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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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[2]

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.^[1]

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.^[4] 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,^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] Much of the dialogue people are subject to comes from the mass media, which is an important factor in what shapes human experience.^[8] 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".^[9]

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.^[10] ADLs are defined as "the things we normally do...such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure".^[11] The ability and the extent to which the elderly can perform these activities is at the focus of gerontology and understandings of later life.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

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+{{About|the sociological concept|other uses|Everyday Life (disambiguation){{!}}Everyday Life}}
+{{More citations needed|date=December 2021}}
+[[File:Lafd Eating Breakfast At Philippe S (84224401).jpeg|thumb|upright=1.5|Four men eating [[breakfast]] as a morning routine]]
+'''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 [[Normality (behavior)|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 hour]]s 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, [[nomad]]ic life differs from [[sedentism]], and among the sedentary, [[Urban area|urban]] people live differently from [[Rural area|rural]] folk. Differences in the lives of the [[wealth|rich]] and the [[poverty|poor]], or between [[manual labor|laborer]]s and [[intellectual]]s, may go beyond their [[working hours]]. [[Children]] and adults also vary in what they do each day.
+==Sociological perspectives==
+{{See also|Ritual|Commoner|Average Joe|Hoi polloi|Dominant ideology}}
+[[File:The Psychopathology of Everyday Life.jpg|thumb|''[[The 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.<ref name="felski">{{cite book|last1=Felski|first1=Rita|title=The Invention of Everyday Life|date=1999|publisher=Lawrence & Wishart|location=London|isbn=9780853159018|pages=15–31|url=http://people.virginia.edu/~rf6d/felski.the-invention-of-everyday-life.pdf|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127170641/http://people.virginia.edu/~rf6d/felski.the-invention-of-everyday-life.pdf|archive-date=27 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><!--page 16-->  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 art|medieval Christianity]] and the [[Age of Enlightenment]].<ref name="lefebvre">{{cite book|last1=Lefebvre|first1=Henri|title=Everyday life in the modern world|date=1984|publisher=Transaction Books|location=New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A.|isbn=978-0878559725|page=38}}</ref><ref name="coser">{{cite book|editor-last1=Coser|editor-first1=Lewis A.|title=The idea of social structure : papers in honor of Robert K. Merton|date=2012|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=New Brunswick, N.J.|isbn=978-1412847414}}</ref>
+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.<ref name="lefebvre"/><!--page73-->
+The connotation of everyday life is often negative, and is distinctively separated from exceptional moments by its lack of [[distinction (sociology)|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.<ref name="felski" />
+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 Bargh|John A. Bargh]].<ref>Wyer/Bargh 1997, p. 2.</ref> 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]]'',<ref>{{Citation |title=Introduction: From the Profane to the Mundane |date=2021-12-31 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814743997.003.0004 |work=At Home with Pornography |pages=1–31 |publisher=New York University Press |doi=10.18574/nyu/9780814743997.003.0004 |isbn=9780814743997 |access-date=2022-11-29}}</ref> published from 2000 to 2004, studied these everyday actions.
+== Leisure ==
+{{Main|Leisure}}
+Daily [[entertainment]] once consisted mainly of telling stories in the evening. This [[Convention (norm)|custom]] developed into the [[theatre of ancient Greece]] and other professional entertainments. [[Reading (process)|Reading]] later became less a mysterious specialty of [[scholar]]s, 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 [[choice]]s 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.<ref name="Baym">Baym, N. (2010), ‘Making New Media Make Sense’ in Personal Connections in the Digital Age, Polity Press, Ch. 2.</ref>  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.<ref>Roger Silverstone (1994), Television and Everyday Life, p. 18-19</ref> Much of the dialogue people are subject to comes from the [[mass media]], which is an important factor in what shapes [[human experience]].<ref>Marie Gillespie and Eugene McLaughlin (2008), Media and the Shaping of Public Attitudes, p. 8</ref> 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 democracy|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".<ref>Elizabeth Rosdeitcher (2006), "[http://www.indiana.edu/~rcapub/v29n1/rhetoric.shtml The Rhetoric of Everyday Life]", ''Humanities, Then and Now'' 29, no. 1 (Fall).</ref>
+==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 professional]]s 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 [[Disability|disabilities]] and the [[Old age|elderly]].<ref name=EN>"Activities of Daily Living Evaluation." ''Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health''. ed. Kristine Krapp. Gale Group, Inc., 2002. eNotes.com. 2006.[http://www.enotes.com/nursing-encyclopedia/activities-daily-living-evaluation Enotes Nursing Encyclopedia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527074801/http://www.enotes.com/nursing-encyclopedia/activities-daily-living-evaluation |date=2011-05-27 }} Accessed on: 11 October 2007</ref> ADLs are defined as "the things we normally do...such as [[Meal|feeding ourselves]], bathing, dressing, grooming, work, homemaking, and leisure".<ref name =MN>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2152 |title=MedicineNet.com Medical Dictionary |access-date=2014-11-11 |archive-date=2014-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225082959/http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2152 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ability and the extent to which the elderly can perform these activities is at the focus of [[gerontology]] and understandings of later life.<ref>Katz, Stephen. [http://is.muni.cz/el/1423/podzim2013/SOC570/um/Katz_Busy_Bodies_2000.pdf ''Busy bodies: Activities, aging, and the management of everyday life'']. - Journal of aging studies, Elsevier, 2000. p. 136.</ref>
+== See also ==
+{{Portal|Society}}
+{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
+* ''[[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]]''
+{{div col end}}
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==Bibliography==
+* Wyer, Robert S.; [[John Bargh|Bargh, John A.]] (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=K_GNA4Du0tYC&q=everyday+life&pg=PR7 ''The Automaticity of Everyday life'']. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. {{ISBN|0805816992}}.
+==Further reading==
+* [[Sigmund Freud]] (1901), [http://www-ccd.usc.edu/assets/sites/208/docs/Ouellette.Wood.1998.pdf ''The Psychopathology of Everyday Life''], [http://www.answers.com/topic/psychopathology-of-everyday-life-the]
+* [[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]]''
+* [[John Shotter|Shotter, John]] (1993), ''Cultural politics of everyday life: [[Social constructionism]], rhetoric and knowing of the third kind.''[http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/1993-98490-000]
+* ''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. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MzGV9A5qLzgC&q=everyday+life&pg=PA51]
+* [[Kristine Hughes]], ''The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901'' [https://www.scribd.com/doc/33352487/The-Writer-s-Guide-to-Everyday-Life-in-Regency-and-Victorian-England-Kristine-Hughes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209215835/http://www.scribd.com/doc/33352487/The-Writer-s-Guide-to-Everyday-Life-in-Regency-and-Victorian-England-Kristine-Hughes |date=2014-02-09 }}
+* [[Candy Moulton]], ''Everyday Life Among the American Indians 1800 to 1900''.  {{ISBN|0-89879-996-1}} {{ISBN|1582974713}}
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+[[Category:Personal life]]
+[[Category:Philosophy of life]]
+[[Category:Self-care]]
+[[Category:Sociology of culture]]
+[[Category:Social psychology]]
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