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Everyday life, daily life or routine life comprises the ways in which people typically act, think, and feel on a daily basis. Everyday life may be described as mundane, routine, natural, habitual, or normal.
Human diurnality means most people sleep at least part of the night and are active in daytime. Most eat two or three meals in a day. Working time (apart from shift work) mostly involves a daily schedule, beginning in the morning. This produces the daily rush hours experienced by many millions, and the drive time focused on by radio broadcasters. Evening is often leisure time. Bathing every day is a custom for many.
Beyond these broad similarities, lifestyles vary and different people spend their days differently. For example, nomadic life differs from sedentism, and among the sedentary, urban people live differently from rural folk. Differences in the lives of the rich and the poor, or between laborers and intellectuals, may go beyond their working hours. Children and adults also vary in what they do each day.
Sociological perspectives
Everyday life is a key concept in cultural studies and is a specialized subject in the field of sociology. Some argue that, motivated by capitalism and industrialism's degrading effects on human existence and perception, writers and artists of the 19th century turned more towards self-reflection and the portrayal of everyday life represented in their writings and art to a noticeably greater degree than in past works, for example Renaissance literature's interest in hagiography and politics. Other theorists dispute this argument based on a long history of writings about daily life which can be seen in works from Ancient Greece, medieval Christianity and the Age of Enlightenment.
In the study of everyday life, gender has been an important factor in its conceptions. Some theorists regard women as the quintessential representatives and victims of everyday life.
The connotation of everyday life is often negative, and is distinctively separated from exceptional moments by its lack of distinction and differentiation. Ultimately this is defined as the essential, taken-for-granted continuum of mundane activity that outlines forays into more esoteric experiences. It is the non-negotiable reality that exists amongst all social groupings without discrimination and is an unavoidable basis for which all human endeavor exists.
Much of everyday life is automatic in that it is driven by current environmental features as mediated by automatic cognitive processing of those features, and without any mediation by conscious choice, according to social psychologist John A. Bargh. Daily life is also studied by sociologists to investigate how it is organised and given meaning. A sociological journal called the Journal of Mundane Behavior, published from 2000 to 2004, studied these everyday actions.
Leisure
Daily entertainment once consisted mainly of telling stories in the evening. This custom developed into the theatre of ancient Greece and other professional entertainments. Reading later became less a mysterious specialty of scholars, and more a common pleasure for people who could afford books. During the 20th century mass media became prevalent in rich countries, creating among other things a daily prime time to consume fiction and other professionally produced works.
Different media forms serve different purposes in different individuals' everyday lives—which gives people the opportunities to make choices about what media form(s)—watching television, using the Internet, listening to the radio, or reading newspapers or magazines—most effectively help them to accomplish their tasks. Many people have steadily increased their daily use of the Internet, over all other media forms.
Language
People's everyday lives are shaped through language and communication. They choose what to do with their time based on opinions and ideals formed through the discourse they are exposed to. Much of the dialogue people are subject to comes from the mass media, which is an important factor in what shapes human experience. The media uses language to make an impact on one's everyday life, whether that be as small as helping to decide where to eat or as big as choosing a representative in government.
To improve people's everyday life, Phaedra Pezzullo, professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University Bloomington, says people should seek to understand the rhetoric that so often and unnoticeably changes their lives. She writes that "...rhetoric enables us to make connections... It's about understanding how we engage with the world".
Activities of daily living
Activities of daily living (ADL) is a term used in healthcare to refer to daily self care activities within an individual's place of residence, in outdoor environments, or both. Health professionals routinely refer to the ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measurement of the functional status of a person, particularly in regard to people with disabilities and the elderly. ADLs are defined as "the things we normally do...such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure". The ability and the extent to which the elderly can perform these activities is at the focus of gerontology and understandings of later life.
See also
- Being in the World
- Existentiell
- Genre art
- Genre painting
- Homelessness
- Lifestyle (sociology)
- Lifeworld
- Personal life
- Realism (arts)
- Shibui
- Simple living
- Technics and Time, 1
- Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life
- The Practice of Everyday Life
- The Revolution of Everyday Life
References
- Felski, Rita (1999). The Invention of Everyday Life (PDF). London: Lawrence & Wishart. pp. 15–31. ISBN 9780853159018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
- Lefebvre, Henri (1984). Everyday life in the modern world. New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A.: Transaction Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-0878559725.
- Coser, Lewis A., ed. (2012). The idea of social structure : papers in honor of Robert K. Merton. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1412847414.
