ChanLanHong / Timed Essay / Tuesday / 9 a.m

Thanks to the technological innovation by creative people and scientists, there are many timesaving devices being created. Every new creation introduces new functions, and the main purpose is to help people spending less time working and having more leisure time. Despite the many timesaving devices such as washing machines, computers, Smartphone etc, humans today are working harder and longer hours than before. With the help of these timesaving devices, it would be better for people to work less and have more leisure time.

          What to do during leisure time varies depending on people's preferences. Some people might use their leisure time spending with families and some might draw or even some might surf the Internet without having to bother about anything at all. It is totally impossible to guarantee that activities done during leisure time would lead to success but in any given activities, it still bring impact to a person's life. For instance, I like to spend my time surfing the Internet whenever I have extra time, reading news. Not only can I improve my knowledge about world issues, I can also improve my language skills.

          There are new surveys stating that technological devices have proven to make us work more. This is especially true when students or workers have a tendency to carry their laptops or Smartphones with them to anywhere they go even during vacations. Instead of choosing to have a good sleep, with every beep from the Smartphone, or any latest email, we tend to indulge ourselves working on the chores over the Internet during the leisure time. When one is deprived of sleep, one complains having tremendous work stress and feeling unhappy.

          The purpose of life is not about getting oneself tangled up with workloads. While the technologies are helping us to give us spare time, we should make use of it by sitting down quietly meditating, having time to relax from the drudgery of keeping up with workloads. Simply doing something without having to fear of datelines bring about positive flow of energy in a person. Not only it help to refresh the mind but also to calm the soul. At the end of the day, one will feel positive and this positivity could affect people around us positively too.

The quotation by Ralph Waldo Emerson, " Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life." Is indeed true. The leisure time serves as an opportunity for us to achieve a higher purpose in life and having a better understanding of oneself. By all means, technologies are created to provide us with spare time and one shall not put this to waste.