How to have fun for free

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how you can have fun without spending a cent. Hosted by Frances Cook.<br /><br />A basic rule of personal finance is to live within your means. Spend less than you earn. Have some self-restraint.<br /><br />Which is all well and good, but that's really hard.<br /><br />The finer things in life are fun, and I'm as susceptible as anyone else to just giving in, yelling out YOLO, and blowing my budget.<br /><br />So it's with a bit of self-interest that I put this episode together. There are many ways to have fun cheaply, or even for free. Sometimes we just need a reminder.<br /><br />I know what my favourite ones are, but I wanted to know yours, as well.<br />Cooking the Books listeners are smart, and you guys always suggest something that I hadn't <br />thought of.<br /><br />So the call went out on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, asking for your favourite ways to have fun on the cheap.<br /><br />The results? Eight clever ways to have fun without spending a cent. For some of them, you might even make money.<br /><br />For the tips, listen to the podcast.<br /><br />If you have a question about this podcast, or an idea for the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/</a> Instagram here <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/" rel="noopener">https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/</a> and Twitter here <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesCook" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/FrancesCook</a>