With businesses coming up with new ideas to entertain consumers, access to entertainment has never been easier. In my opinion, people are spending more
time
on leisure activities than they should. I believe that
this
has happened because of the plenty of options available for entertainment and
also
because of a lack of long term personal goals in people.
To begin
with, there are now plenty of options for fun than before thanks to the internet.
As a result
, people often get lost trying to choose or they end up spending too much
time
trying them all out. One can now spend hours watching movies on Netflix or reading celebrity gossip blogs. My personal experience is a compelling example of
this
. I had a friend called Jonathan who would hang out with us at the university two
ago. Being an English major, he really enjoyed watching English movies.
Initially
, he would go to the cinema to watch one movie once a week.
However
, after he bought a Netflix subscription, he would watch at least two movies
. Since more choices were available to him, he had
this
compulsive need to watch more movies.
As a result
, his grades kept falling. Had he opted to do things he should be doing,
such
as homework, his grades would not deteriorate.
Secondly
, more and more people are less concerned about their future. These days, people
about their long term goals. Since they are not internally motivated to work hard, they believe that it is okay for them to spend some quality
time
. An incident from my years at the university, about four years ago, illustrates
this
point. As a freshman, I was not concerned with my grades at all. I did not know why it was so important to maintain a high CGPA.
Hence
, when my friend offered to go to a music concert the day before my final exam, I quickly agreed. Even though I had not studied for my assessment, I still chose fun over studying.
As a result
, I failed that course. If I knew that
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maintain
maintaining
maintains
a high grade was important for my future career, I would have stayed back and studied for my test.
This
example illustrates that when people do not understand why they're working hard at something, they tend to slack and spend more leisurely hours.
In conclusion, nowadays, I think that people spend more
time
enjoying themselves than being responsible and working hard.
This
is the case because there are too many fun things to do out there and people cannot choose. Another reason is that since people worry less about the future now, they tend to choose short-term pleasure
instead
.
