Leisure is time spent in non-compulsory activities. Because leisure time is free from compulsory activities such as work, study, household duties, eating and sleeping. The idea of leisure time and relaxation are popular with all the age groups and social classes. Old and young, rich and poor are using their free time for rest and entertainment.The ways people spend their leisure time normally differ according to the age group: middle-aged and old people normally prefer more passive kind of rest like watching TV or going to the theatre, or sometimes gardening, younger people enjoy more active pastimes like doing extreme sports, visiting night clubs and discos or travelling. So the basic leisure time activities of the young are travelling, doing sports including extreme sports, visiting discos and night clubs or more passive ways of recreation like listening to music or watching TV and videos, and surfing the Internet.
Teenagers normally prefer to do extreme sports, that is sports featuring speed, height and danger as they lead to the so-called 'adrenaline rush in participants. We wish to push ourselves to the limits of our physical ability and fear, and push the boundaries of a particular sport, such as bungee jumping, climbing, white-water rafting, surfing, windsurfing and many others. Their tastes in music are normally different kinds of popular music associated with youth subcultures, such as hard rock, hip-hop or rap, punk rock, psychedelic rock, pop or soul.In watching TV and videos or going to the cinema, we prefer film genres which are full of action, movement, colour, cinema effects and have a good soundtrack. They normally like action films, comedies, musicals, thrillers and cartoons.
As for me, I prefer to spend my free time doing three things: doing yoga, reading a book or listening to music in which I prefer rock and soul. Doing sports helps me keep fit and be always in high spirits, as well as build up stamina and get tempered. Books open to me a whole world of events and people.Reading a book is getting information about the period it describes, feeling its atmosphere and getting to know historical figures of the period. I enjoy listening to music, as music helps me relax and relieve stress. When I listen to music I enjoy, I forget about the troubles of everyday life.
It can help me feel calm and deeply relaxed. All what we are doing in your spare time brings us pleasure and enjoyment. People of all ages spend their free time in different ways. We’re all trying to find something new, something that gives us pleasure.
If you find it, you're actually lucky man.
