Outdoor pastimes VS Indoor pastimes

 

Outdoor pastimes VS Indoor pastimes

(a) What do you mean by outdoor pastimes? (b) What do you mean by indoor pastimes? (c) What types of outdoor and indoor pastimes do people perform? (d) What are the benefits of outdoor and indoor pastimes?

 

Pastime contributes remarkably to the formation and development of everybody's personality. It feeds our soul. Pastime is of two types-outdoor and indoor. In fact, the type and nature of pastime depend on age and taste of a person. Specially young and adolescent people enjoy climbing trees, playing conkers, daisy chains, making dens and feeding birds as outdoor pastimes. Little children specially girls enjoy playing puppets as indoor pastimes. Little boys enjoy playing with toys like motor cars, boats, origami etc. Young, energetic and solvent people enjoy hiking, bird watcing, sight seeing, visiting historical places and meeting relatives. Aged people are usually fond of enjoying pastime at home. Of all popular indoor pastimes watching television, reading books and gossipping are very common. In cities there are some nice clean parks. During holidays people usually go to visit those parks in search of amusement. Of outdoor pastime bird watching is now becoming popular. Real enthusiasts go even to the remote areas to see their feathered friends. As the life is getting mechanical day by day, people intend to shake off their suffocation and pass some moment out of the din and bustle of everyday life. So pastime, both outdoor and indoor, are becoming an inevitable part of our daily life.