Lots of Entertainment

Even though you may have stopped spending as much money on entertainment in recent times, there is no reason to deprive yourself! Here are ten ways to have fun at practically no expense at all:

1. Borrow your DVD’s from the library. It’s a free service and most libraries have a huge selection of DVD’s. If you watch all the DVD’s at one library, you can move on to the next.

2. The next time you’re tempted to buy a book online, call your local library. If your library doesn’t carry the book, the librarian will check with other libraries for an inter-library loan. Librarians are exceptionally helpful people. If the wait for book from another library is too long, they’ll order it, just for you! Be very nice to librarians.

3. Attend speaking events for free. Contact the organization hosting the event and offer to volunteer. No one has ever said “no” to my offer! I’ve seen Donald Trump and met Dr. Deepak Chopra, Walter Cronkite, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Cheryl Richardson and Robert Kiyosaki by volunteering. The Learning Annex welcomes volunteers. Check their website.

4. Hold a barbecue instead of eating out. You can enjoy nature and food at the same time.

5. Attend a weekend book-camp or seminar. Loral Langemeier, Raymond Aaron and T. Harv Ecker all hold wonderful free, or almost-free weekend workshops. Look up your favorite guru and see what weekend events they’re holding for free. You can cut the hotel bill in half (if you’re going by yourself) by calling the organization hosting the event and requesting a roommate, which gives you the added benefit of an instant friend. Yes, you’ll learn about amazing educational packages at the event that you’ll want to buy. Promise to yourself that as soon as you’ve taken care of your other commitments, you’ll invest in all of them.

6. Hold a potluck supper. Some of the best events I’ve ever held cost me the time it took to make 12 phone calls and a salad.

7. Rather than just invite people over for food, how about throwing a fashion party or a book swap? Invite your friends, have them bring all the clothes they don’t wear any more or the books they’ve already read and trade!

8. Find an interesting event on meetup.com. You can hike the Appalachian trail for one dollar or take a walking tour of Manhattan for two.

9. Begin a Toastmasters International program. If you divide the cost of membership by the number of weeks in a year, I think the cost comes to fifty cents a meeting.

10. Answer questions on Yahoo, tweet on Twitter and blog on WordPress. These three activities will not only provide endless sources of entertainment and new friends, they can source you into cashflow!

11. Pull out your roller blades or your bicycle and call a friend!

This list is as infinite as your imagination! So have fun, and even if you’ve felt a pinch in your wallet area lately, remember that life is the only true currency.