They provide a sense of achievement and an opportunity to enjoy companionship, mental stimulation and spiritual satisfaction. Leisure evokes different meanings for each person. Leisure may mean curling up with a good book or a needlework project. It may mean spending time in the company of others with a card game or board game. Leisure activities are as limitless as the personalities of the people who pursue them.
Retirement often brings more time for leisure and recreation.
Although as we get older, we often have more free time to pursue leisure activities, physical limitations may prevent participation in activities we most enjoy. Aging may bring vision loss from cataracts or macular degeneration. Arthritis or stroke may cause loss of dexterity or strength in fingers and hands. These conditions however, do not have to get in the way of leisure activities. Many devices are available to help us engage in leisure activities despite physical limitations.