Affordable Entertainment in Hard Economic Times

Times are tough. You hear about it on the news, read about it on the Internet, and learn about it when either you can't find a job or your job is slashed. It's hard to find money to buy groceries, heat the house, pay that car note. Things tend to be overwhelming, and maybe a bit frightening as you wonder if the country is spiraling into a depression. If you can't afford a Big Mac, then you sure can't buy that ten dollar ticket to the movies. So, what can you do to try and escape from reality? Is there anything that will rob you from your worries without actually robbing you of your last penny?

Talk to some folks who lived--and survived--the Great Depression. Interestingly enough, even during those cash starved days, people found ways to be entertained. While they might have held socials, gone to plays, or just visited with their neighbors, one thing most all did -- they read. They read newspapers, articles, library books. Fiction books, especially, took them away to an imaginary world and made them forget, for a while, their own problems.

I didn't live during those times. But I discovered this information because I read about it. That's right. In a magazine.

Today, just like then, reading is very affordable, if not downright cheap.

Maybe you're not able to watch the latest block buster. So what? Do something better. Educate your mind. Discover the wonders of your imagination.

Read a book.