Free or Nearly Free Activities

Feeling bored or fed up? Want to go out and do something? Instead of going to the mall and buying something to entertain yourself and temporarily feel better, there are plenty of free or nearly free activities you can do.

This is the start of a ongoing series.

Activities by yourself

Get out in the fresh air and explore. Walk or bike in a new direction and see where you end up. You can combine this with collecting rocks, flowers or other natural objects or perhaps take a digital camera and photograph them. You could share them on Flickr or another image-sharing site.

Find a local web site or bulletin board that lists events in the community, like parades, or a dress rehearsal of a show at a local theater. Make a list of free events in the community and write the ones your interested in in google calendar.

Read a book outside on a sunny day in the park or on your porch or garden and soak up nature along with the book.

Go to the library and browse a topic you're interested in but don't know much about.

Get a pen and paper and brainstorm all the low cost activities you like to do, then this list whenever you feel the urge to get out and do something.