One of the things I truly love about the web is reading everything. I am a voracious reader, often reading 3-4 books a week plus several blogs and other things that engage me. And this week is no different. In fact, this week, I’ve found a TON of awesome stuff to devour and think about.

So far, my favorites this week are -

• Justine Musk who writes at Tribal Writer. I found Justine’s blog recently and have read most of the recent posts. Now, I’ll forewarn you – her posts are often long and while I don’t usually read long posts, hers are totally engaging from beginning to end. The post I have enjoyed the most is the art of rocking out your identity crisis so you can go on to rule the world.
• Jonathan Mead at Illuminated Mind. I’ve been a subscriber to Jonathan’s blog for quite some time but the one that really smacked me upside the head this time was his post on When you need to stop listening.
• Lachlan Cotter from The Art of Audacity. Lach’s blog is another one I’ve just recently come across and I’ve only scratched the surface of his blog but his post on Fear Smashing 101 is a must read for anybody who wants to take their lives and/or businesses to the next level.
• Ashley Ambirge’s The Middle Finger Project. I can’t just pick one post on Ash’s site. They’re all simply awesome and thought provoking and insightful. If you have any plan whatsoever to live a life beyond the normal boundaries or have a business you can run from anywhere in the world, Ash’s site is THE place begin. Watch out, though, if you’re uncomfortable with profanity because she swears like the best of ‘em. LOL

And that’s all this time because those are going to keep you busy for hours! Literally.

Until next time . . . keep blazin’!

So, the long awaited list of cool websites for you to check out. This is a wide subject of links but I’ll think you’ll find all of them useful. There is some really, really great content here –

• First, we have a great tool called Readability. It’s an experimental project that allows you to read webpages – ANY webpage you want – without all of the other stuff – no ads, no comments on blog posts, no other distractions. It’s marvelous! Give it a try. It even lets you customize the way you want it to look and when you have something open in readability, it will allow you to email it to yourself or anyone else as well as print.
• Second, if you have any inclination of wanting to start freelancing, you’ll want to check this post out by Skellie. It’s called “30 Days to Become a Freelancer“. There are also lots of other great posts on Skellie’s site, like “The Real Reason Why You Never Did It“. I encourage you check it out as well. And then browse around and see what else strikes your fancy.
• Next, there’s a site I’ve been reading voraciously for a few weeks. It’s got just loads of great content that’s right in line with my thoughts and things I’ve shared here on trailblazing. You’ll definitely want to subscribe to this one – “Wage Slave Rebel” – and you can probably guess by that title, it’s about doing things out of the ordinary. Read this post first – “Abolishing the Someday Mindset,” then read “How to Stop Procrastinating and Live the Life You Want” and after that, read “How to Take Control of Your Life Once and For All.” When you’ve finished those, just read the rest of the site. LOL It’s very good.
• And then, another great blog I want to point out to you is this one where you’ll find “1,687 Beautiful People Can’t Be Wrong (or What You Can Learn From the Most Successful Minimalist Product Launch in Internet History.” Like the above links, there tons more awesome posts over there so check them out once you’ve read this post.
• And last, but not least – a great blog by a guy named Sean Ogle. Start with this post – “Why Everyone is Holding You Back.” And then read “How to Make an Extra $1,000 in a Month.” Of course, read the rest of the blog when you’re done. You’ll find lots of interesting and useful posts to peruse.

And I’ll stop there because those are going to keep you busy for hours!

Until next time . . . keep blazin’!

I have some really awesome, kick-ass links for you this week! These will make you think.

• Danielle LaPorte – Your Permission Slip From the Universe
• Advanced Riskology – This blog is great so . . .  Just read everything here, ok?
• Art of Non-Conformity – And then when you’re done with Advanced Riskology just go read, everything here too . . .
• Erica Douglass – First, read How to Manifest Large Sums of Money and then, read everything else
• Edge of David – Life is Absurd? Why Yes, Yes It Is

And that should be enough heavy reading for the week.

All 5 of these blogs are simply fantastic! I have spent the last week or so (and longer on a few of them) reading pretty much every single post and comment. They are fabulous and will really get you thinking about your life and it’s direction.

By the way – they are NOT for the faint of heart – if you want your life to continue on as it is, you may not want to read them But if you embrace change and seriously want something more, or are already on a path to enriching your life, these blogs will be great assets for you. Either way . . .

Enjoy!

See you soon, friends!

I’ll be getting back into posting regularly soon as I mentioned in my sticky post above (Summer’s Welcome) but I wanted to give a shout out to a few great posts from Around the Web. These are in no particular order and some of them are a few weeks old but absolutely still relevant.

• Chris Brogan – Waste of a Perfectly Good Airplane
• Cath Lawson – Why the Perfect Small Business Owner Doesn’t Exist
• Copyblogger – How to Use Stories to Change the World
• Successful Blog/Liz Strauss – The Preschool Teacher and The 3 Year Old: When Customers Misbehave

There were more, but I can’t seem to find them now so if I find what the heck I did with them, I’ll update this post.

Hope you find something here you haven’t read yet.

Have you read something recently that you really enjoyed? Please share in the comments!

Be blessed,

{Ok, I didn’t post this last week or the previous due to the passing of my neighbor, so I apologize if you’ve seen these already.}

Some stuff I’ve enjoyed the past few weeks . . . .

iPad Reviews UK – How Wired Magazine Will Look on the iPad

The Gratitude Log – “The Happiest Place on the Internet” -The Gratitude Log is a website where you post things your grateful for. It’s a wonderful concept and I really like. This is my Gratitude Log page. Feel free to check it out and join if you like it.

Noupe – 40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials. Some of these are pretty interesting – manipulations include blending a planet into a photo, how to create glass transparency, alien invasion, steampunk style illustration and many others.

Inhabitat – Texas Breaks US Wind Power Generation Record – this is pretty cool. And Texas is the leading state in wind power generation. Last year, they produced enough energy using wind turbines to offset electricity use in the state by 6.2% overall. But Friday, they set a record – 19% of the energy mix!

Blog Mommas – Take a break, share your blog, have some fun! Not just a blog directory for blogging mommas but also for dad bloggers. Check it out and add your blog too.

And I think that’ll do it for now. I hope you have a great week!

Be blessed,