If you're new here, this blog will give you the tools to become financially independent in 5 years on a median salary. The wiki page gives a good summary of the principles of the strategy. The key to success is to run your personal finances much like a business, thinking about assets and inventory and focusing on efficiency and value for money. Not just any business but a business that's flexible, agile, and adaptable. Conversely most consumers run their personal finances like an inflexible money-losing anti-business always in danger of losing their jobs.
Here's almost a thousand online journals from people, who are following the ERE strategy tailored to their particular situation (age, children, location, education, goals, ...). Increasing their savings from the usual 5-15% of their income to tens of thousands of dollars each year or typically 40-80% of their income, many accumulate six-figure net-worths within a few years.
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Because of the zucchini, the consistency of this smoothie is fairly muddy similar to using frozen vegetables. I like unfrozen smoothies because they don’t cause brain freeze (if you get brain freeze, immediately put your tongue against the roof of your mouth), and more importantly, in the winter they don’t reduce your core temperature. As for taste, I don’t mind temperature, but then again, I drink warm beer.
- 2 oranges
- 2 bananas
- 1 zucchini (size of a banana)
- 2 celery sticks
- 1 cup of water
I start by adding the water, bananas, and oranges. As soon as that has blended, I add the celery whole and I cut up the zucchini in small pieces. That way my run of the mill blender can handle it.
Originally posted 2009-03-26 10:48:54.
