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I will be the first to admit I have taken chances in my past with drinking and driving. You always think nothing bad can happen to you, like for some reason we are invincible. The reality is we all have the ability to take another persons life as well as our own. Always do your best to make alternative plans when you are going out and about. One night of fun isn’t worth giving up the rest of your life for.

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The economy is touch and not many people have a lot of expendable cash. However, that doesn’t have to ruin your fun. There are still a ton of free things out there that you can do. I’ve put together a list of things that you can do for little or no money below, I hope you enjoy.

60 Fun Things to Do for Little or No Money:

1. Enjoy a concert in the park – Spring and summer begin free things to do in the park season. Concerts and movies are just the beginning.
2. Go camping – Still one of the cheapest vacations one can take, especially through the US National Parks system.
3. Go for a hike in the woods.
4. Go for a swim – Most beaches and rivers are free for swimmers, others require a small fee. It’s still a good, affordable way to spend a day. Better yet, find yourself a good, old fashioned swimming hole.
5. Go fishing.
6. Have a picnic.
7. Take the kids to the park.
8. Visit a museum -There are lots of free museums and many others take a donation.
9. Work on an arts and craft projects
10. Play board games.
11. Dig for fossils or gems. Find out where to dig in your area.
12. Build sandcastles
13. Have a barbecue.
14. Run through your garden sprinkler.
15. Play a pickup basketball or volleyball game in the park.
16. Visit the library. Take out books, movies, music or take advantage of some of their great programs.
17. Take a free online class.
18. Find a fireworks display.
19. Go canoeing or kayaking.
20. Do some birdwatching.
21. Make a kite (see video below).
22. Go for a bike ride.
23. roller blade.
24. Ride your scooter.
25. Visit the zoo. Most zoos are affordable and if you get a summer zoo pass you can visit as often as you like for one price.
26. Read
27. Sell lemonade with your kids
28. Watch a play at a local theater
29. Visit a vineyard (area dependent) – some tours are free while others are affordable.
30. Visit a street fair. Food is cheap, plus craft displays, flea market finds and entertainment abound.
31. Tour a college campus
32. Lounge on a hammock
33. Adopt a pet – Actually adoption fees aren’t as cheap as they used to be but it’s well worth the cost.
34. Tour a fire house or police station
35. Bowling  – A night out for the family really doesn’t cost much, especially if you bring your own snacks.
36. Tour a brewery
37. Bake
38. Make a chalk mural in your driveway.
39. Tour a television or radio station
40. Attend a tv show taping
41. Shakespeare in the Park – If your area has it
42. Make a birdhouse
43. Stroll through a public garden
44. Work on your own garden
45. Visit the state or county fair.
46. Join a book club at the library, Borders or Barnes & Noble
47. Browse the flea markets.
48. Find a drive in movie theater in your area (theres not many left but if you can find one they are awesome)
49. Take advantage of local cultural events.
50. Visit a dairy farm.
51. Visit historic battlefields.
52. If you are in the Washington DC  visit the museums.  Most of the museums are free there.
53. Volunteer at a soup kitchen or another place that feeds meals to the homeless.
54. Have a scavenger hunt.
55. Teach yourself a new language using online tutorials and materials from the library.
56. Start a scrapbook and fill it with items found outdoors.
57. Jigsaw puzzles!
58. Make a working volcano (see video below)
59. Have a campfire in your backyard, roast marshmallow and tell ghost stories.
60. Clean out your house and have a garage sale.

Add to the list. What are some great things you can do with little or no money?

How To Make A Kite

How To Make A Working Volcano

Figuring out life isn’t an over night process. Everyone gets drilled with certain lessons in life, whether you want to immediately accept them or not.  Sometimes it takes life to repeatedly demonstrate certain laws of life before you take to them, and other times one powerful experience drives the point home once forever. Here are 30 things I’ve discovered about life, the world, and and us as humans and kindred spirits.

1. You can’t change other people, and it’s rude and not fair to them that you try.

2. It is a hundred times more difficult to burn calories than to refrain from consuming them in the first place.

3. Everyone likes somebody who gets to the point quickly, or at least makes a full hearted attempt to.

4. Bad moods will come and go your whole life, and trying to force them away makes them run deeper and last longer.

5. Children are remarkably honest creatures until we teach them not to be. Everyone starts with a clean slate and is developed by every individual that comes in their path.

6. If everyone in the TV show you’re watching is good-looking, it’s not worth watching. It will just tarnish your perception of the real world and yourself.

7. Yelling always makes things worse.

8. Whenever you’re worried about what others will think of you, you’re really just worried about what you’ll think of you.

9. Every problem you have is your responsibility, regardless of who caused it. Accountability is the means to the end of a problem.

10. If you never doubt your beliefs, then you’re wrong a lot.

11. Managing one’s wants is the most powerful skill a person can learn.

12. Nobody has it all figured out. Don’t always look to others, but rather reach down deep and trust what you know is right.

13. Every passing face on the street represents a story every bit as compelling and complicated as yours. You are never alone.

14. Whenever you hate something, it hates you back: people, situations and inanimate objects alike. Come to terms and accept and appreciate things for the differences they bring to you. Differences and hardships help you grow.

