100 Inspirational Blog Posts for Personal Change

Going to college, online or off, can help you realize things about yourself, give you new experiences, and make you understand the ways in which you’d like to shape who you are. If you’ve decided you want to make a change for the better, these blog posts can give you a little inspiration and advice on the best ways to go about making personal changes and help you be the person you want to be when you graduate.

Following Your Passion

Here you’ll find blog posts that are all about finding your passion in life, following your dreams and loving what you do.

1. Don’t Just Follow Your Passion: This blog explains how following your passion can be great but emphasizes attaining balance in your life.
2. Live Your Dreams at Work: While geared more towards women, this post offers insight on finding a job you love and what to do if you’re stuck in a job you hate.
3. To Succeed in Your Career, Follow Your Passion: Focusing on choosing the right college major, this post shows how you should be in charge of your future career, not anyone else.
4. 5 Reasons Why Doing What You Love Can Optimize Your Life: Want to know why you should do what you love? This blog explains what loving your job can do for your life.
5. The Ultimate Security: Doing What You Love: Would you rather live life fully or have money? This blog post explores what happens when you live the life you want and put some practicalities aside.
6. How to Stop Being "Busy" and Live Your Dream Life: If you find yourself always making excuses for why you’re not doing what you want or putting off happiness to a later date, then read this blog that will help guide you towards a happier life today.
7. How to Doggedly Pursue Your Dreams in the Face of Naysayers: No matter what you want to do you’re likely to encounter people who will try to discourage you. Here you can advice on letting these comments slide off and keep working towards your dreams.
8. How to Find Your Passion: Unsure what it is you love most in life? Maybe you just haven’t found it yet. This blog offers some advice on discovering your hidden passions.
9. 8 Methods to Find Inspiration: If you’re feeling decidedly uninspired as of late, check out this blog to learn more about how to feel passionate about your career, schoolwork or personal life again.
10. The 5 Reasons Why You’re Not Fulfilling Your Potential: Many of us get lazy, busy or just uninspired and never quite live up to our potential. By why should things be that way? This post offers some reasons you may be falling short and solutions to help you get on the right track.

Being Healthy

If you’ve been putting your health on the back burner there’s no better time to make a change for the better than today. Get some advice and inspiration from these posts.

11. Five Ways to Improve Your Health Overnight: If you want to get started on improving your health today these small tips will help you cut out the bad stuff and focus on the good.
12. The Simple Fitness Rules: Fitness doesn’t have to be complicated as the Zen Habits post discusses.
13. 16 Ways to Eat Healthy While Keeping it Cheap: With many people struggling to make ends meet, this post can help you learn how to stay budget conscious while living healthy.
14. 9 Excuses to Avoid Making With Your Workout Routine: If you like to make excuses as to why you can’t work out, check out this post to learn how to get on the right fitness track.
15. 7 Ways to Make Exercise Fun: Being fit doesn’t have to be a chore, as this blog post discusses.
16. Now You’ve Quit, Time to Get Fit: Here you can learn how to start getting fit after you’ve kicked your smoking habit.
17. Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Your Physical Fitness: Start small on your health plan by using these ten small tips as a springboard.
18. Frugal Fitness – Twenty-Five and a Half Ways to Make it Happen: Not being able to afford a gym membership is no excuse for not getting in shape, as this post will show you.
19. Beginner’s or (re-Beginners) Guide to Getting Fit: Here you can find a guided post on beginning your journey to personal fitness.
20. Exercise Motivation: Do you want to find a source of inspiration for your fitness goals? Here are some places where you can look.

Losing Weight

Many of us want to lose weight, whether to get healthy or look better, and these blog posts can help and inspire you on your journey.

21. 50 Weight Loss Tips: This post from Chris Pirillo shares his experience of losing 30 pounds in three months, and offering suggestions on how you can work towards the same.
22. 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Metabolism: If you’ve got a slowpoke of a metabolism there may be some ways that you can speed it up a little. Read this post to learn more.
23. How Young Men Lose Weight and Change Their Lives: Check out this blog to read the stories of other young people who are quietly battling against expanding waistlines.
24. The Health Benefits of Losing Weight: If you want to make a change and start losing weight, get yourself inspired by learning about the potential benefits of losing weight.
25. New Years Weight Loss Hacks: Who hasn’t made a resolution to lose weight at one time or another? This post offers some tips to help you stick to your plan this time around.
26. 6 Ways to Find Inspiration to Guide Weight Loss: Here you can find some tips that will help you keep up your motivation for your weight loss program.
27. Stick to a Routine and Lose Weight Easily: Check out this post to learn how creating a schedule for working out can help you stick to a plan.
28. 8 Green Ways to Lose Weight Without Dieting or Exercise: Want lose pounds and stay green at the same time? This blog post can show you how with 8 helpful tips.
29. Hassle-free Weight Loss: The Zen Habits Meal Plan: Visit this popular blog to read this article full of information that can help make losing weight and eating healthier simpler and improve your changes of sticking to a plan.
30. 50 Easy Ways to Lose Weight While at Work: Even if you can’t make it to the gym every single day, this post can help give you some inspiring tips on how to make your time at work doubly productive.

