Some people think that older people can enjoy their life as much as young people since they have a lot of free time. However, in my opinion, young people have more opportunities to enjoy their life more than the elderly. That is because young people are healthy and have a lot of cultural advantages.
To begin with, young people have more physical strength than older people. This lets young people to spend their time doing things that make their life more enjoyable. For older people, however, their unhealthy condition is a hindrance for them to do what they want. For example, my grandmother loved travelling when she was young. Unfortunately, as she got older, her health condition aggravated and made her stop travelling although it was her favorite activity. In contrast, my brother who is a university student regularly travels abroad since he is healthy enough to follow the schedule of his trip. Though both my grandmother and older brother love travelling, my grandmother’s health condition deterred her travelling which could make her life enjoyable.
On top of that, young people get more cultural advantages than older people. Since young people generally participate in cultural activities more than older people, Korea’s mainstream culture is mainly focused on young people. Thus, young people have a lot of opportunities to enjoy the culture that they are interested in, which makes them enjoy their life. For instance, K-pop which is the most popular culture in Korea is mostly favored by young people. As this culture is the culture of the young, it is very difficult to see older people who enjoy K-pop. Also, most of TV programs target young people, so the contents are generally composed of the one that young people can easily understand and empathize such as the romance of between young couples. In this current cultural circumstance, older people do not have much space to stand and enjoy their life.
To sum up, young people have more benefits of health and culture when enjoying one’s life than older people. In this regard, I believe that young people enjoy life more than older people.