What are your summer plans? Are you planning to go on a vacation of any kind? There are things you can do to get away and not spend a lot of money.
I am projecting that there will be many people not going on vacation this year and that can bring feelings of unfairness. Everyone needs to escape even if it is just a little one. We all work hard and get caught up in our every day functions. Levels of stress add up and there just doesn't seem to be any release offered.
Instead of planning that big Florida vacation that will cost you more money than you have available why not look into a lake that is near you. Cottages can run so cheap for a week at lake resorts and you don't need a lot of extra money to spend. You will get away, have a beach and lake to go to, and there will be functions happening around with people to enjoy them with.
My husband and I, about five years ago, bought a used trailer that someone just didn't need any more. We didn't spend a lot of money on it and we put it in a campsite near a lake about two and a half hours away from where we live. We go there almost every weekend from the end of May through October.
We, also, in those years purchased a pontoon boat from someone who didn't want it any more and sold it at a great price.We fixed it up a little and we use it all the time. We know friends there and get together a lot on and off the lake. The fires we have at our camps are the best.
Now we have a vacation every year and we get to go often without spending tons of money. Actually we spend less there because when you are home and go out it cost a lot. Every weekend we can't wait to get there, the peace and enjoyment it brings us you can't even imagine.
So don't punish yourself because you can't afford that big vacation, the little ones are just as rewarding.
