Examples of Leisure Activities

Word Translation
acting/drama interpretación/drama
board games juegos de mesa
calligraphy caligrafía
computer programming programación informática
cooking cocina
crocheting ganchillo
dance danza
embroidery bordado
gambling apuestas
gardening jardinería
hang-gliding ala delta
jewelry making fabricación de joyas
jigsaw puzzles puzles rompecabezas
juggling malabares
knitting punto
magic mágia
model building maquetería
painting pintar
parachuting paracaidismo
photography fotografía
pottery cerámica
reading lectura
scrapbooking scrapbooking
sculpting escultura
sewing costura
singing canto
stamp collecting filatelia
video games videojuegos
writing escribir
yoga yoga
 Leisure activities refer to activities in which individuals participate in their
free time outside of their mandatory time (such as work, class, and sleep).
 Leisure activities can improve the physical and mental health of individuals
and have the significance of regulating the body and mind, alleviating the
stress of life, and providing a pleasant experience.
 Benefits of leisure activities include stress reduction, relaxation through
participation in pleasant experiences, and the creation of new social
relationships by participation in leisure activities
 (1) All leisure activities can bring diversified leisure benefits to individuals
 (2) The degree of participation of individuals in leisure activities can only
create more leisure benefits for themselves.
 Engaging in downtime is vital for our performance at work, our sense of
mental wellbeing, wider health, and protecting our brain function as we age.
 Social dinners kick bouts in the park, reading in the bath—as long, you are
engaged, and ideally, away from a screen—it all counts.

Engaging: Participar

 Do the leisure involvements and benefits have a positive linear relationship

or a curved (i.e., U-shaped) relationship? In other words, is participation in
leisure activities proportional to leisure benefits to a specific range of
involvement? When leisure involvement exceeds a certain degree, does this
positive linear relationship still hold?
 Paint a picture—art is a great way to unwind, express yourself,
improve focus, and engage many different areas of the brain.
  Do the crossword—number and word puzzles encourage the brain to
be creative and think about things from different angles to solve
problems.
 Learn a language—trying to pick up a new language requires creative
thinking, and engages the sensory areas in your brain. It is also great
for neuroplasticity.
 Play some music—practicing a musical instrument you already know
or learning something new is a great way to boost memory.
 Go on a trip—travel and new experiences engage your social skills,
decision-making and ability to adapt.
 The networks of neurons that connect to different parts of the brain get
stronger with use. Moreover, if you do something frequently, they become
permanent and change the way your brain works.
 Socially engaging or mentally challenging activities like adventure sports, art,
or mental puzzles, require many different areas of the brain to connect,
making them more resilient as you age.
 Even if your leisure activities don’t need your brain to be constantly forming
new connections, doing the same activity regularly (like playing an
instrument), strengthens those particular neural pathways. Therefore, even
if function in other areas might fade, those connections will stay strong.

Disadvantages of Hobbies
In addition to advantages, there are some Disadvantages of hobbies as well. You
have to identify those disadvantages while engaging in a hobby, and then you can
try to minimize them.

 Create addictions-Sometimes people can be addicted to hobbies, and it may

distract their professional life and education. Especially when you are
addicted to hobbies, you may try to engage more time on it than completing
your tasks on time. If your hobby is a counterproductive one like video
gaming, then the situation becomes worse.

 Take you away from professional tasks-If you focus more on hobbies than
your occupation, then hobbies will take you away from your professional
tasks. This situation can happen since hobbies are activities you love and are
chosen according to your preference. Then concentration can be drawn to
 the most preferred activity from hobbies and the works. Then you will miss
your tasks and targets due to hobbies.

 Physical injuries can happen-When you are engaging in physical hobbies

such as sports, traveling, hiking, swimming, diving, and cycling, some
physical injuries or accidents can happen. Some risky hobbies of people led
to death as well. Therefore, when choosing and engaging in a hobby, you
need to be more careful.

 Large expenses-Some hobbies may require some expensive instruments or

equipment, and it affects the financial resources of you and your family.
Large expenses spending on hobbies can be pushing you to financial
troubles and instability. 

 Make you busier-When you are engaged in a hobby, it will make you busier
since you have to focus on both work as well as hobbies. If it is a sport or
something like that, then you have to attend practices and make more effort
on it. It will make you busier with no time to rest.

 Isolating yourself-If you are engaged in your hobby constantly without any
engagement from your family members, then you become isolated.
Excessive concentration on hobbies will lead you to isolate yourself and
harm your relationships with your family and loved ones. As an example, if
you are writing poems as your hobby, and you are confined to a room every
minute when you are free, then you will be distanced from your family and
isolated.

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