How to enjoy life if there is no money

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

They say that happiness cannot be bought, and these free ways to have fun prove the point.

1. Walking tours

Even small towns have their own history, and this opens up opportunities for long walks. Find ready-made excursion routes on the Internet or create some of your own based on facts about the settlement and its surroundings and hit the road. To avoid wasting money, take water and a snack with you.

If you're just bored of walking, add a game element. For example, download all the buildings of the same year to your phone, then find them and take your own photos. Collages, if you think about the idea, will blow up your social networks.

2. Libraries

If you want to read new books for free and legally, know that libraries still exist and are ready to provide you with this opportunity. But it is also worth looking into these institutions because now many different activities are held in them: meetings with interesting people, film screenings, concerts and much more. Sometimes you don't even need a library card to participate.

3. Outdoor sports

As a child, we did without gyms, and the magic phrase "Throw off the ball" was enough to provide ourselves with activity for long hours.

Years have passed, but the playgrounds remain. In some places they have not seen repairs since then and have become dilapidated, but there are enough new stadiums, volleyball and basketball courts. Add to that outdoor fitness equipment, free hockey rinks and ice rinks - there is plenty to turn around. In the parks you can play badminton and frisbee when it's warm.

4. Days of open doors

Such events are held not only by universities and colleges, but also museums in need of advertising, exhibition halls, fitness clubs, dance schools. You can also go to large state museums for free - look for special days in the schedule. However, be prepared to stand in a long queue.

5. Board games

You can host themed parties at home. That being said, it's a good idea to ask your friends to bring their own board, and then you will have more choice.

If among your acquaintances no one likes this kind of entertainment, pay attention to board games stores - they often hold free tournaments.

6. Volunteering

From the outside, it seems that helping others is so-so entertainment. If you take volunteering as a heavy duty, it will be. And you can find something to your liking and combine business with pleasure.

If you like the idea, spend some time, for example, at an animal shelter. The realization that you have had a hand in something good lifts your spirits.

7. Shopping without shopping

If you like to dress up, you don't have to fill the closet with all the things you like. Go shopping, collect stylish looks and take pictures. Likes on social networks will help to raise self-esteem and mood.

8. Bookcrossing

The book-exchange movement is no longer a novelty, and less and less written about it. However, it is there. So if you want to read an interesting publication for free, just find points on the Internet where you can take the book. But don't forget to pass it on: you are not the only one who wants to save.

9. Systematization of the photo archive

Surely you have a huge archive of photos on your hard drive, which your hands can't reach. Disassemble it - it will take more than one hour and, possibly, more than one day. Delete pictures that are not encouraging, put pictures into folders, select photos for printing. At the same time, remember how good your life is and what you need to be grateful for.

10. Dreams

Setting goals and dreaming are not the same thing, and we often don't have time for the latter. And this is a great way not only to have fun, but also to understand what you really want. You can just scroll through the pictures of the ideal life in your head or make a map of desires. You may have to change goals after that.