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Literally re-creation — you're rebuilding yourself from the wreckage of the week.
means Activity you do for enjoyment and refreshment rather than work, that restores your energy or spirit.
from From Latin recreare, 'to restore, refresh, make anew' — re- ('again') plus creare ('to create'). It entered English through Old French recreation, originally carrying the sense of mental or spiritual refreshment, even divine restoration, before settling into its modern sense of leisure and play. The spelling has always hinted at its own secret: re-creation, literally creating yourself again.
- original sense
- medieval word for recovering from sickness
- shift
- shifted to leisure meaning by the 1400s
- hidden pun
- self-care was always 're-creation' of you
- compare
- recreation and creation share the same root verb