Passive Income like a Mother*ucker

We all want to stop and smell the flowers.  Or photograph them.  Or, more likely, we just want to do shit that ISN'T making us money.  That's why we meet up with our friend: Passive Income.

"What's this?" you ask.  Essentially, money that you/your business generates that is NOT equal to time or money spent.

Below are two ways that I make money that are NOT PASSIVE REVENUE. Does that mean they are not good?  Hells no.  I love both. But, they are not money rolling in while I am sleeping (Passive Revenue: Dream of The Masses). 

• If I sell a bracelet (you know, my baby, Wear Your Music), I have to a) make the bracelet or b) pay someone to make the bracelet.  Once it is sold I can't sell it again.  There is direct time and money associated with the product  sold.  This is NOT passive revenue.

• When I book consulting sessions, I have to spend the REAL time with my clients.  My time = money.  Again, NOT passive revenue.

Examples of things that ARE passive revenue: 

• Stock photography.  Take the picture once.  Sell it thousands of times (you hope) and make passive income.

• Music.  Or in my case, downloadable meditations.  Record them, master them, etc, then keep selling them as you sleep.  Make a less than a dollar each time someone purchases.  Woot.  Okay, so I do these because I love them, not for money.  But that $25 I've made this year on them, TOTALLY passive revenue. 

• Real estate.  Yes, yes, always a good bet. Pay that off and then people PAY you. EVERY MONTH.  Like, for realz.  Epically awesome.  I wn't tell you the last time I paid my own mortgage.  (Umm, never).

So, for today I leave you with this question:

How can you INCREASE your passive revenue?   

Or better yet.  How can I increase mine? 

Because I know it, and you know it if you are here reading this.  I want to have a tea party with my kids and be banking it at the same time.  Or, at the spa getting a pedicure while the money rolls in.  Or, on vacation, at the beach while my wallet is getting fatter. Or maybe, really, just sleeping as the clicks equal number signs...Catch you on the flip.  I'm off to a bonfire.  Can you say cha-ching?  See more on the topic here.

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So Lost the Damn Smoothie Blog Post and Then I Lost My Shit.

I suppose there are people in the world who go to sleep at night and then wake up the next morning.  That hasn't happened for me in over three years.  I was up last night (googling smoothie recipes with almond milk frozen in ice cube trays) and thinking about what this might do to my brain, this lack of sleep. 

So I got up.  And I wrote a WHOLE LONG BLOG POST about my favorite smoothies, with tips and techniques and tricks and it was so clear and awesome and then I hit the FUCKING DELETE button like an idiot. 

So, in former days I might do something like throw my computer.  But these days a I am a whole lot more in tune to the fact that the universe is whispering to me: Girl, get the eff of the computer and go live your life.   So I walked away and took some time away and come back to you now with two DOPE smoothie recipes that I have perfected in the times spent living my life OFF the computer.

Bomb Ass Not-So-Fruity Smoothie

This one will fill you up.  I swear by it when I won't get to eat for an hour (yes, I eat almost every hour.)  Also, my daughter loves it, she says it is "better than the blue one." 

1. Throw coconut flakes in any milk (almond, cow, soy). I just put it in the bottom of the blender. Add a bit of vanilla or almond extract and some cinnamon.  Then, let it sit for a bit.  I sue this time to unload the dishwasher, wipe some surfaces, make cereal for my daughter or something like that.  Efficiency, folks!
2. Then I add two whole frozen bananas (I freeze mine quartered, cut once the long way and once the short way) .  Then a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter and a bunch of plain greek yogurt.  Then a few cubes of ice and blend away!
3. Yum. 

Crunchy Fruit Smoothie

This is a pretty basic milk and fruit based smoothie.  But I decided to include it because it is a fun baseline to work with and has a couple of sweet tricks.  I think I have talked quite a bit about being a fruit hoarder, so this means I always have an ample supply of frozen fruits and as everyone knows, frozen fruit an awesome smoothie doth make.

1. Start with any milk in the bottom of a blender.  I know, I know, I am getting repetitive here, I obviously like this step.  Throw in some chia seeds (google if you don't know of what I speak).  I also like coconut flakes in here...but I just like coconut in general in the summer as it reminds me of the tropics and sunscreen.
2. Add a lot of frozen blueberries and peaches (mine I never have long enough to freeze) and greek yogurt (for protein, ya'll) and blend.  Some people choose to use a sweetener in this, depending on their fruits - If I do use something I use a spoonful of some kind of corn syrup free jelly or jam from the fridge.  Honey or agave are also fine, clearly, but I don't like agave and having a little kid has gotten me off honey.  I really like to put fresh raspberries or blackberries in this one too as it is one that makes a virtue of the drink that you must chew.

So, go make some smoothies and report back. 

 *it is fun to make jars of frozen fruit mixes and leave in your freezer.  Then dump them in to your blender in the AM and add right back to the same jar.  PRETTY THINGS!