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But this is nonsensical if you imagined, say, a fisherman who labored in order to be able to afford a leisurely fishing trip as a consumer good.

Leisure and labor activities do not vary based on the content of the activity. A cat hunts for food and plays at hunting. A person might toil manually, hauling rocks to build structures, while my kids do this for fun.

We must then consider what else varies between these activities: compulsion and supervision. I sincerely doubt my kids would enjoy hauling rocks if I told them they had to in order to receive permission to eat, or if I insisted on directing and monitoring their efforts.

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