School

These blog posts can help you improve your study habits, choose a major and find your passion.

31. 12 Tips to Improve Your Study Habits Next Term: Read this blog to learn some ways you can head back to school with better study skills under your belt.
32. The Art of Learning Better: 101 Tips to Find and Fit Your Learning Style: No matter what kind of learner you are you can find some tips here that will inspire you to change how you approach your studies.
33. How to Pay Attention in Class: If you have trouble staying awake in class you can use this blog as a way to help you keep your eyes open and your attention focused so your tuition doesn’t go down the tubes.
34. 10 Strategies to Boost Your Memory: Don’t study harder, remember more. This blog post can give you some tips how to do it.
35. How to Make the Most of Your Online College Experience: If you’re going to school online, this post can help you learn how to get the most out of all the resources offered to you.
36. Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better: Read this posting to learn how to make your study time matter.
37. What Foods Help You Learn Better?: Boost your brain power naturally by eating some of the foods recommended by this post.
38. How to Study Abroad (and Why You Should): Even if you’re going to school online you can still take advantage of study abroad programs. Learn what benefits it can offer you here.
39. How to Choose a College Major: If you’re struggling to find your true passion and a major for your college studies this blog can help you out.
40. How to Learn a Foreign Language: Learning a language can open doors for you and give you a new perspective on the world, so check out this post to learn how to do it right.

Work

If you want to change jobs, get a promotion or just learn to improve your work performance you’re not alone. These blog posts can give you some great tips.

41. Enthusiasm and Positive Personal Impact: Here you can learn how having more enthusiasm for what you do can make a huge difference in your success and happiness at work.
42. How to Get Promoted: If you’re sick of working at your job with little reward for the long hours you put in, this post from Stepcase Lifehack can give you some pointers on changing your attitude at work so you can get ahead.
43. How to Become More Successful: Well-known blogger, author and personal development guru Steve Pavlina offers some sage advice on some small things you can do to work towards being more successful.
44. 5 Ways to Spend Less Time at Work: For those who feel their personal time is being curtailed by the amount of time they spend at work, this post from Zen Habits will give you some ideas on how to get more done in less time.
45. How to Accept Criticism with Grace and Appreciation: We all mess up sometimes or have room for improvement. Learn to accept criticism without getting upset from this blog.
46. Finding a Job You Love by Discovering Your Life Purpose: This audio blog from Jane Johnson offers tips on how to find your life’s purpose and what that can mean for your career.
47. How to Make Work Feel Effortless: Here you can learn how to make any job feel a little easier, and make you happier in the process.
48. Should You Make a Career Change?: If you’re contemplating a change of career, read this blog to learn if it is the right decision for you.
49. Why You Should Work Smart, Not Hard: While hard work is generally a good virtue, you may be able to get the same results with less effort as this post explains.
50. 5 Steps to Smarter Career Exploration: Leave No Stones Unturned: For those still in college, this post can offer some help in deciding on a future career.

Relationships

Learn ways you can work on relationships with friends, family and significant others from these great posts.

51. How to ‘Let It Be’ When You’re Upset: Whether you’re mad at a spouse, friend, family member or coworker, this post will help you learn how to let things go and why you might want to do so.
52. 7 Secrets to Raising a Happy Child: If you’re a parent, read this blog for some advice on rearing happy, healthy children.
53. The Secret Ingredient for a Better Marriage: Whether you married your high school sweetheart or waited until later to find your love, this article can help you work towards a happy, healthy marriage.
54. Make Peace With Your Family: If you have an ongoing dispute with a family member why not try to move past it and make amends? After all, life is short. You can learn more about the process from this blog post.
55. The Best Way to Apologize to a Friend: For those who have hit a rough spot with a close friend, sometimes saying sorry is all it take as to get things back on the right track and you can learn the steps from this site.
56. 30 Simple Family Pleasures: Are you getting all the happiness and love you can from your family? Read this blog to gain some perspective on ways families can make your life better.
57. 10 Expert Ideas to Improve Your Family Time: Here you can learn how to make the most of the time you have to spend with those you love.
58. How to Be a Better Friend: Whether you want to be a better friend to your spouse, siblings or grade school buddy, this blog post will show you how.
59. 5 Communication Lessons Learned in Marriage Counseling: While centered on marriage, this blog post offers suggestions that can be useful in improving any relationship.
60. 50 Ways to Be Romantic on the Cheap: Taking the time to appreciate partner or spouse doesn’t have to break the bank. This blog offers inspirational tips on how to be sweet without spending a thing.

Spirituality

If you’re looking to spend more time on your relationship, church or just your inner sense of spirituality these posts offer some guidance.

