In many places, shopping is the leisure time activity for young adults. Why is it so? Do you think it is a negative or a positive development?

Many teenagers prefer to spend their free

time

shopping.

This

is because

this

activity lowers their stress level and satisfies their sense of confidence. I,

however

, believe that

this

preference wastes their

time

and

money

. Going shopping in their spare

time

, the young feel less stressed since they will be distracted from their challenges.

For example

, when I was a university student, at weekends, I used to go purchase new T-shirts to get relief because when I wanted to decide what to buy, I completely forgot about what I was concerned about.

This

activity

also

increases the confidence level of

this

age group because it allows them to make a choice for themselves without relying on their parents.

This

habit,

however

, prevents young adults from spending their

time

and

money

efficiently. The process of buying merchandise requires extensive

time

and effort since it includes hours to commute to malls, select items and wait in long lines to make payments.

This

long process limits the

time

youngsters can allocate to constructive activities

such

as reading books and exercising, which in the long run, results in the underdevelopment of many skills that should be acquired at

this

age.

This

type of leisure activity,

moreover

, wastes their financial resources as it encourages them to buy unnecessary items. I clearly remember when I calculated the amount of

money

I had spent on buying T-shirts at university, I came to know that I could have used that

money

to replace my laptop with a new one. In conclusion,

although

spending free

time

shopping is what many teenagers do, I believe

this

is not a productive way of doing so as it slows their progress in the future