Leisure activities I would instead do
It has been a challenge for me to balance my leisure activities while at lockdown during the pandemic, from engaging with my siblings w in different activities such as filling up crossword puzzles, driving out to picnics, playing video games, and walking in parks. I have also come to find hobbies that suit my personal life, which I have come to love and enjoy. As I wake up at 5.30 am, I have enjoyed practicing yoga for an hour through the use of an app on the phone, which instructs me to work on specific postures of the practice. After my yoga practice, I freshen up, and after that, comes my second hobby, which is reading of online novels. I always make an effort to read at least one chapter of my book, which takes me up to 2hours, and roughly at around 9.00 am, I take my breakfast. At this time of the day is when I get to engage with my siblings, who are younger than me. I get to listen to most about their dreams on the previous night, which are accompanied by questions requiring me to answer. I must say before my love of books, I was not able to answer most of the items asked, but as they say, kids have the wildest imaginations, I have used that to my advantage, where I relate their dreams to my books. Breakfast always takes up to 2 hours, where after that, I do the dishes and start preparing for lunch, which is still something light. By 12.30 pm as my lunch is cooking, I get to play video games with my siblings. We mostly engage in racing games, since they are suitable for young children. I mostly get to keep score of the games, as I check for my lunch. At this period of the day, I also get to use the internet, and I have enjoyed my time viewing videos on DIYs, which are Do It Yourself videos on different types of hacks. Off late, I find myself drifting my focus away from my siblings and the video games. The activity opens my mind to trying new projects that I have learned from the videos. During lunch hour, I have to supervise my siblings in finishing their food. I mostly get to shout at them to eat their vegetables, which is a funny activity. After lunch is almost the hardest time of my day. I get to drive my siblings to the park, walk around, and within the park, that is around 2 pm. But during this time I have adopted a beautiful leisure activity, which is bird watching. I have come to notice the different types of birds, and have learned to differentiate them from their size to the kind of beak, to what they eat. I must admit I have loved bird watching, where a fateful Monday afternoon, I extended our stay at the park. We get home at 5 pm, and by then, my parents are always back, and they take over in engaging with my siblings. At this point, my dad still lets us fill crossword puzzles as it is during this time I go back to my reading.
To help balance my leisure activities, I have come across some time-saving activities which help me get more time on the leisure activities I would instead do. First, I started saving time by planning my day; this is by outlining what we will have for our lunch, what my siblings will put on for our picnic days, preparing a list of what I would like to accomplish on my leisure activities. Before I made these changes, I realized that I spent most of my free time engaging in what my siblings love than what they have come to love as I grow. Now that I have had extra time, I have come to split my time to achieve my goals without interfering with the interactions with my siblings. I have devoted my reading activities in my morning and evening hours, where I have most of the time to myself. I have managed to read twice as many books as I was with other leisure activities in my mind. My park hours are devoted to bird watching, wherewith my passion for drawing; I have created a drawing book. I have planned that I should ensure that on my walk, I get to draw at least two birds. These leisure activities have expanded my mind during the lockdown and have helped me engage in different groups with the same interest as mine. I have joined a book club and an online group that shares one drawing each day to the platform. I have enough time to spend with my siblings and family, and also have enough time to devote to myself, where I get to practice my leisure activities.