Debtfree Magazine March 2017

HAVE SOME FUN
THE BIG LIE
Fun Costs Money
We live in a very commercialized world which focuses on
moving money out of your wallet into the hands of business
owners. In fact, we may ourselves, spend all day, every day
convincing others they need our services and should pay for
them. As a result, much of what is considered “fun” these days
costs money.
Speak to an older person and they will tell
you silly stories about how they used to
play with a tyre and stick or homemade
doll and that was all they had growing
up. When compared to the demand for
Playstations, Xbox, the Cartoon Network,
a mini drone or the latest mobile phone,
those things seem archaic and simple.
Worst of all, they may seem boring.
However the reality is that many fun
activities cost very little if you can
drag your head out of the commercial
propaganda all around us. Most will
agree that it is often who you do some
fun activity with that can make or break
the occasion.
This shows us that we enjoy being with
people and friends won’t charge you for
their time. The fact that older ones who
played with simpler items and lived a
less technological life and still had fun
teaches us that gadgets are not needed
to have fun.
Many older ones long back to the days
of their childhood for the simplicity and
fun they were able to have. Watch a
young boy climbing a tree, pretending
to be Spiderman and having fun with his
friends and you will wish you could find
pleasure in such simple fun. The truth is
you can. Having fun does not have to
cost money or a lot of money.