- Wyer/Bargh 1997, p. 2.
- "Introduction: From the Profane to the Mundane", At Home with Pornography, New York University Press, pp. 1–31, 2021-12-31, doi:10.18574/nyu/9780814743997.003.0004, ISBN 9780814743997, retrieved 2022-11-29
- Baym, N. (2010), ‘Making New Media Make Sense’ in Personal Connections in the Digital Age, Polity Press, Ch. 2.
- Roger Silverstone (1994), Television and Everyday Life, p. 18-19
- Marie Gillespie and Eugene McLaughlin (2008), Media and the Shaping of Public Attitudes, p. 8
- Elizabeth Rosdeitcher (2006), "The Rhetoric of Everyday Life", Humanities, Then and Now 29, no. 1 (Fall).
- "Activities of Daily Living Evaluation." Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health. ed. Kristine Krapp. Gale Group, Inc., 2002. eNotes.com. 2006.Enotes Nursing Encyclopedia Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on: 11 October 2007
- "MedicineNet.com Medical Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2014-11-11.
- Katz, Stephen. Busy bodies: Activities, aging, and the management of everyday life. - Journal of aging studies, Elsevier, 2000. p. 136.
Bibliography
- Wyer, Robert S.; Bargh, John A. (1997). The Automaticity of Everyday life. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0805816992.
Further reading
- Sigmund Freud (1901), The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, [1]
- Henri Lefebvre (1947), Critique of Everyday Life
- Raoul Vaneigem (1967), The Revolution of Everyday Life
- Ágnes Heller (1970), Everyday Life . ISBN 978-0-7100-9701-9
- Jack D. Douglas (ed.), Understanding Everyday Life (Chicago, 1970)
- Richard Gombin, ‘La critique de la vie quotidienne,’ in: Les origines du gauchisme (Paris, 1971)
- Michel de Certeau (1974), The Practice of Everyday Life
- (1993), Cultural politics of everyday life: Social constructionism, rhetoric and knowing of the third kind.[2]
- The Everyday Life Reader (2001) edited by Ben Highmore. ISBN 0-415-23025-X
- Erving Goffman (2002), The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, in CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY. [3]
- , The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901 [4] Archived 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- , Everyday Life Among the American Indians 1800 to 1900. ISBN 0-89879-996-1 ISBN 1582974713
This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Everyday life news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Everyday life daily life or routine life comprises the ways in which people typically act think and feel on a daily basis Everyday life may be described as mundane routine natural habitual or normal Four men eating breakfast as a morning routine Human diurnality means most people sleep at least part of the night and are active in daytime Most eat two or three meals in a day Working time apart from shift work mostly involves a daily schedule beginning in the morning This produces the daily rush hours experienced by many millions and the drive time focused on by radio broadcasters Evening is often leisure time Bathing every day is a custom for many Beyond these broad similarities lifestyles vary and different people spend their days differently For example nomadic life differs from sedentism and among the sedentary urban people live differently from rural folk Differences in the lives of the rich and the poor or between laborers and intellectuals may go beyond their working hours Children and adults also vary in what they do each day Sociological perspectivesThe Psychopathology of Everyday Life Everyday life is a key concept in cultural studies and is a specialized subject in the field of sociology Some argue that motivated by capitalism and industrialism s degrading effects on human existence and perception writers and artists of the 19th century turned more towards self reflection and the portrayal of everyday life represented in their writings and art to a noticeably greater degree than in past works for example Renaissance literature s interest in hagiography and politics Other theorists dispute this argument based on a long history of writings about daily life which can be seen in works from Ancient Greece medieval Christianity and the Age of Enlightenment In the study of everyday life gender has been an important factor in its conceptions Some theorists regard women as the quintessential representatives and victims of everyday life The connotation of everyday life is often negative and is distinctively separated from exceptional moments by its lack of distinction and differentiation Ultimately this is defined as the essential taken for granted continuum of mundane activity that outlines forays into more esoteric experiences It is the non negotiable reality that exists amongst all social groupings without discrimination and is an unavoidable basis for which all human endeavor exists Much of everyday life is automatic in that it is driven by current environmental features as mediated by automatic cognitive processing of those features and without any mediation by conscious choice according to social psychologist John A Bargh Daily life is also studied by sociologists to investigate how it is organised and given meaning A sociological journal called the Journal of Mundane Behavior published from 2000 to 2004 studied