Shopping is a rewarding hobby. One feels satisfaction after
going out rummaging through mall racks and bringing home shopping bags. Women who loved to shop, often feel a sense of fulfillment afterwards.
Theoretically, shopping boosts our id, that part of our pleasure-seeking conscience. Shopping gives us seething excitations that makes us feel energized about the activity.
How can shopping add years to our lives?
Study on both male and female above 65 suggest that;
- As shopping is one pleasurable act, it can increase psychological well-being.
- Shopping requires physical activity, moving from place to another is a way to lose extra calories.
- Shoppers tend to compare products, thus, over time, they are informed which are healthful and more beneficial to their body.
- Shopping gives opportunity to interact socially which can boost cognitive factor.
- Indirectly shopping taught one to handle money, make decisions, motivation; all linked to health.
- Over-all, shopping involves exercise, but a lot easier to undertake and maintain.
Source: Reader’s Digest
