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. Discuss both views and give your own opinion. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

There are a lot of activities created to train and improve your

mind

,

such

as word puzzles, riddles,

memory

games or the more common reading. Everyone in their life has experimented some of these exercises, that usually combine leisure and utility, and for some people it has actually become a hobby or a way to spend their free

time

. Many scientists studied how

mind

exercises can help our mental abilities. It is a well known fact that,

for example

, doing word puzzles and

memory

games can help to keep our

memory

elastic and trained and allow to remember the words and information that were no longer used.

This

is especially important for older people or people who suffer from dementia, who are more exposed to

memory

loss, because it can help them to maintain their

memory

trained. For these reasons it seems to me that it is important to spend part of our free

time

to do these exercises, since they can create so many positive outcomes and

nevertheless

represent a source of entertainment.

In contrast

with

this

point of view, there is the importance of leaving some

time

to keep our

mind

completely clean and rested. It is true that sleeping allows our brain to rest and recharge our body and

mind

with new energy, but during the day it is

also

necessary to leave space for leisure activities that use passive abilities of our

mind

, like listening to music, watch a movie or go outside for a walk to clean our thoughts. These activities do not require any active ability, like focusing, but it is more like a passive reception of what you are doing or seeing.

Furthermore

, especially after a long day of work where you use a lot your brain qualities, at some point during the day your

mind

is physically incapable to do more mental work if it isn’t allowed to rest. To sum up, mental exercises are fundamental to keep our

mind qualities

Accept comma addition

mind, qualities

fresh,

in particular

when we get old or we start to have

memory

issues.

However

, it is important to not stress to much our brain and leave it some

time

to rest by doing simple but leisure activities that do not require much work for our

mind

.