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13. We require periods of leisure.

We humans need to work, but we also need a break from time to time. Alternating periods of leisure with periods of concentrated, focused, productive effort seems to be a great strategy for optimizing our overall levels of satisfaction with our lives, as well as making us more productive when we are working.

In particular, our leisure time should provide us with feelings of detachment, relaxation and autonomy.