Recreation is now getting its due in the modern world, with the management Gurus and Doctors prescribing it as a part of life for being stress free and healthy, in addition to becoming more productive. It would not be far from the truth that recreation was given importance even in the early days of our civilization. It should be understood that always 'health' is 'wealth' and for maintaining sound health mind and body, 'recreation' is a must.
Recreation simply means use of your time either in creative, or leisure or sports activities, where the spirit of participation is more than the result, so that the entire process becomes good for the mind and the body. The other way of looking at it is as the process of recreation is conversion of the 'leisure time', into a more 'productive' manner. With the advancement and modernization of the society, the need for 'recreation' has become a very important one which cannot be neglected. The social advancements, and everything becoming available on the click of a button, have lead to a lifestyle which is sedentary and lazy.
These lazy and sedentary ways of life styles, are leading to lifestyle oriented health problems such as Blood pressure, obesity diabetes to name a few, and it is here that proper 'recreation' does wonders! But one should not overdo it, and should be within one's own 'need' and 'capacity'. Excess of recreation leads to an undisciplined way of life and is better avoided. 'Recreation eases out the mounting pressures and tensions which creep into our inner self in this modern way of living. Proper usage of 'recreation' increases the 'quality' of life. Practitioners of stress management give 'recreation' great importance. There are many avenues for recreation, like to begin with games, sports, walking, gardening etc... ! Holidaying is a form of recreation, which has caught the fancy of many in these modern days. The choice of recreation has to be according to the individual financial, mental and physical capacities. What counts finally is that whether you are having sufficient recreation or not and the method of recreation is entirely depending upon your will and choice.
Off the innumerable benefits of recreation like improved productivity, sound health, good lifestyle what takes the cake is success. Thus it is imperative that one chooses his kind of recreational activity and throws himself to achieving those goals which were out of reach
How important recreation is can be gauged by the number of people around the world are taking to get away from the routine. It has become a part of the lifestyle which brings out the person in all.
