Good Nutrition and Finances Have a Lot in Common

Good nutrition and savvy financial habits have a lot in common. If you are good with money, you can easily figure out your personal nutrition- and the other way around works too. I’m no money guru, but I do love listening to personal finance podcasts and books, and what I hear over and over is that to build wealth over time, you must practice simple and solid financial habits year after year after year. Live beneath your means, invest, avoid debt.. and no matter your income level, you will do well. Good nutrition is the same! Get a few things right over and over and your health will be vastly better than if you coast through life just doing what everyone else around you is doing. 

Thats the hard part- we all know we should save money for the future and eat our vegetables, but mainstream culture encourages us to do the opposite! 

Logic says, "spend less than you make"

The TV says, "buy a new car with a loan!"

Logic says, "invest for retirement"

The Joneses say, "buy stuff so you can keep up with us!"

Logic says, "cook meals at home"

A busy life says, "you don’t have time for that, eat fast food instead!"

Logic says, "eat real, unprocessed food

“Food” manufacturers say, "prepackaged and extra ingredients are better and easier!"

With both nutrition and your personal finances, if you go with the flow and do what mainstream culture tells you to do, you will end up unhealthy and broke. 

If you generally do the opposite, you’ll be healthy as a horse and able to comfortably retire.