GARDENING SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A WORK

Nowadays, people usually do various activities on their holidays and vacation. Gardening is one of the most popular activities for many people with any ages. People can grow flowers, fruits and vegetables in their own yard. This is considered a joy in their life when they are idle. However, gardening should not be considered work because it brings benefits for our physical and mental health like the way people can to relax and reduce stressful after hard working days. The first reason is gardening is good for our mental and physical health. Gardening brings positive energy for us such as we can enjoy the fresh air, to take the sun, see the natural views, listen to birds chirping, etc. Those actions can reduce the pressure of every life. Gardening also provides a chance to communicate with others, so people can improve their social skills and create good relationship with others. In addition, when we do gardening in our yard, vitamin D synthesis is supplied from the sun will protect us from many diseases and increase our immune system. Therefore, gardening is useful way for people getting rid of lack of exercise. Secondly, gardening focus on entertaining purposes and none-financial benefits. Gardening is not give money and sometime we have to spend money to do it. Therefore, many people spend most their time and money for gardening to entertain and relax after hard working day. Instead choosing watch films, listening to music or traveling to reduce stress, they choose plant flower, vegetable as if the way they can practice exercise every day. Furthermore, when we growing our favorite plants and enjoy seeing the process of plant growing up. After some time, the plant will grow up and makes good result. It gives us a sense of happiness and accomplishment. Therefore, the time and money we invest to do it is very valuable. Finally, gardening has flexible time. The time is not fixed 8 hours per day like working in an office or other agencies. Therefore, people can do anytime they want after finish the workday or on the weekend. Moreover, do gardening we needn’t to facing the deadline or working overtime. However, some people suggest that gardening is very easy and just waste time. This view seems sounds convincing, but; in fact, gardening requires people must have patience and effort. For example, when we grow plants we need to give some water every day and spend time to take care of it. The plants take a lot of time to become mature and to bloom. When the plant is ready to harvest, this is a great thing for us like we can reach the goal and every effort is worthy. Otherwise, working in office or any job we just work in menial-task, we usually facing with stressful situation when the work is overload and the deadline is limited. Therefore, we have not time to relax and enjoy the life and we tend to lack of motivation to achieving many goals. In short, gardening is useful activities for our life. It brings various benefits for people such as improve our physical and mental health, make us be happy and relax and learn the patience to do something. Gardening is totally opposite from work. Work is considered that it is not fun and under pressure. However, gardening has many happiness, and it can reduce stress and protect some dangerous diseases. Therefore, gardening should not be considered work, and it is one of the leisure activities in our daily life.