Leisure activities are actions that people participate in when they are free outside their everyday routines. People engage in leisure activities to pass the time because they are hobbies or to break work monotony. Leisure includes activities such as climbing, shopping, chatting, reading, and sports. Participation in those activities is essential for work and non-work functions since it has benefits like psychological well-being, life satisfaction, and health.
Leisure at work is essential for the employee for their psychological well-being and health. Spending time with colleagues helps create team bonding and increases workers’ productivity. It helps workers manage their stress and maintain work balance leading to good psychological well-being (Li et al., 2021). It promotes good health by allowing employees to eliminate fatigue. It helps to improve workers’ physical and mental health, which places works at zero risk of obesity or heart-related diseases.
Leisure time for non-work functions can promote self-knowledge in that it allows one to connect to their wants, needs, and thoughts. These activities improve someone’s mood because one chooses what they are happy to do during that time. These activities provide people with pleasure and mental rest and improve their mood. The ability to control and choose these activities makes one feel satisfied and self-fulfilled (Kelly et al., 2020). Leisure time helps people become creative because they are relaxed. These activities can help one to increase and restore healthy physical fitness.
In conclusion, leisure activities are essential in workplaces since they help increase workers’ productivity, create time for team bonding, and promote good health. Additionally, it helps workers to improve their physical and mental health and eliminate the risk of various diseases. For non-wok functions, recreational activities help create self-knowledge, improve one’s mood, self-satisfaction, improve creativity and help in healthy physical fitness. A break after intense work helps people stay engaged, focused, and creative all the time.
References
Kelly, C. M., Strauss, K., Arnold, J., & Stride, C. (2020). The relationship between leisure activities and psychological resources that support a sustainable career: The role of leisure seriousness and work-leisure similarity. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 117, 1-4.
Li, J., Zeng, B., & Li, P. (2021). The influence of leisure activity types and involvement levels on leisure benefits in older adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 9,2-3.
