Activity Time Spent Area

Crocheting 30 minutes to 1 hour/ Living room

Afternoon
Knitting 30 minutes to 1 Living room
hour/Afternoon
Reading a book 30 minutes/Afternoon Bedroom
Cooking 1 hour to 2 hours/Morning, Kitchen
Afternoon, Night
Synchronous meets 5 hours to 6 hours/Morning, Living room
Afternoon
Side Job 30 minutes to 2 Living room
hours/Afternoon
Requirements 2 hours to 5 hours/Morning, Living room
Night
Sleeping 6 hours to 10 hours/Night Bedroom
Sky watching 5 minutes/Morning Garden
Farming in Fate/Grand Order 1 hour/Afternoon Living room
(Mobile RPG)
Farming in Alchemy Stars 30 minutes/Afternoon Living room
(Another Mobile RPG)
Eating 10 minutes/ per meal Dining Area
(Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) 30 minutes in total
Siesta 30 minutes/ Afternoon Bedroom
Sweeping the floor 5 minutes/ Night Whole house
Surfing the net 8 hours/ Afternoon, Night Bed room or living room
Sketching 30 minutes/ Afternoon Living room
Reviewing notes 10 minutes/Afternoon Living room
Watch news 1 hour/ Night Living room

Synthesis

Spatial organization is the most important science in the study of geography. It studies how
humans arrange space in order to satisfy their needs and demands. Settlements are the space most
human activities occur and the usual subject in spatial organization studies, and in a local system,
human behavior has its most obvious and significant spatial impacts on urban areas, taking up 50%
of the population as of 2010 (Wang, 2017). Such concept can be applied in smaller scales. Within
the local system, are the settlements that families settle in or interact with, taking up 50% of the
global population as of 2010. Most human activities occur in such system due to migration, and
urbanization. In a microscale, spatial organization can be found in the household. The household
is a spatial and social unit, as families occupy the space within it while they have social interaction
with each other (Schwimmer, 2003). Peled & Ayalon (1988), discusses the significance of spatial
organization to the dynamics of a family to a harmonious relationship. It was emphasized how
structuring the household in a way that allows one to express oneself freely can find enjoyment.
While Smith (1971) states that certain arrangements inside the house, like furniture and other
items, influences the activities or habits of the inhabitants. One change to an accustomed pattern,
will alter their usual routines. It was also mentioned that,
Where there is more space to play with, the location of different activities and phases of
the day becomes of importance in influencing the placing of participants engaged in those
activities, and the accidental contacts among family members which arise as a by-product
of travel between situated activities (p. 66)
With this, I noticed that I tend to spend more time in the living room or in the bedroom as
I am able to freely do things I want in there in comparison to other places at home. I also noted
that I do these activities in a specific time period (Afternoon) in order to avoid the mentioned
accidental contacts with family members (I prefer to be at peace when working) and save it during
breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Over the lockdown, it has already been my routine to sit on a chair
by the electric fan and do most of the listed activities in that spot, from morning to night. Not only
does it provide cool air but it is located near a window that lets light enter. For me, it is a conducive
spot for any productivity (online class, sketching, crocheting). I rarely spend time in other areas at
home, as they do not provide the same comfort as my special spot in the living room. I tried moving
to another spot to recreate other mentioned activities to no avail.
I would also want to express that I was the one that arranged the living room, unknowingly
making it my favorite and comfort spot (but nothing beats my bed). I know suddenly realized that
this area was custom fit for me (hopefully for other members of the family, as well).
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Schwimmer, B. (2003). Spatial and Social Perspectives on Household Organization. University
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