15. People embellish everything, as a rule. Take what you hear with a grain of salt and form your own opinions. Most importantly never knee jerk react to any information that you are taking in.

16. Anger reveals weakness of character, violence even more so.

17. Humans cannot destroy the planet, but we can destroy its capacity to keep us alive.  And we are.

18. When people are uncomfortable with the present moment, they fidget with their hands or their minds.  You can see this in everyone, including yourself.

19. Those who complain the most, accomplish the least.

20. Putting something off makes it instantly harder and scarier.

21. Credit card debt devours souls and your will and desire to push forward. Live within your means or change your means.

22. Most of what we see is only what we think about what we see. We create our reality.

23. A person who is unafraid to present a candid version of themselves to the world is as rarer and more valuable then diamonds.

24. The most common addiction in the world is the addiction to comfort. It wrecks dreams and breaks people.

25. If what you’re doing feels perfectly safe, there is probably a better course of action. Risk is part of growth and success.

26. The greatest innovation in the history of humankind is language. The greatest tragedy of humankind is how many of us lack to truly communicate and resolve issues.

27. There is no correlation between the price of a brand of batteries and how long they last. I just thought I would let you know

28. Breaking new ground only takes a small amount more effort than you’re used to giving.

29. Life is a solo trip, but you’ll have lots of visitors. Some of them are long-term, most aren’t. Appreciate the time that you have with everyone.

30. One of the best things you can do for your kids is take them on road trips. I see this as a parent and I remember it from when I was a kid.

31. The fewer possessions you have, the more they do for you and the more you appreciate them.

32. Killing time is a tragedy. It’s priceless, and it never grows back.

Here’s a puzzle for you: What do you see in this grid above? What do you think it represents?

Okay, it’s not a difficult puzzle. The answer is “one year.” The columns represent days and the rows are the twelve months of the year, so each day of the year occupies one square.

“Okay,” you ask, “so what’s the big deal?”

When I look at this grid I get a chill because I’m used to thinking about one year as a long time. Chances are, you do too. But when a year is represented like this, and you can see every day of the year at a glance, suddenly a year doesn’t seem so long anymore.

This grid is the layout of a typical table blotter calendar that you can find in any office supply store. It’s quite an ordinary, everyday thing. Why should it be any different from a regular yearly calendar that shows the same thing month by month? I’m not sure. Perhaps it is because we’ve also been conditioned to think of a month as a long time. Perhaps the irregular number of days in a month and the space between months all contribute to that illusion.

In any event, confronting the grid and contemplating its meaning is a sobering experience for me. You cross out a square with each day passes, and no power in Heaven or Earth can bring that day back for you. Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. And when another year has passed, all the squares will be crossed out, irrevocably lost. You move on to another grid.

How many more grids do you have? For me, perhaps forty more, if I am lucky. And what is the number forty? It can be expressed as a five-by-eight matrix. The number of table blotters I have left fill the matrix, representing my life. With the passing of each year, one square from this tiny matrix disappears, never to exist again.

If I am lucky. If not, then my matrix – yours too – contains considerably less squares. For all I know I may have just a few more table blotters remaining. The same is true for you.

When you see it this way, you come to the inescapable conclusion that, indeed, life is too short. We hear this platitude so frequently, it has all but lost its power. But now, seen from a fresh angle, the message regains its dark potency. We, all of us, really don’t have that much time in this plane of existence. If life is a lesson, it’s a crash course. Use your time wisely and value it.

I just watched a documentary called “10 Questions For The Dalai Lama”. It was an awesome documentary that took you through the history of the Dalai Lama, the training that he has undergone as well as his way of life. His views on life are truly extraordinary. For example, he talked about some peoples lack of being able to ever be truly satisfied in life. He said “if you always have the feeling of one more, one more, one more, you will never be satisfied in life”. As I personally reflect on the time times that I was happiest in life it was when I was taking the time to appreciate the things I have or just recently gotten without anticipation of more. I feel appreciation and gratitude are the true keys to living a satisfied life and you must take time to slow down and appreciate all the good things you do have without always focusing on what you are lacking. Focusing on what you lack is a vicious never ending cycle that will do nothing but leave you feeling unfulfilled.

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Everyone wants to live a great life right? Most of us are always asking ourselves, how do we make our lives better and more rewarding. The thing is we know the answers to many of these questions we ask ourselves, whether we want to admit it or not. We block or deny the answers that we already have for many reasons. They make us uncomfortable, they make us afraid, they require action, they eliminate excuses and ultimately they challenge our belief systems and our sense of convenience. People are creatures of habit, and we like staying in our comfort zones and doing the things that come easy even if it hinders our long term happiness. It’s a matter of we want to be happy and create that great life, but just not that much. It’s about leverage people, get leverage on Read the rest of this entry »

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Looking for something to do this weekend? New to town and looking to find activities that will help you meet new people? Look no further, the following sites will get you way ahead of the game no matter what you are looking for.

• Meetup.  Meetup is an incredible site for finding like minded people who share your interests – the site is very intuitive and has a host of well organized events in your area. You can get information on a particular even as well as see who is attending.  I’m involved in a few Meetup groups, although I don’t attend them all I love to be able to see what’s being planned attending the event if it sounds interesting to me. Many cities have dedicated “New In Town” Meetup groups, and Read the rest of this entry »