Have you noticed for the past few months that the mid-month slump is “shining” brighter than ever?
During the end of the month and at the beginning of the month you feel strong, kinda fuzzy inside, right? Hmmm… it’s definitely a payday thing. Yes, paydays are great and that warm feeling lasts… well, for most of us, roughly until… about now!
Everything, and I mean everything, is so expensive and we’re all tightening our belts. But, living on a really tight budget doesn’t mean sitting in a dark room eating noodles two weeks after payday. It just means swapping expensive pastimes for cheap or free ones. Easy as that!
Think you have to spend a lot of money to have fun? Think again!
Here are a few fun things to do to free you from boredom (without emptying your wallet):
- Throw a B.Y.O.E. party. Yes, Buy Your Own Everything. Guests are encouraged to bring food and drinks to share.
- Have sex: Fairly important for the survival of the human race, free and enjoyable! What’s not to like?
- Two words: Karaoke Night. Enough said!
- Test-drive a car you have no intention of buying.
- Ride a bike. Visit the Modderfontein Ride Free Bike Park a short drive from Jozi CBD.
- Spa-day anyone? Search your Pinterest board for scrub recipes and hand treatments.
- Release your inner baking queen. Bake, bake, and bake! (Avoid the extra calories by taking your produce to work).
- Be a tourist in your own city. Discover Jozi from the roof of a shiny red city sightseeing bus. Grab your besties and hop on a Red Bus Tour.
- Three wheel through Jozi on an e-tuk-tuk. E-tuk-tuks are a refreshing, environmentally friendly, and fun way to cover a short distance in Melville cheaply. Take in the sights without worrying about parking or traffic.
- Admire the view from the tallest skyscraper in Africa. Ride the elevator 50 floors up and see the inspiring view from the top of the Carlton Centre.
- Get your adrenaline fix. Bungee at Orlando Towers.
- Watch the sunset. Or drive over Nelson Mandela Bridge. Spectacular at night!
- Go to a museum or zoo. Keep the kids intrigued by visit the James Hall Museum of Transport in Rosettenville to look at locomotives and ox wagons.
- Feed the ducks at Zoo Lake. Rent out a row boat which fits up to 6 people. (R10.00 per boat!)
- Bounce your heart out. Bounce on 50 interconnected trampolines with your mates. There are designated areas for kids to keep everyone safe. Student and family specials are available.
- Write down your bucket list and pick one thing to do.
- Take a free online class. Improve your skills or try whatever interests you.
- Make a summer playlist.
- Kitchener’s Comedy Night at The Milner Hotel, downtown Jozi. Enjoy up and coming comedians at Jozi’s second oldest pub. Entrance R20.00.
- Gallery MOMO for the best of contemporary South African and international art set in an airy Parktown house.
- Write a letter to a family member you haven’t talked to in a while.
- Attend a community play.
- Find a hiking trail, pack a snack and make some memories.
- Nap.Hey, why not?
- Learn a language, listen to your favourite comedian or catch up on the news.
- Start your own Julie and Julia project – grab a cookbook, work your way through it, and blog about it as you go.
- Save a life. Donate blood.
- Celebrate the origins of human kind at Wits Origins Centre. There is a “test your own DNA” tour on offer.
So much to do, right? Let’s finish strong this month, have fun!
Source: www.europlace.com, www.popsugar.com, www.kboards.com, mehearn.com, www.wisebread.com, www.travelstart.co.za, freeintenyears.com, lifestyle.allwomanstalk.com, www.glamour.com, www.sa-venues.com
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