Occupations refer to the everyday activities that people do as individuals, in families, and with communities to occupy time and bring meaning and purpose to life.

Occupations include things people need to, want to and are expected to do, including:

• Activities of Daily Living (self-care)

• Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (daily tasks)

• Health Management

• Rest and Sleep

• Education

• Work 

• Play 

• Leisure

• Social Participation

These activities take place in different contexts - cultural, personal, temporal, and virtual - and occur within both physical and social environments.

Other aspects that interact to affect occupational identity, health, well-being, and participation in life:

• Contexts: environmental and personal factors

• Performance patterns: habits, routines, roles and rituals

• Performance skills: motor, process, and social interaction skills

• Client factors: values, beliefs, spirituality, and body functions and structures

(Occupational Therapy Practice Framework, OTPF-4)