These are the blogs I read without a doubt. I wouldn’t list them here if they didn’t provide value, entertainment or weren’t thought provokers. Many I have met, work with or are close friends.

Peek into my RSS feed reader. I’ve included my own descriptions, mixed with their tag lines. Many of these blogs fit in many categories, the labels are only here to help me feel (slightly more) organized. Peruse and enjoy.

Career.Business:

Modite – The shortest path to modern ambition from Rebecca Thorman.

Corn On the Job – Wisdom for job seekers from Rich DeMatteo.

Learn to Duck – Sometimes the best way to learn to duck is to get punched in the face. Micah Baldwin on on success through failure. 

Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist – Advice at the intersection of work and life from Penelope Trunk.

Ryan Stephens Marketing – Building Intimate Business Relationships. From Ryan Stephens.

Life After College – No one said it was easy. Life, money, work, career, relationships from Jenny Blake.

The Spinks Blog – Wittily covers the most recent trends, ideas, tips and questions on how businesses use social media from David Spinks.

Lifestyle.Culture.Design:

 

Smile Like You Mean It - Design, Location Independence, Social Media and Irreverence from Caitlin McCabe.

Live the Charmed Life – The elegant guide to lifestyle design from DeeAnne White.

White Hot Truth – Danielle LaPorte’s site for inspired living, rocking your career, and amazingly blazing creativity.

Cleavage – sex, money, and meaning. writing through the lines that shape us. by Kelly Diels.

The Middle Finger Project – Rejecting the status quo & rebelling against mediocrity.

Creative Class – The source on how we live, work and play. From Richard Florida and Co.

Redhead Writing: Always irreverent, but never insincere from Erika Napoletano.

Never Niche: A conglomeration of interests (never having a niche) and Claire’s constant quest to do more with less.

Generation Y.Life Inspirations.Relationships.

Chelsea Talks Smack – Her title says enough, plus, she’s a fellow Italian/Irish lady. From Chelsea Latimer. 

Doniree – 20-something explorer, connector and word geek from Doniree Walker. 

Justice For All – Human rights, social enterprise, social media and my musings on work and life from Akhila Kolisetty.

Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates – …you never know what you’re gonna get. From Samantha Karol.

Sydney: Unfiltered – A raw take on my life as it is: unpredictable, frightening and wildly exciting from Sydney Owen.

twenty(or)something – Tonight we drink to youth. An honest portrayal of life from Susan Pogorzelski.

Ophelia’s Webb – Musings and ramblings from a not-so-average girl next door bumbling around the gorgeous metropolis that is Portland, Maine from Elisa Doucette.

There’s No Place Like Home – A Kansas girl at heart, paying home to Dorothy Erica Prather writes about life’s lessons, struggles and happy moments.

Gen Pink - A pink perspective on being gen y

James Ryan Moreau – Not So Literal. Covering career and personal development, sustainability, music, the economy and general musings from a Mass-hole.