But All Is Not Lost!

Here’s my fourth mad retiree tip - the best way to be able to afford yourself once you’re retired is to track down the free stuff.  So, relatively early in your planning stages, put down all of your electronic devices and go find your local library branch (and if you don’t already have one – get a library card).  Then go find your local community centre.  Then find the bulletin board and the brochure rack that’s bound to be in the lobby of each.  Read every flyer that has been posted.  Read every brochure in the rack.  Then starting now, go back at least once a month to check for new announcements and flyers.  You will be amazed to discover what actually goes on in your neighbourhood at 2 o’clock on a Wednesday afternoon.  And that a great number of those of activities are actually free.

Then add all of these activities, workshop, seminars, etc., to your “list”.

Then check out (and bookmark) the parks and recreation web site for your part of town (you can walk and ride the paths in the park for free!).  Parks and rec is how I “found” my bird watching group!

And don’t forget the web site for city hall (at the very least, there’s always something happening on Canada Day in every municipality in the country).

 

 

..... next, what can you really do with your list!