these everyday actions LeisureDaily entertainment once consisted mainly of telling stories in the evening This custom developed into the theatre of ancient Greece and other professional entertainments Reading later became less a mysterious specialty of scholars and more a common pleasure for people who could afford books During the 20th century mass media became prevalent in rich countries creating among other things a daily prime time to consume fiction and other professionally produced works Different media forms serve different purposes in different individuals everyday lives which gives people the opportunities to make choices about what media form s watching television using the Internet listening to the radio or reading newspapers or magazines most effectively help them to accomplish their tasks Many people have steadily increased their daily use of the Internet over all other media forms LanguagePeople s everyday lives are shaped through language and communication They choose what to do with their time based on opinions and ideals formed through the discourse they are exposed to Much of the dialogue people are subject to comes from the mass media which is an important factor in what shapes human experience The media uses language to make an impact on one s everyday life whether that be as small as helping to decide where to eat or as big as choosing a representative in government To improve people s everyday life Phaedra Pezzullo professor in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University Bloomington says people should seek to understand the rhetoric that so often and unnoticeably changes their lives She writes that rhetoric enables us to make connections It s about understanding how we engage with the world Activities of daily livingActivities of daily living ADL is a term used in healthcare to refer to daily self care activities within an individual s place of residence in outdoor environments or both Health professionals routinely refer to the ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measurement of the functional status of a person particularly in regard to people with disabilities and the elderly ADLs are defined as the things we normally do such as feeding ourselves bathing dressing grooming work homemaking and leisure The ability and the extent to which the elderly can perform these activities is at the focus of gerontology and understandings of later life See alsoSociety portalBeing in the World Existentiell Genre art Genre painting Homelessness Lifestyle sociology Lifeworld Personal life Realism arts Shibui Simple living Technics and Time 1 Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life The Practice of Everyday Life The Revolution of Everyday LifeReferencesFelski Rita 1999 The Invention of Everyday Life PDF London Lawrence amp Wishart pp 15 31 ISBN 9780853159018 Archived from the original PDF on 27 November 2014 Retrieved 15 November 2014 Lefebvre Henri 1984 Everyday life in the modern world New Brunswick N J U S A Transaction Books p 38 ISBN 978 0878559725 Coser Lewis A ed 2012 The idea of social structure papers in honor of Robert K Merton New Brunswick N J Transaction Publishers ISBN 978 1412847414 Wyer Bargh 1997 p 2 Introduction From the Profane to the Mundane At Home with Pornography New York University Press pp 1 31 2021 12 31 doi 10 18574 nyu 9780814743997 003 0004 ISBN 9780814743997 retrieved 2022 11 29 Baym N 2010 Making New Media Make Sense in Personal Connections in the Digital Age Polity Press Ch 2 Roger Silverstone 1994 Television and Everyday Life p 18 19 Marie Gillespie and Eugene McLaughlin 2008 Media and the Shaping of Public Attitudes p 8 Elizabeth Rosdeitcher 2006 The Rhetoric of Everyday Life Humanities Then and Now 29 no 1 Fall Activities of Daily Living Evaluation Encyclopedia of Nursing amp Allied Health ed Kristine Krapp Gale Group Inc 2002 eNotes com 2006 Enotes Nursing Encyclopedia Archived 2011 05 27 at the Wayback Machine Accessed on 11 October 2007 MedicineNet com Medical Dictionary Archived from the original on 2014 02 25 Retrieved 2014 11 11 Katz Stephen Busy bodies Activities aging and the management of everyday life Journal of aging studies Elsevier 2000 p 136 BibliographyWyer Robert S Bargh John A 1997 The Automaticity of Everyday life Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ISBN 0805816992 Further readingSigmund Freud 1901 The Psychopathology of Everyday Life 1 Henri Lefebvre 1947 Critique of Everyday Life Raoul Vaneigem 1967 The Revolution of Everyday Life Agnes Heller 1970 Everyday Life ISBN 978 0 7100 9701 9 Jack D Douglas ed Understanding Everyday Life Chicago 1970 Richard Gombin La critique de la vie quotidienne in Les origines du gauchisme Paris 1971 Michel de Certeau 1974 The Practice of Everyday Life 1993 Cultural politics of everyday life Social constructionism rhetoric and knowing of the third kind 2 The Everyday Life Reader 2001 edited by Ben Highmore ISBN 0 415 23025 X Erving Goffman 2002 The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life in CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY 3 The Writer s Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811 1901 4 Archived 2014 02 09 at the Wayback Machine Everyday Life Among the American Indians 1800 to 1900 ISBN 0 89879 996 1 ISBN 1582974713
