Spend - Free Weekend

Try to create one weekend per month that does not include buying things. Quality time doesn’t have to revolve around consumerism when there are so many activities that you can do for free.
Read a good book, play games, walk in the park, or just play....it is never to late to start.


Save money and explore ways to communicate with family and friends. Make your best memories and the best times through activities other than shopping. You will have more money to save and less things to manage by not bringing items into your home on the spend-free weekend you choose.

Use this time to explore how many ways you spend money. Some activities take little or no money, so start evaluating. Look at how much gas it takes to get to the "free" activity outside of the home. Could you ride a bike, walk, or get there some other way than car or mass transit? You may be spending money in ways that you did not expect, such as renting video via cable. Try to make this a truly spend-free weekend. It may be hard at first, but with a little practice you will be astonished at the sheer resourcefulness of your endeavors.

So take that spend-free weekend and get to know your family and friends.