a source of dissatisfaction when it is over-
emphasized and other roles are neglected. For example, consider the
person who has a highly prioritized Belonging value and is in a job that offers
few opportunities to satisfy this value. This person may be inclined to spend
more time in leisure activities that reward her/his Belonging value and
insufficient time in the work role.

Finally, it is important to note that leisure activities, like occupational and
educational activities, require certain aptitudes and skills. In the final
analysis, only those leisure activities that you can perform at a level
satisfactory to you should be selected.


Locating Leisure Activities Using Your LVI
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posters because of the artistic nature of the posters, while the other person
collects them because they are likely to become more valuable. The first
person is acting on his/her Creativity value and the second is acting on
her/his Financial Prosperity value.

Step 1. Place the names of the values you listed on page 5 of the LVI for
the Leisure and Community Activities role on separate sheets of paper.

Step 2. Now go to the lists of activities under each of the values you have
listed and identify those activities that you believe will satisfy your leisure
values. Record them under the appropriate values.

Step 3. Once you have selected activities that seem likely to satisfy your
leisure values, identify 5-10 activities that you want to explore further.

Step 4. You may also wish to scan the lists of leisure activities associated
with some of your other values if steps 1-3 do not produce a satisfactory set
of activities.



Leisure Activities



ACHIEVEMENT

aerobics - competitive
animal training
archery, target
arm wrestling
athletic clubs including booster
clubs
auto rallying
auto racing
basketball
bicycle racing - track and road
billiards - competitive
bob sledding
bowling - league
board games
boat building
body building
boxing
cake decorating - competitive
canoeing
card games (e.g., bridge, hearts,
etc.)
coaching
collecting - competitive
crafts - competitive
cricket
croquet
curling
debate
diving - competitive
dog racing
equestrian
fencing
field hockey
fishing - tournament


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flying - competitive
football
Frisbee golf
fund raising
gambling
golf
gymnastics
handball
horse racing - all types
hunting - small game, waterfowl
ice dancing
ice hockey
ice skating - figure
investing
Jai alai
karate
kayaking
lacrosse
log rolling
marksmanship - pistol/rifle
model car/plane competition
musical instrument playing
performing (music/dance)
quilting (for show and
competition)
paddle ball
pet breeding and showing
politics
pool
radio-controlled model airplanes
rappelling
rodeo
rollerblading - competitive
roller skating - racing
rowing
rugby
running - competitive
skiing - snow
skiing - water
ski jumping
shuffle board
soccer
softball
speed skating - ice
sailing (racing)
shooting (e.g., skeet, sporting
clays, trap)
sky diving
sports betting
swimming- competitive
table tennis
tennis
triathlon
ultimate Frisbee
walking - speed/racing
wind surfing
wrestling
yo-yo - competitive

BELONGING

acting as a crossing guard at the
local school
attending family affairs
attending movies with friends
attending sporting events with
friends
baby sitting/child care
being supportive of friends
board games (e.g., Monopoly)
caring for grandchildren
coaching little league sports
dining out with friends or
relatives
entertaining in my home
fan clubs
fraternal clubs (e.g., Elks,
Masons)
fraternities/sororities
giving to or collecting for
charities
helping the handicapped
non-competitive board games


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pen pals
playing cards
rowing (team, sweeps or sculls)
running for unpaid political
offices
teaching others
traveling with friends or relatives
self help groups
serving on boards/commissions
supporting a foster child in
another country
travel
cruises
group bus or air tours
recreational vehicle tours
visiting friends and family
watching television with friends
working in a nursery school

Note: Many activities listed
under Concern for Others also
fall into this category.

CONCERN FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT

animal breeding - endangered
species
animal rights group
memberships
backpacking
bee keeping
biking, mountain and touring
bird feeding
bird raising
bird-watching
camping - all types
canoeing
conservation organization
memberships
farming - organic
fishing - all types
fish raising
flower drying
gardening - hydroponics
gardening - vegetable
gardening - wild flowers
hunting - bow and arrow
hunting - predators
kayaking
magazine reading - wildlife
photography - nature
picnicking
plant raising - endangered
species
rock hounding
shooting
spelunking - exploring caves
taxidermy
travel - natural sites
weather observation
wildlife rehabilitation


CONCERN FOR OTHERS

church work-also see Spirituality
civic club participation
helping activities
chauffeuring the elderly
driving a team bus
helping the handicapped
promoting conservation
promoting political causes
volunteering
AIDS support groups
alumni groups
ambulance driver
animal shelter volunteer
big brother
big sister
child care


