Blog Profiles: Personal Growth Blogs
Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, we select a topic and handful of blogs that do a great job contributing to the conversation. As we plan for the new year, we’re highlighting a few standout personal growth blogs. Do you have a blog that deserves recognition? Tweet our writers at @BeyondBylines.
Another year is coming to a close.
One can’t help reflecting on the year that passed, and what’s to come.
Read on for blogs with personal growth ideas.
1. The Art of Non-Conformity (AONC)
Author, blogger, and podcaster Chris Guillebeau visited every country in the world before turning 35.
How To Conduct Your Own Annual Review; Don’t Make Important Decisions Out of Desperation; and Don’t Feel Pressured To Find Your Life’s Purpose At Age 21 are great reads.
Follow @chrisguillebeau on Twitter.
Credit: @193countries on Instagram
2. Zen Habits
Leo Babauta, from Davis, California, started changing his life in 2005 by giving up smoking, becoming a runner, and eating healthily.
Check out The Way of Less; The Art of Creating a Ritual for What Matters Most; and The March Healthy Eating Challenge.
Follow @zen_habits on Twitter.
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt pic.twitter.com/adktxBbjdz
— Leo Babauta (@zen_habits) September 23, 2019
3. Gretchen Rubin
New York Times bestselling author Gretchen Rubin studies human nature with the intention of making lives better.
Re-Think “Black Friday” to Tailor the Holiday to Your Values; To Be Happier, Write Your Own Set of Personal Commandments; and Lost Your Keys Again? 8 Tips for Finding Misplaced Objects are great posts.
Follow @gretchenrubin on Twitter.
Credit: @gretchenrubin on Instagram
4. Penelope Trunk
Penelope Trunk is a writer and founder of four start-ups. Her blog discusses careers, work, and life.
I enjoyed reading Are you having a break or a breakdown?; If past worrying was unnecessary then future worrying is too; and How to ask for help and not feel incompetent.
Follow @penelopetrunk on Twitter.
Be grateful for the chance to be lost – it means you’re living your own life, because no one can make choices in the exact same way you can, whether they are right or wrong. https://t.co/a6LjEsXm3V
— Penelope Trunk (@penelopetrunk) January 10, 2019
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Stephanie Donovan is a Senior Customer Content Specialist at PR Newswire, who edits client news for distribution. She is an avid runner, enjoys yoga, and likes to find ways to live green. In her free time, she likes discovering new music, keeping up to date on the best new TV shows, and traveling. If you’d like to connect, you can find her on LinkedIn.
