From Book To Screens, It's The Relaxation For Me

Hello guys, welcome to my blog, I hope you all had a wonderful day. This is my first time posting on the #Indiaunited community and it feels good to be participating in the weekly contest.

What do you do in your free time

These days, we get so busy that we end up being busy all day and sometimes we get busy all through the week too. It’s surprising that even on the days that have been designated as our rest days we still have things to do on those days.

In all of our “busyness”, taking time out to rest and do some other things that you love is paramount. I remember growing up, I always looked forward to the weekend, as we didn't have classes to attend on Saturdays and Sundays, it was always that time of the week we students anticipated.
One of the things I love to do during my free time is watching movies. Watching movies is one of the ways in which I de-stress, lol I don't know if there's a word like that, but it helps me feel relieved from all the stress of the day or week. Lounging on the sofa, and my favorite snack and seeing the latest movie, even if it isn't the latest movie, but something good and interesting does the trick for me. I always feel refreshed and super pumped.

I love seeing these movies with someone else, but if there's no one around, I can still see them on my own.

Another thing I find interesting to do on my not-so-busy days and free time is to take a good novel to read. There's this thing that happens with me when I read a book, I don't just read with my lips, I absorb it and also make use of my mind's eye. I love to imagine whatever I read, I have an active imagination, so when I read, I don't let it sleep, I go on a journey with the writer to wherever he or she takes me, I've traveled more with my mind than I have actually been on the road, I've left my country via these books, don't try arguing with me 😂

I remember when I was much younger and my parent prohibited me from reading these novels, do you know what I would do if I had a very interesting one that my friends had recommended already to me (we had a club, in which we updated and exchanged novels), I would hide the novel within one of my big school textbooks, and immerse myself in it, my dad will be looking at me with pride that I was creating time to study my books, not knowing what exactly it was that I was reading. If I was sent on an errand, I would hastily run the errand with zeal and return to my sweet novel, and my parents would be so impressed with the speed with which I carried out their errand and ran back to my book. It was usually a means of escape for me.
So yeah, reading is one thing that I do that helps me release stress, delving into a book and forgetting my worries and every other thing that stresses me out is heavenly and I wouldn't trade it for anything, the peace and comfort that comes with it is out of this world.

These are some of the things I do during my free time to help me relax and feel at ease. This is my submission for the #Indiaunited weekly prompt. You can go here to get more information about the prompt.

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