Shopping is the favorite pastime for most of young people. Why do you think is that? Do you think they should be encouraged to do some other useful activities?

Often shopping is considered a form of waste of
time
, but it is maybe the most common and less toxic way to get out
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our stressful routine, and not only for a juvenile.
While
someone could relax
drinking
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a bottle of wine,
other
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ones
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could
prefer
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spend money
in
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useless objects in order to have a moment of fun. We should not criminalize
this
behaviour, it is strictly linked to our nature as
human-beings
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human beings
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First of all, I think we
have
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not
the
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moral duty to do always something useful. We cannot avoid our need
of
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free
time
,
nevertheless
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I think
this
is
also
a way to increase our productivity at work. We have to coercively separate our
time
in
office
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from the
time
we can spend even in shopping
centers
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.
However
, we cannot do in every moment something
due to
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our capability as workers.
Consequently
, it is obvious
the
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most
of
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the
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people want to spend the money coming from their labour with the only aim to have
in
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instant
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gratification
of
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hours and hours spent looking at a computer.
Hence
,
for instance
, the desire of my mother, who is been working for 30 years as a teacher,
of
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buy a new pair of shoes is absolutely understandable. In conclusion, we cannot knock down on working for all our
time
: the more you work, the more you are stressed. We need free
time
, even spent shopping, in order to have a better life. We all have to brush up on how to have
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health
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and equilibrated life.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • pastime
  • encouraged
  • useful activities
  • self-expression
  • creativity
  • sense of accomplishment
  • satisfaction
  • social interaction
  • bonding
  • escaping
  • daily routine
  • stress
  • instant gratification
  • pleasure
  • keeping up
  • trends
  • fashion
  • exploring
  • products
  • experiences
  • boosting
  • self-confidence
  • supporting
  • local businesses
  • economy
  • discovering
  • personal style
  • preferences
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