61. Growing in Faith: Embrace Your Faith as You Did as a Child: Read this posting to learn how to approach your beliefs with an open mind and heart.
62. Ten Ways to Grow Your Spirit: No matter what you choose to believe, this post can help you grow spiritually.
63. Tips For A More Effective Prayer Life: Those searching to find more in their prayer practice can get some guidance from this post.
64. Meditation for Beginners: 20 Practical Tips for Quieting the Mind: Everyone can benefit from learning how to de stress and focus through meditation, and this post can guide you through the basics.
65. Recovery of Faith: Have you had a crisis of faith? Here you can learn how to navigate your way back into the church.
66. On Being Less Judgmental: Most religions encourage us to not judge others but to offer love and acceptance. Here you can read a little more on the subject.
67. The Blissful Art of Being and Breathing: Learn how to gain an inner sense of calm and a connection with your spiritual side here.
68. Why Everyone Likely Agrees on the Meaning of Life: This post will show you that no matter what we believe we all have common goals in mind.
69. 52 Sunday Evening Meditations on Life: Read this post to gain a deeper appreciation of your life.
70. 11 Tips to Carve Out More Time to Think: Do you feel like you never have time to sit down to pray, think or reflect? Here are some tips that can fix that.

Getting Organized and Simplifying

Check out these helpful posts to learn how to pare down your life and live in a cleaner, clutter-free home.

71. Love Life, Not Stuff: Learn to fight your materialistic urges with a little help from Leo at Zen Habits.
72. 50 Ways to Make Your Home More Organized, More Attractive, and More Efficient: Read through these helpful tips to create a better place to live, work and simply be.
73. Zen Mind: How to Declutter: If you have too much in your home this post can help guide you towards paring down.
74. A Simple Life Is A Good Life – I Believe Less Is More: Learn why simplifying your life can be a good thing.
75. 10 Simple Ways to Beat Impulse Buying: One way that stuff piles up around the house quickly is through impulse buying. Learn how to beat the habit in this post.
76. Stuff-onomics: Hidden Side of What You Own: Do you own your things or do they own you? This post examines the realities about the things we own.
77. How to Declutter an Entire Room in One Go: If you want to get in and get done with your organization project, this Zen Habits post can give you a hand.
78. Getting Organized: Here you’ll get some insights from Steve Pavlina on getting your life organized and less chaotic.
79. People vs. Things: What really matters to you? Examine it in depth here.
80. Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life: This blog post is jam-packed with ideas that can help you pare down your life and live more simply.

Getting More Done

Learn how to be more productive and better use your time from these posts.

81. Keep Your Goals in Front of You: Learn how to keep yourself challenged and working hard with these tips from Steve Pavlina on keeping your goals visible, accessible and always on your mind.
82. 10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It: Have you ever thought that you could get much more done if only you could drag yourself out of bed earlier? This post can help you do just that.
83. Do It First Thing, Every Day: How to Tackle Any Project: If you’ve got a big project you’ve been putting off, this post can inspire you to get started and get it conquered bit by bit.
84. How to Do Twice the Work in Half the Time: If you want to resolve to stop procrastinating and use your time more wisely, check out this great post.
85. 50 Tricks to Get Things Done Faster, Better, and More Easily: Why do more than you need to? This post will help you find ways to speed up your work so you can have fun or accomplish more.
86. 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People: If you’re not what you would call an effective person, try to rectify the situation by learning what you can through this post.
87. How to Eliminate Compulsive Internet Fiddling: There’s no greater time sink than the internet, so learn how you can keep on task and make the most of your time with some advice from Web Worker Daily.
88. 3 Critical Time Management Techniques You Shouldn’t Forget: For those who suck at being on time or keeping a schedule, these essentials can be a helpful way of keeping on task.
89. 30 Tips to Rejuvenate Your Creativity: For those working in the artistic fields, sometimes you can just reach a creativity impasse. Learn to overcome by reading this post from Lifehacker.
90. How to Stop Procrastination: Who hasn’t resolved to stop procrastinating? Here you can learn how to beat the procrastination bug and get your homework or work done.

Happiness and Wholeness

These posts will teach you how to reduce stress and live a generally happier life.

91. The Benefits of Mindfulness: Read this blog post to learn how being more mindful can have a big impact on your life.
92. How to Find Your Way Towards Consciousness and Calm: Check out this blog post to learn how to get into your happy place and reduce stress.
93. The Art of Doing Nothing: In today’s busy world simply sitting and doing nothing can be hard. This post explores how you can learn to relax and love doing absolutely nothing at all.
94. Savor the Little Things: Here you’ll find some inspirational advice on appreciating all the little blessings in your life.
95. The 10 Essential Rules for Slowing Down and Enjoying Life More: Do you take the time to enjoy your life? Here you can find some tips that will aid you in stopping and smelling the roses.
96. The Best Way to Successfully Overhaul Your Life: Learn how you can look at your life and make some major changes to just about everything in this post.
97. Reinvent Yourself in 21 Days: Think you can’t change who you are? This article thinks you can and that you can make major changes in less than a month to boot.
98. Finding Happiness: 10 Things to Avoid to Find Happiness in Life: Learn what you should stop or avoid doing to make your life a happier one.
99. A Guide to Creating Your Life Plan: Are you wandering aimlessly through your life unsure of who or what you want to be? This post will help you create goals and give you something to work towards.
100. The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment: This post from Psychology Today will help you learn to live your life for today, not tomorrow.