Writing: Directed Essay 1

In your class, you have been discussing fun activities to do during your free time. Your teacher has asked you to write an essay about the activity you do.

In your essay, you should write about:

• the activity chosen
• reasons you enjoy doing it
• how to encourage others to do the same activity

Use all the notes and give reasons for your point of view.

Write your answer in 120-150 words in an appropriate style.

    In today's globalised world, everyone is occupied with their busy schedule from dawn till late night and they have very little time doing fun activities to unwind. Many find it stressful and exhausted as they have to keep up with the fast-paced changes that take place in this modern society. Although we are all chasing our dreams and goals, we must remember that our bodies need some time to rest and relax, so that we can function optimally in our daily lives. Therefore, this essay will elaborate further about an activity that I enjoy doing during my leisure. 

    First and foremost, the activity that I choose to indulge during my free time is watching YouTube. This platform is very popular as it has a variety types of video ranging from different topic of interests. Most importantly, YouTube is free for all users and this allows everyone to have access easily via their smartphone or television. For example, I love watching many videos related to travelling, cooking recipes, car reviews and home designs. These videos provide me inspiration, knowledge and ideas to be more productive, creative and motivated at the same time. I can also subscribe many high quality videos from local or international channels to get updates of their new uploaded videos. Thus, watching YouTube is a fun and beneficial activity to me.

    There are several major reasons that I enjoy watching Youtube during my past time. One of it is because watching YouTube is very entertaining for me. There are various video options that I can choose from which is never boring and this helps me to improve my knowledge in many areas and topics, so that I can be more mindful and open-minded. Other than that, another reason I enjoy this activity is because it can release my stress from my hectic routine especially after long hours of completing my homework and doing revision. Often I find myself feeling overwhelmed with all of the hassles which can lead to a stressful day. In order to overcome this, I spend at least one hour watching my favourite YouTube channel and learn something new in there. Hence, these are the positive reasons of me watching YouTube during my free time.

    Lastly, I can encourage others especially my peers to watch YouTube by promoting them the videos that I recently watched. I love to share the knowledge I gained from the platform and I can also suggest them some good channels that they can watch too. This may help them to discover their personal interests in any possible fields as almost everything is available in YouTube. For instance, if my friends are interested in travelling the world, I can recommend them to watch a channel called "Rare TV" as there are plenty of travel vlogs of our local Malaysians exploring wonderful places abroad. This will help them building new perspectives and open their mind and heart to learn from others based on real life experiences. Therefore, promoting YouTube channels to others will make them realise how interesting the activity is. 

    In a nutshell, there are abundance of fun activities that we can try so that we can fill our free time beneficially. We can give a try to a new activity because who knows that we will eventually fall in love in such activity and discover that we are actually good at it. The possibilities are endless and it is up to every individual to explore what kind of activities that suit them. For me personally, watching YouTube is really fun and has become my hobby but I also keen to try something new in the future such as hiking and F1 racing. Who know these would be my next favourite things to do during my leisure.