Spending Leisure Time
Task:
"Some people think that it is important to use leisure time for activities that improve the mind, such as reading and doing word puzzles.
Other people feel that it is important to rest the mind during leisure time."
Some people think that free time must be spent efficient and consider it as an opportunity to learn new things, meanwhile the others prefer just to take a rest and relax. Those ways have its benefits and it is important to take both in order to balance.
On the one hand, getting new knowledge helps to keep up with world's trends. Such activities like reading non-fiction books, listening to podcasts bring useful information in one's life, and it can boost the professional growth. For example, the billionaire and investor Warren Buffett wrote in his autobiography that he took at least one hour a day for reading and self-education, and it made his work more productive. Therefore, in order to have a competitive advantage it is crucial to broaden the horizons during the whole life.
On the other hand, from time to time it is vital to free the mind completely. In modern world people get too much information every day, without a doubt, it leads to feeling overwhelmed, and to stay healthy it is just needed to tune out from the world occasionally. Proof of this, the famous entrepreneur and writer Tomas Frank, who told his story of overcoming the exhaustion and depression, due to non-stop working, via his YouTube channel; he emphasized that, clearly, it is better to prevent those mental problems rather than try to copy with consequences. Thus, activities like strolling with pets and sunbathing are simply necessary.
To conclude, both ways of spending the leisure time are essential, and people should switch between them to stay effective and healthy.
