Without a doubt, being broke forces you to be more creative on thinking how to have fun and enjoying life. First of all, let’s deal with the way you perceive wealth. Recent studies show your financial worth is usually measured by whom you compared yourself to. Do you tend to buy stuff so you can keep up with your neighbor? For you to be happy, compare yourself with the poorest family you can find. That way, it would be far more easier for you to feel grateful and happy.

Find new friends, know your neighbor better. If you are broke, You will find it difficult to feel grateful and happy if you keep hanging out only with rich people.

Cant’ afford an expensive gym membership? Well, you don’t need a luxurious treadmill to walk, do you? Just walk! You don’t need a Stairmaster. Just take the stairs. You don’t need an Abs Roller. Have some sex instead
Don’t have the money to shop? Go find some garage sales, buy used stuff on EBay, and check out thrift in rich neighborhoods. And don’t forget you can resell your stuff on Ebay.

How about vacation?

Happiness is not a matter of fancy hotel. Infact, not being able to afford to stay in five star hotels can be a good thing. Camp out in your backyard. On vacation? Stay at hostel. Wanna go to a foreign country? Go on a “volunteer vacation”. Help someone less advantaged than you with your skill. Surely, you won’t have a boring vacation this way. Check out www.volunteeroverseas.com for info.

And do look out for the bright side on being broke; You don’t have anymore to spend a lot of money hiring people to look after your money. When you attend your high school reunion, you don’t have someone to make fun of you behind your back since you are not rich. You don’t have to pay kidnapper’s ransom money to get back your wife, knowing that you don’t really like her (kidding )

Hey, it’s not that bad. You can still be happy even when you are broke