Some people go shopping as a form of recreation. It has replaced the other activities that people used to do as hobbies. Is this a positive or negative development? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Shopping
is become
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increasingly popular nowadays. Especially young girls and
also
women prefer shopping daily. They believe it is a form of recreation and enjoy it as a
hobby
. In
this
,essay I will discuss the causes and provide my opinion down here. A few decades later people used to shopping once
a
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while
. Now it has become a trend among ladies
especially
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girls. I believe social media is the main reason for
this
trend. Because some famous person show their fashions through social media and they promote
latest
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society. There are some individuals, who are waiting for new releases. And
also
some people shop as a
hobby
. They just go to shopping malls
for
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time passes.
Secondly
, I think younger girls are pointless. They do not have any idea about do's and do
nots
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not
. But following a
hobby
is completely different. There are only a few teenagers who have their own habits and others are all doing useless activities.
This
will be a tragedy one day. Because the new generation has no responsibilities and they do what they like and have no idea about a better future. If we do any
hobby
, it helps us to heal our body and relax our mind. That's why teachers advise us on these good habits.
To conclude
, anyone can go shopping and it is not harmful to anyone. But addicting is terrible and it causes for wasting money.
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