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. *IRL

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.

Young Successful Entrepreneur – Become a young successful entrepreneur and live the startup life from Jun Loayza. *IRL

Duct Tape Marketing – Small business marketing blog from Duct Tape Marketing.

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:

The Kick It Spot – Everything is shit. Music, design, style, business, art.

Smile Like You Mean It – Design, Buildings, Art, 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.

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

Jacqueline’s Journey - Food, recipes, relishing in a Boulder life from Jacqueline Malan. *IRL

Tall Tara – Tara is tall. She’s also ridiculously funny and intelligent. *IRL

New York Times Op-Ed Columnist, David Brooks- His writing inspires me from topics to culture, education and politics.

Generation Y.Life Inspirations.Relationships.

The Rest is Still Unwritten – Tech news and random ramblings from a 20-something year old bachelor aka David Stehle.

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

25 And Trying – Figuring out the world and her career from Beth Oppenheim.

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

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

Owl Sparks – Naive advice about realistic happiness from Carlos Miceli.

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.

Life Without Pants – …Perspective on life less restricted from Matt Cheuvront.

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.

Simon and Cole – Brutal truth about sex and relationships from a couple of honest guys. *IRL

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. *IRL

Ashalah – A Nomad’s Quest to Define Home. *IRL

James Ryan Moreau – Not So Literal. Covering career and personal development, sustainability, music, the economy and general musings from a Mass-hole. (I added that last bit;). *IRL

*IRL = met IRL bloggity friends