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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5701948" data-attributes="member: 54707">How do you categorize or classify the activities you  engage in life?   I've often wondered how others categorize the activities  they undertake in life, how they classify them, and exactly what types of  activities they engage in.   I classify the activities I engage in as being of Four  very broad categories: Art, Business, Religious, and Science. (By the way I am  not discussing or arguing the particulars of religion or religions, I am merely  listing a category of activity.)   These categories are very broad of course, and are  basically catch-all terms. But they are terms I use to divide all activities I  undertake into general categories. So I can work on and develop my activities in  each category.   There is of course overlap between the different  categories from time and time and in certain situations.   That said this is generally how I divide out my  activities:     Art - art to me is any creative  activity. That includes, but is not limited to art proper - sketching, drawing,  painting, photography, as well as architecture, design, writing poetry, writing  fiction, composing music, etc. If it involves creative activity, or sub-creative  activity, I classify it as art.   Business - to me business is any  enterprise designed to achieve a specific end and/or any for profit activity.  This includes finance, capital activities, business projects and pursuits,  investments I become involved in, and anything involving money and/or wealth (in  the broadest sense of the term).   Religious - this may be the broadest  category for me as it includes religious proper activities, personal spiritual  and psychological (as the Greek use the term - of the soul) pursuits, my  relationship with the Divine, prayer, meditation, contemplation, my  philosophical outlook, charitable and philanthropic activities, and most any  kind of service to my fellow man.   Science - to me science is any  technical pursuit that involves a high degree of craft, observation, study, and  investigation. It includes my scientific studies, experiments, pursuits of, and  understanding of Nature, matter, physical, chemical, and biological laws and  behavior. To me it also includes my studies of and understanding of the mind,  behavior, and psyche of man.     In a way I consider everything a Religious activity, but  the same might be said of Art, Business, and Science as well, for everything I  do has some element of the other categories inherent in it.   For instance it is sometimes very easy for me to see a  particular business activity as much as an art and a science, as a business  pursuit. So none of these categories are strictly cut and dry, and none are  islands unto themselves, so to speak. I don't necessarily consider any one  category more, or less important than another, though there are times for me in  which one category may be more important to concentrate upon than  another.   These activity categories aren't really necessary of  course, but they do help me divide my activities into manageable realms or  spheres of action so that I can track what I'm doing and pursue those things  that interest me.    So, how do you categorize (maybe you don't) or classify  or view the activities of your life?   You don't of course have to have a system even remotely  similar to mine.   Just interested in how you view and arrange the things  you do in life?</blockquote>

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