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cancer ward
coaching little league
community watch
crisis hotline volunteer
deliver meals to the elderly
donate blood
elder hostel
emergency medical technician
fire fighter (volunteer)
fund-raiser
law enforcement
officer (volunteer)
hospital volunteer
human rights organizations
library volunteer
political parties (worker)
rape crisis center volunteer
Red Cross volunteer
Scout leader
service clubs (e.g., Lions)
soliciting funds for the needy
teaching
tutor adults and children
youth activities leader
United Way worker
working for a cause
AIDS research
animal rights groups
community improvement
environmental protection
MADD
peace organizations
SADD

CREATIVITY

advertisement design
applique
attending art exhibits
attending artistic movies
attending auctions
attending plays/ballet/concerts
arranging flowers
Bonsai gardening
building furniture
cake decorating
calligraphy
ceramics/pottery
charades
collecting (items collected because of
their
artistic value)
antique furniture
antique jewelry
artistic memorabilia
coins
costumes
paintings
quilts
sculptures
stamps
crafts
creating dance steps for musicals
cross stitching
creating lighting effects
crocheting
decoupage
designing clothes
designing and remodeling homes
directing artistic productions
display design
dyeing, including tie-dyeing
folk dancing
fly tying (fishing)
flower drying
fortune telling
gourmet cooking
hair styling for friends or the theater
house painting
interior design
jewelry design
knitting
landscaping


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leather work
listening to music-jazz/opera/blue
grass/etc.
macram
making musical instruments
master of ceremonies
model building
modeling
needle point
painting/sketching-any medium such
as oil/charcoal
performing/entertaining
acting
comedy
dancing
- tap dancing/ball room
impersonations
magician
pantomime
playing a musical
instrument-any type
singing - barber shop,
madrigal, folk, gospel, opera
story telling
ventriloquism
photography
picture framing
playing musical instruments (personal
pleasure)
puppet making
quilting
reading artistic reviews/novels about
art and artists
restoring antiques/old houses
sculpture
clay
egg shells
metal
plants
plastic
sand
snow
stone
wood
set design for artistic productions
sewing
song writing
studying artistic
events/places/designs
teaching music/art/dance sculpture
visiting museums/art galleries
weaving
wood carving
woodworking (e.g., making furniture)
working jigsaw puzzles
writing books/plays/poetry/fiction/non-
fiction/poetry


FINANCIAL PROSPERITY

attending investment seminars
bargain hunting/shopping
clipping coupons
collecting (objective to
accumulate wealth)
antiques-all types
art objects-all types
memorabilia
oriental rugs
original manuscripts
plates
rare china
rare coins
rare stamps
discussing investments
entering contests that give large
prizes
helping others with investments
investing
commodities
corporate bonds
government bonds


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stocks
mutual funds
oil
precious metals
rare coins
real estate
stocks
maximizing income via second
career
participating in investment clubs
playing the lottery/other forms of
gambling
reading financial
reports/projections
shopping for bargains
treasure hunting

HEALTH & PHYSICAL
ACTIVITY

attending lectures on health and
fitness
attending sporting events
aerobics
back packing
badminton
basketball
baseball
bicycling
boating
body building
boxing
bowling
camping
canoeing
croquet
curling
designing healthy diet for
self/others
fencing
field hockey
figure skating
football
Frisbee
Frisbee golf
golf
gymnastics
handball
hiking
horseback riding
horse shoes
hot air ballooning
ice skating/racing
ice boating
ice hockey
jazz exercise
jet skiing
jogging/walking
kayaking
lacrosse
lumber jacking
marathons including 10K races
martial arts
Aikido
Karate
Tae kwon do
Tai chi
Jujitsu
Judo
mountain climbing
organizing blood donor
programs
reading about diets/exercise
programs
reading about sports
roller skating/rollerblading
rowing
rugby
running
sailing
shuffle board
skate boarding
skiing


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acrobatic
cross country
down hill
jumping
snow sledding
square dancing
squash/handball
social dancing
softball (slow and fast pitch)
studying holistic medicine
surf boarding
swimming
table tennis
tennis
touch football
triathlon
ultimate Frisbee
volleyball
watching sporting events
water aerobics
water polo
water skiing
weight lifting
white water rafting
wind surfing
wrestling
volley ball

HUMILITY

church activities
gardening
meditation
missionary work
non-competitive games
organizational committee work
(non-leadership)
volunteer work



INDEPENDENCE

animal breeding
cats
dogs
farm livestock (e.g., cattle)
horses
animal training
auto rallying
beachcombing
bingo
budgeting
clubs/organizations (e.g., VFW)
collecting (any collecting activity
that allows independence and is
not done because of the artistic
value of the objects being
collected)
books
cut glass
fishing lures
golf memorabilia
match book covers
military artifacts
minerals
music boxes
recipes
sea shells
shaving mugs
stamps
drag racing
fast draw
fishing-fly/surf/bass
flying-gliders/ultra-light airplanes
gambling e.g. poker, dice
gardening/farming
berries
flowers
herbs
vegetables
hang gliding


