We all want to be better people in the new year, but sometimes you need an inspirational kick in the right direction. There’s no better place for inspiration than the web and no better place within it than blogs, some of which are grand or promising enough to give you a new lease on life. Here are 5 that you need to bookmark right now.
The tireless efforts of one Donald Latumahina to help you turn your damn life around. It’s mostly philosophical food for thought on topics like ‘moving through the land of “if only”’ and the like, but it’ll certainly get your brain in gear in terms of making a new you in 2012.
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Talks, articles, tips, posts, thoughts and essays on how to unleash the creative juices in you. While the site itself suggests that sitting on it for hours wasting your time is intrinsically goes against its very point, there’s some real knowledge and inspiration to be found in its 8 year-old archives. Perfect for anyone with a long-unfulfilled drive to create.
3. Lifehacker
If Life Optimizer’s goal is to open your mind with blue-sky thinking, Lifehacker’s is the opposite: it wants to instantly improve your life in a myriad of fields. It’s mostly tech-related, with articles on apps and software that’ll transform your day-to-day, but there is advice on the wider remit of life, too – dating advice is just one such area of expertise.
Joel Runyon’s bucket list of extreme life goals makes for inspirational reading even at face value – the man transformed his life and has had some amazing experiences along the way. But that’s not the point. The point is for you to be influenced into making your own list of the impossible, and into working your nuts off to put a tick in every box.
5. Yours
You’d be surprised at the kind of personal realisations, thinking prowess and general wellbeing that can be achieved by venting your thoughts online. If you’ve never written a blog, we suggest you crank out the keyboard and give it a go. The best way to get started is to download WordPress. It’s free and there’s a raft of themes to choose from all ready-made. Remember, though: consistency is the key to success.
