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10 Fun Weekend Ideas that Won't Kill your Bank Account

What to do when you're broke and bored on the weekends this summer.

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10 Fun Weekend Ideas that Won't Kill your Bank Account

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We all love having a good time over the weekend but it seems like we are all spending more money on things these days. What ever happened to just hanging out with your friends and not opening up your wallet every single time? Here are a few things that you can enjoy with the ones your close to without having to drain that grocery money!

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5 Things That Should Be On Your College Spring Break Bucket List That Won't Break The Bank

Hint: It doesn't include binge watching "The Office" for the fifth time...unless you really really want to.

Eastern Michigan University

5 Things That Should Be On Your College Spring Break Bucket List That Won't Break The Bank

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Spring break, winter recess, whatever you want to call it. If you're in college, it's coming up. And you probably want to make the most of not having to go to class for a whole 7-10 days. You could just spend it in bed, scrolling through Instagram and finding another show to consume your life on Netflix, but is that really memorable?

If it is, then more power to you, but if not, here are some ideas for things you should do over break that won't make you much poorer than you already are (it's a struggle, I know.)

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113 Healthy Things To Do When You Are Bored

Healthy for the body, mind, and soul

University of Mississippi

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113 Healthy Things To Do When You Are Bored

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I'm in the last week or so of my extra long winter break, so needless to say, I have reached ultimate boredom. I was actually so bored I was able to come up with this list AND accomplish a lot of what I put on it. (One of my personal favorites is #50: It was oddly satisfying to see the finished product after lots of organizing and filling three bags of trash.)

There will always be a time that we reach ultimate boredom, so when that moment comes for you and you're stuck wondering what you could do, refer to this list!

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Little Mix's Message Of Self-Love In The 'Strip' Music Video Was Overshadowed By Them Being Slut Shamed

Women are intelligent, strong, artistic, and sexy and if we want to be naked, we will be naked.

University of Central Florida

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Little Mix's Message Of Self-Love In The 'Strip' Music Video Was Overshadowed By Them Being Slut Shamed

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Body positivity has become an important topic these past few years and many artists have decided to use their talents to spread the message of self-love. Women, in particular, get heavily criticized by society for not adhering to beauty standards, and groups like Little Mix wanted to tell their female fans that their bodies are perfect just the way they are.

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10 Fun Things To Do This Fall With Your Boo Or Friends

Fairs. Pumpkins. Hayrides, Oh My!

University of West Georgia

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The weather is great, the season is changing what will you be doing this fall? Here are 10 fun things to do this fall with your boo or best friends that will make the most out of this season.

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If You Really Knew Me, You'd Know That My Love For Photography Helps Define Me As A Person

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever...It remembers things long after you have forgotten everything." - Aaron Siskind

University of North Carolina

If You Really Knew Me, You'd Know That My Love For Photography Helps Define Me As A Person

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My childhood, as with just about any other person, is well documented in countless photo albums hidden away in the back of my closet. Every now and again I find myself digging into the depths of my closet and picking a few of them out and reminiscing on all of the memories they hold. What does this have to do with my love for photography? Well, if I'm quite honest it has everything to do with why I began to take pictures.

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10 Fun Weekend Ideas that Won't Kill your Bank Account

What to do when you're broke and bored on the weekends this summer.

1. Go to the park

2. Explore your town

3. Have a photo shoot

4. Bake!

5. Movie Night

6. Have Ice Cream by the Lake

7. Go Thrift Shopping

8. S'mores by the campfire

9. Karaoke night

10. Have a self care day!

5 Things That Should Be On Your College Spring Break Bucket List That Won't Break The Bank

Hint: It doesn't include binge watching "The Office" for the fifth time...unless you really really want to.

1. Get out of the state, even if it's just for the day.

2. Celebrate someone or something.

3. Have a photo shoot with friends.

4. If you have roommates, spend a night in cooking and making a family dinner.

5. Have a self-care day.

113 Healthy Things To Do When You Are Bored

Healthy for the body, mind, and soul

1. Workout (at the gym or at home)

2. Reread your favorite book

3. Read a new book

4. Walk in the park

5. Journal

6. Color

7. Go through your closet and donate clothes you don't wear anymore

8. And your jewelry

9. And your shoes

10. Reorganize your closet once you've cleaned it out

11. Clean your room (because when was the last time you dusted or vacuumed?)

12. Organize and clean your garage

13. Read your Bible

14. Watch online sermons

15. Go through your journals from church over the years and read through your notes

16. Back up your phone

17. And your computer (important documents and pictures don't need to be lost)

18. Clean out your camera roll on your phone

19. And old text messages

20. And old notes in the notes app

21. Delete apps that you don't use that are just taking up storage space

22. Organize the apps on your phone (you know, move them around, group them together)

23. Send handwritten letters to the family members that you don't get to see very often

24. Write a letter to your significant other just because

25. Take lunch to your parents or a friend at work

26. Cook dinner for your parents

27. Make a list of people who inspire you

28. And then reach out to those people (if you can) and let them know how much they mean to you

29. Clean out junk drawers (you know you've got at least one of these somewhere)

30. Throw away old socks with holes in them

31. And then buy new ones

32. Brainstorm ideas for presents for a friends birthday coming up

33. And ideas for gifts for Mother's Day and/ or Father's Day

34. Plan a party (for your birthday, a friend's birthday, an upcoming holiday, etc.)

35. Start brainstorming ideas for your next Halloween costume (it's never too early to start that, right?)

36. Cook your favorite home cooked meal

37. Create a recipes board on Pinterest

38. Try out some of those recipes

39. Clean your computer keyboard

40. Clean out your backpack

41. Clean out your purse

42. And your wallet (throw away old receipts, check gift card balances, throw away old gift cards, etc.)

43. Clean out the inside of your car (trash, receipts, the console, vacuum floor mats, etc.)

44. Wash your car (inside and out)

45. Yard work (it sucks but it has to be done eventually)

46. Unsubscribe from junk emails

47. Clean out your inbox of old, unnecessary emails

48. Review and/ or edit your resume

49. Get crafty and paint a canvas

50. Declutter your pantry by throwing out expired foods

51. And then reorganize the pantry

52. Then repeat the decluttering and reorganizing for your fridge

53. Reorganize the kitchen cabinets that you just keep stuffing appliances and dishes in and hoping they don't fall out the next time you open the door

54. Paint your nails

55. Binge watch your favorite Netflix show

56. Watch old episodes of game shows and see if you can 'beat' the contestants (Family Feud, Wheel of Fortune, etc.)

57. Take a nap

58. Take a bubble bath

59. Do a face mask