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hot air ballooning
hunting - all types
martial arts (e.g., karate)
model racing (e.g., airplanes,
automobiles)
motorcycling
mushrooming (hunting for
mushrooms)
operating a CB or ham radio
operating model train layout
organizing events
owning a recreational vehicle
piloting a plane/ship/boat
planning your day
planning and preparing a meal
racing
automobiles
boats
bicycles
motorcycles
horses
rafting
raising animals
rodeo
sailing
scuba diving
snorkeling
supervision/directing activities in
my area of expertise
survival/wilderness camping
trapping
umpiring/refereeing
white water rafting
wild food gathering
wild life restoration

INTERDEPENDENCE

alumni organization
memberships
baby sitting (e.g., grandchildren)
ethnic organizations
family outings
family reunions
fraternal organizations (e.g.,
Eagles; Elks)
fraternities or sororities
genealogy
labor union involvement
nationality clubs
non-competitive games
political participation
pow wows
professional organizations
retiree organizations
self-help groups
service clubs (e.g., Lions,
Kiwanis)
social activism organizations
social clubs
team oriented sports
veterans organization

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS

accounting
amateur archaeology
amateur astronomy
amateur geology
amateur meteorology
Chinese checkers
cryptology
analyzing accident reports
board games (e.g., Jeopardy,
Dungeons and Dragons)
checkers
chess
computer programming
cross word puzzles
debate
designing systems
designing sales/political


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activities
dominoes
genealogy
historical studies
marketing
mediating
playing bridge competitively
plotting stock market trends
program development
reading scientific magazines
record keeping
research
scientific organizations
soil testing
solving complex problems
watching television (e.g., TLC,
Discovery Channel)
writing critical reviews

PRIVACY

flying
gliding
going for a long drive
hiking alone
listening to my favorite music
listening to the radio
meditation
model building
playing solitaire
rafting (drifting alone)
reading a good book/magazine
sculling
sitting quietly in my favorite chair
studying plants or animals in the
wild
walking alone
watching the stars through a
telescope
watching the sunset
working on a project alone
working in the garden/yard
yoga
Zen

RESPONSIBILITY

amateur radio
archival activities
city/state/industry
histories
family histories
genealogy
other histories
sports statistics
automobile repair/rebuilding
balancing checkbook
beer making
billiards/pool
blacksmithing
boat building
book binding
bread making
cabinet making
candle making
carpentry/woodworking
chair caning
clock making
clock repair
collecting (items are collected to
get complete sets or because
they represent outstanding
craftsmanship)
appliances-any type
baseball/football cards
beer cans/mugs
beads
buttons
comic books
flags
glass
guns (all types)


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Indian artifacts
insects
knives
kitchen ware-
plates/utensils
locks
machines (any type)
marbles
minerals
paper weights
spoons
thimbles
tools (any type)
watches
crocheting
cross bow shooting
doll making/repairing
developing photographs
drill team
drum and bugle corps
electrical work
farming
berries
fruit
vegetables
foundry work
furniture making
gunsmithing
home repair
house painting
knitting
leather work
machining, lathe
masonry (e.g., brick laying)
mastering
mathematical/scientific concepts
model building
airplanes
automobiles
boats
houses
railroads/trains
ships
motorcycle repair/rebuilding
plumbing
printing
reloading ammunition
repairing
bicycles
clocks/watches/jewelry
computers
electronic devices
furniture
musical instruments
printers
small engines
watches
rug hooking
scrap book keeping
sports that require precision
archery
bench shooting
pistol/rifle competition
skeet/trap shooting
sporting clays
toy making
upholstery
welding
whirligig making
wine making

SPIRITUALITY

attending religious/spiritual
activities
delivering religious messages
martial arts (e.g., Aikido)
meditation
meditative/mind-body exercises
missionary work
observing nature
participating in
church/temple/mosque activities


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raising money for religious
cause
reading religious books
silent prayers
singing in the choir
studying religion
teaching religion
visiting religious shrines



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Supplement Note:
This educational supplement is intended to be a brief,
practical guide to complement your results from the Life Values Inventory. The
information stems from clinical and research experience, and professional
literature, but is not reflective of all theories and viewpoints on this subject. We
encourage readers to search professional literature and self-help resources for
more expansive information. We also encourage readers who want to make
positive changes in their lives to consider the additional support of a qualified,
licensed professional. Professional support can help provide an objective, honest
perspective within a caring, trusting environment. Fortunately, such support is
more widely accepted today and is viewed as a means toward greater self-
sufficiency, resilience, and personal responsibility.





























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