The Importance of Making Time for Leisure

The mental and physical benefits of leisure

Britanny Levy
Live Your Life On Purpose
7 min readOct 11, 2019

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For lots of people, leisure is like a mirage: you can see it, far far away, but you can’t reach it.

Nowadays, we are extremely busy: job, kids, house chores, late meetings, overtime. Time doesn’t stretch long enough to do everything, which leads to neglect of leisure.

What you might have already realized is that, at one point of your fast-paced life, your body will manifest its tiredness. You will be told, by yourself, that you need a break. Either is through physical exhaustion, stress, mood swings, anger, or apathy, your body will talk to you, it will alert you that you need to make some changes in your lifestyle. Most times, small changes will be enough to see improvements.

As a wise person you are — after all, you’ve been living with yourself all your life — you know how to interpret the signs your body is sending to you.

It’s time to listen to your body: take a break from your oh-so-busy-life and include quality leisure time.

What is leisure?

Oxford dictionary defines leisure as “ Time when one is not working or occupied; free time” and “ use of free time for…

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Britanny Levy
Live Your Life On Purpose

Professional domestic abuse advocate and a student counsellor. Writing about my personal and professional experiences.