So, we're doctoral students. We read, we write, we discourse on the pressing topics within our field... and we take our work seriously. Very seriously. Here is a picture of the three of us... the future of therapeutic recreation... taking our work very seriously.

I know this looks like procrastination to the eye untrained in the arts of leisure behavior, but what you see here is an example of the negotiation of the structural constraints imposed upon us by our work. Seriously, notice the size of the cards, an adaptation to the spatial barriers imposed by the quantity of books the average doctoral student must carry, especially when they don't have an office. And the use of a textbook to empower all participants with equal access to the drawing and discard piles. Finally, note the research articles spread below the textbook, a useful technique for overcoming the intrapersonal constraint of guilt that can occur when the doctoral student is not immersed in scholarly development.

Oh… and it was fun. That’s always important!