To act prodigally also means that you have no need (or, ideally, no urge) to document your actions in order to prove your development to others via social media. Too often our motive for some activity is the benefit we will accrue when others see us. Making a lovely dinner because it's lovely and not to post it to Instagram is leisure. Watching a great film because it’s great and not so you can post your opinion on Twitter is leisure. From our contemporary society’s perspective, there is something wasteful about these actions. We want to know that there is a clear, provable benefit—otherwise,
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