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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's tip is about how to plan a great weekend for free.

After the holidays and with the clean slate of the new year brushing up against tax time,

lots of people pledge to be smarter about their finances.

One common approach is to drastically cut spending.

Sometimes people even declare a spending freeze. Sometimes people even declare a spending freeze and sometimes that's

wise and it can be fun as a challenge but if you're not careful it can also lead to

feeling like life is no fun and a no fun life is not sustainable

I think moderation is often wise, but the good news is that if you spend some time thinking through options and making plans,

it is quite possible to dream up really fun, free weekends.

Here's what you do.

First, you need to do some research.

Many communities have free events going on that people don't know about

because they don't bother to think ahead or look beyond their own TVs.

Carve out some time, maybe on a Wednesday,

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