Q. In a very busy routine, shopping is replacing other hobbies. What are the reasons for this? Is it a positive or negative development? Give your views.
In the modern epoch of materialism and competition, shopping has become an unavoidable time passing activity for most people and consequently less attention is paid to other hobbies like painting, stamp collection etcetera. Now, people prefer to go shopping or just window shopping during free time. There are several reasons for such a trend and I believe, it is a positive as well as negative development. I will cast light on this in the following writing.
To begin, there are numerous factors due to which people choose shopping as a leisure time activity. The first reason can be the changing lifestyle of people. Unlike past, when people bought only the necessities, presently, people buy goods to show off and pamper themselves and they are tempted to do so by powerful advertisements. Also, in earlier times, life was simple but nowadays, people are more conscious socially and careful about the way they dress up due to which they frequently need to shop clothes, etcetera to fit in the modern society.
Further, I think shopping has positive effects, for example, it works as a mood elevator. When people feel low or depressed, they feel happy after shopping. Also, consumers play a key role in a nation’s economy. The growth of a country’s economy has a lot of dependency on purchasing power and frequency of purchase by consumers and if shopping reduces, then the country’s financial status is deemed to be in trouble.
On the other hand, there are certain undesirable results brought by this development. The major drawback is that people spend a lot of money in buying unnecessary goods. Many a times, people end up denting their hard earned savings to buy expensive goods which are not really required. In addition, the mental and physical functioning required in this activity is very limited which may lead to physical illness. Also, most shoppers become materialistic and are inclined to brand names and signature items regardless of price and need.
Overall, shopping being opted as a leisure time activity in place of other hobbies has some good effects, however, it must be done within certain limits to avoid the negative effects.
POINTS TO REMEMBER:
Shopping is opted as a leisure time activity // Reasons are materialism, competition, helps in elevating the mood. // The positive aspects are it can boost the economy and make people happy. // Demerits- it leads to wastage, not helpful in mental development // Advisable to be done only in limits.
VOCABULARY: Epoch: era // advisable: suggested // drawbacks: demerits, disadvantages // merits: benefits, advantages
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