In no particular order, these are the top 6 blogs that I follow. There are more, of course, but these are the ones that had the most impact on me.
I have to say, I got frustrated at one point when I kept discovering more and more inspirational blogs and people who ran them, but didn’t have enough hours in a day to read everything they had to say. After about a month of having zillions of tabs open in my browser and reading everything I came across, I am now content that I don’t need to read every single thing everyone writes (although I’d love to if I could!).
Zen Habits
Zen Habits is about finding simplicity in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, find happiness.
Fearless Endeavours
Nate’s mission is to help us – and himself – to overcome our fears in everyday life. Open up to the possibility of actively experiencing life instead of passively watching it go by. To treat life as an experiment. Live uncomfortably. Face your fears head on and ruthlessly strive to overcome them.
Self Made Chick
Christine has made a wonderful change from working 12 hour days in the office to staying at home and making a living through passive income. Something that I aspire to achieve in a few years time, alongside my photography.
Simple Dollar
Financial talk for the rest of us and simple, straightforward strategies to follow if you want to fix your finances and live the life you want. I have recently started working through Trent’s “31 days to fix your finances” workbook (admittedly, it is taking me longer that 31 days as I’m not doing a chapter each day), and it has already helped me realise what’s really important in my life and what’s not.
Escape from Cubicle Nation
A seasoned coach and writer, Pamela helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own business. Escape from Cubicle Nation is one of the top career and marketing blogs on the web – and that’s most likely the reason it was the first blog I discovered when looking for some advice and inspiration when trying to decide whether to quit my job or not.
The Art of Non-Conformity
The Art of Non-Conformity is a blog full of unconventional strategies for life, work and travel. Chris writes about not having to life your life the way other people expect you to. He convinces you that work can be meaningful and fun. And he travels! Boy, he travels! That’s my other deep buried ambition – to travel the world and to photograph what I see.
One more inspiration – but she doesn’t have a blog (although she really should!)
There’s one person who was the first to inspire me and get me thinking. My friend Irina, who I don’t keep in touch with as often as I should, went off travelling with her husband a few years ago, with a goal of crossing the Pacific (they’ve done the Atlantic a few years before that) and coming back to Europe to live “properly” and have “proper” jobs. It’s been about 3 years now – she is still hopping from one Pacific island to another, and I’m never quite sure where she is. And they now have a baby-boy. And a little hut they call home. They don’t have loads of money and you bet it’s not easy living. But they don’t look back.
Now that’s most inspirational.
