For the past several months I have been (happily) stuck at home with my baby girl. This has been a fantastically fabulous budgeting experience, as we learnt to basically survive off the one income. However, more frequently than I'd like to admit, I got bored hanging around the home all day... So, here are some budget boredom buster tips that I learnt!!
* Join your local library. Not only can you read books without the expensive outlay of buying them, and invest in creating a healthy reading habit in your little ones... But, most libraries now hold activities for free that you can get involved in.
* Expand a hobby. This is an extension on point 1! Get reading on a skill you'd like to build, for me at the moment that is gardening, as I'd like to be as self sufficient as realistically possible (more on that another time)
* Go for a walk. Load up the pram, and give those pets of yours some much needed exercise. Hopefully, you might even get fit yourself!
* Rearrange your furniture. A new layout in the home can feel just as good as a holiday, and you might even find you've got a bunch of stuff you don't need that you can sell for rainy day money.
* Instead of catching up with your friends and other loved ones at a restaurant or coffee house, why not go to the park ore the beach instead? Even if you don't have kids, you can still act like one.
* Visit the museum. Some are free, and some are a small fee, but even in small museums I can easily spend half a day. There is always something else interesting to find.
* Visiting a gallery isn't just for stiff upper lip types... Modern art can be really quite funky, just as ' traditional' art can be calming. Occasionally, some larger galleries hold interactive activities for both the young and the young at heart.
With joy,
Chantal
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