Essay On Leisure

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It seems that life seems to move at a fast pace. We live in a world where wealth is the key to survival and happiness. Throughout the years, I felt that I had little to no leisure activities, which means that I was unable to choose freely an activity that I enjoy the intrinsic rewards. However, keeping track of my daily routine prove me wrong. What is leisure? Leisure is the possibility for an individual to have the time and money to do whatever they want and enjoy it. It’s the ability to have freedom. In the following paragraph, I would highlight essential activities that I do, analyze my leisure pattern, what’s my true definition of leisure from our reading and why my leisure helps define me.
First of all, a psychologist leisure scholar John Neulinger defined pure …show more content…

We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying to justify our existence.” (Leisure: The Basis Of Culture) Momentary what we do as leisure defines who we are physically and mentally. For the past few years, after attending to John Abbot College communication course, I have been practicing a meditation routine, which helps to set my mood for the rest of my day. Meditation is an important leisure for me because it helps stress reduction, improved my health and it helps improve my emotional stability and creates positive thinking and it change my thought process. As soon as a wake up and finish doing my hygiene routine care which takes an hour I spend my first leisure on standing in front of my bathroom mirror and repeating this saying; How do I feel? Do I really feel? Could I describe the condition of every part of my body? Could I report on all muscles joints, and bones my heart and lungs, my nervous system and the circulation of my blood? Which I usually answer that I feel numb. Tired. I feel that the whole day has passed and I have not done anything important or

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