Few people devote time to hobbies nowadays. Say why you think this is the case and what effect this has on the individual and society in general. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

In the
last
years, it is more and more difficult for most people to answer the question about their own
hobbies
and almost nobody can remember the
last
day when he had spent free
time
on one of his
hobbies
.
However
, I suggest,
this
change influences all of us not only as individual people but
also
as a
society
, because I believe, that
hobbies
play a huge role in the
life
of each person.
First
of all, we live in times of digitalisation and for being on-trend we have to spend the biggest part of our
time
in virtual by creating our own virtual personalities for each other.
This
makes the simplest reason for
life
without
hobbies
: It is very difficult to find some free
time
for doing the stuff we liked.
Therefore
,
society
has already forgotten, how to spend at least one hour without smartphones and laptops doing something in the real world.
For example
, the
last
experiment between me and my friends showed, that we can alife maximal 45 minutes a day without checking Instagram, Whatsapp or Facebook. As you can see, three-quarters of an hour is our longest free
time
, which we can invest in something real. In the past, before the technik progress came, the
life
of all people was 100 % real and it was perfectly normal, that they needed
hobbies
for their free
time
.
Although
now everybody has to choose by himself about spending
time
on the things he likes, the whole
society
now and in the future is affected by
this
choice. With losing
hobbies
as a part of our
life
, we lose the opportunity to develop our own skills and personality, because actually, our
hobbies
help a lot to build our character, our mindset and to collect all arts of knowledge. While now everybody knows what the word "hobby" means, we as the whole
society
can start to invest our
time
in
hobbies
for developing ourselves again. If it willn't happen soon, our children wouldn't be able to correct
this
mistake of our generation. In conclusion, it is clear, that only together we are able to change
this
drawback of digitalisation by spending
time
on our
hobbies
. I am sure, that we have to do it not only for ourselves
,
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but
also
for the development of our children.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Devote time
  • Hobbies
  • Nowadays
  • Busy
  • Fast-paced
  • Lifestyles
  • Work and career
  • Technology
  • Digital entertainment
  • Limited
  • Free time
  • Lack of motivation
  • Mental wellbeing
  • Physical wellbeing
  • Decreased
  • Social interactions
  • Creativity
  • Self-expression
  • Negative effects
  • Society
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