We are brought up thinking that money can buy happiness, but freedom of time is what really leads to happiness. Yes, having money can give you the ability to choose how you spend your time, but this has more to do with your cost of living than it has to do with how much you make. If you can reduce your cost of living to the point that you are living substantially within your means, can stay as debt free as possible, can build savings and wealth, and can find ways to earn money that either doesn't require your time (like residual income) or is time you would be spending doing what you love to do anyway, then that will lead to true security, personal freedom, and happiness. Think of it kind of like a business. In business, you want to generate profits and invest those profits to build more profits. Here you want to generate time savings and invest that time to generate even more time savings. To generate that savings, you need to first consume less than you produce, then s
One method to saving a lot of money on food is buying in bulk and making the most out of leftovers. But instead of making one dish and having it again and again, I like making one type of base ingredient then mixing up the dishes featuring that base ingredient. One of the ingredients I do that with is pasta. I love making the whole package and then finding 2-3 ways to enjoy the pasta. I recently had some leftover spaghetti noodles in the fridge but was out of pasta sauce. I went to my cupboard to see what I had on hand and saw a jar of roasted red peppers. A light bulb went off when I recalled there is a pasta sauce made out of red peppers called Romesco. I did a quick google search to get inspiration and found a recipe that was easy to modify for my liking. It turned out amazing so I wanted to include in this blog to share with others (and so I can refer to it myself in the future to make again). This recipe makes enough for about half a box of pasta (8oz dried). If you want to make