Why everybody (yes, you!) should read this blog

Thursday, January 1, 2009 ·

I am starting 2009 “in red”. This is blog about living on an extreme budget and enjoying every minute of it – in Brussels, Belgium, Europe.

You know what I mean – well in fact I hope you don’t – but this is not important; the important thing is actually HOW to get through the tough times when, ahem, material resources are not as readily available as I’m sure many did imagine.

Did any of you, readers (well hopefully there will be readers at some point, ha ha) have this feeling – on one hand, being scared of hell of falling below the poverty line, but on the other hand being weirdly content, because of this oh-so-well hidden but still intense suspicion that our consumption-crazy way of living is wrong, wrong, wrong? Welcome to my world then: I love to have a lot of work and nice earnings, hate to be on the budget, but in the meantime hate to measure one’s worth in the sum of items owned, foreign vacations taken and basically spending habits. Therefore, to say I’m unconditionally irritated with the global and personal recession would be a bit of hypocrisy.

Which brings me to the point – well, three points, exactly:
· Have to be extremely careful with my cash;
· Need to still have a lifestyle which is “me” – pro-kindness, as opposed to the cruel way of treating the earth and people who make whatever we need;
· Must have fun – otherwise why we all just don’t curl up and cry until collected by social services?
To find out how you can combine all three you have to read my blog.
In the following days, weeks and months you will learn
· Why Brussels is actually a great place to be in right now;
· Free (or really low-cost) entertainment in town – what’s cool and what should be avoided even if THEY paid you;
· How to have a (almost) free lunch and other meals of the day – and actually make them taste good;
· Innovative tips (not found elsewhere) on eating out with minimum damage and maximum enjoyment;
· How to save on your utility bills;
· How to learn a new profession in 30 days (or less).

And much, much more.

If anyone wonders why this blog is different than others, go to the first bullet points and pay some attention. Still need to be convinced? OK, here’s another one: this blog is personal, and any advice given must come from either authors’ experience or authors’ friends experience in which authors do trust.

Of course I’m learning still, very much so – and this post will probably be edited. I can promise a lot of spelling, grammar and style mistakes for additional entertainment.

That’s all for now. See you tomorrow!

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