People who work indoors and spend most of their time sittingand doing sedentary office work can add physical activity to their livesby doing sports during their leisure time, such as playing a ball game,going camping, hiking or fishing. On the other hand, people whose jobsinvolve a lot of physical activity may prefer to spend their free timedoing quiet, relaxing activities, such as reading books or magazines orwatching TV. Some people find that collecting stamps, postcards, badges,model cars, planes or ships, bottles, or antiques are relaxinghobbies. 

Free time is organized in many schools and institutions.Schools may offer many extracurricular activities including hobbygroups, sports activities, and choirs. Other institutions such asretirement homes and hospitals also offer activities such as clubs andmeetings for playing games or simply organized periods forconversation. 

Most people like socializing with friends for dinner or a drinkafter a hard day at work. For many young people, having a regular nightout a week is a normal part of their free time, whether it is joiningfriends for a drink in a pub, dining out in a restaurant, watching afilm, playing video games or dancing at a club. 

Some people do leisure activities that also have a longer-termgoal. In some cases, people do a leisure activity that they hope to turninto a full-time activity (e.g., volunteer paramedics who hope toeventually become professional paramedics). Many people also studypart-time in evening university or college courses, both for the love oflearning, and to help their career prospects.