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Work and No Play Make Jack a Dull Boy - Why Is Leisure Important for Health ?

Leisure is considered to be the time for relaxation that one gets from their work of the day or when the work is over for the day. In our modern rat race no one has some leisure time for themselves but leisure is a very important part of our life. It is very much essential for us to get some leisure time for our self as we are caught in a rat race. In our modern civilization "All work and no play make jack a dull boy" is a very well known and important phrase in our hectic life. Leisure time is extremely important for us because it provides relaxation to our brain and body. Relaxation does not mean to watch tv or just to sit around, it is about doing something which brings happiness after the day’s hard work. This leisure work helps the person to forget the tensions and diver the mind to something creative and constructive so that you can make more tactful decisions. There are many ways of utilizing the leisure time.

  1. One can pursue some hobby such as reading books, photography, gardening etc, or 
  2. By doing something that one enjoys doing. For example: - you can even get interesting experiences by cleaning up the wardrobe.

Such things help to enlighten the mind as a person is always learning something new. If you are reading then it is likely to broaden the outlook and often shows you a side of life. Gardening helps you to exercise physically and teaches the unique beauties of nature. If you like to collect stamps then it arouses your interest in different countries and you are able to learn a lot of things. Photography helps you to be creative and helps to improve your life. If you do this then it will be a welcome relief from your work. There are also many importances that you can achieve from leisure time. The importances of leisure time are:-

  • Your Brain Is a Influential Tool

Leisure time is extremely essential because it lets your brain work wonderfully. Leisure time helps you to create innovative ideas. No one can truly realize the capability of your brain. You just need to let your brain wonder into a new sea and you need to do the work according to your new ideas. In fact there are many people who find lot of time to think but there are few people who put their new ideas into action.

  • Better results can be achieved through leisure time

Leisure time is considered to be the time that breaks your work life and your social life. Work life is all about business which can be sometimes stressful. If we continue to work all the six days then no better result will be achieved. In fact everyone needs to do something which will bring smile in the face of the person for a while. Better thinking capacity or better work quality is achieved if you get a day as a leisure day for yourself. So it is very important to spend the leisure time in a more beneficial way. It would be better if you spend your leisure time by learning, listening to knowledge of the world and immerging into the knowledge would have a great impact so that you can achieve the better results.

  • Better health conditions

You can even have better health conditions if you pursue some leisure hours for yourself. You will never feel overstress if you engage yourself in doing that gives enjoyment to you. Leisure hours will help one to relax oneself and will also help to have healthy mind and spirit. However our forefathers were free from such tensions as they led a leisurely way of life so they were free from the problems caused by stressful living such as high-blood pressure, heart attack, brain hemorrhage and so on.

So you should not neglect your leisure hours as it gives you an opportunity to re-energize, rejuvenate and gain much needed energy for the work that you do. Each of these benefits in all aspects of your life. You must remember that leisure is individual and can incorporate many different things.