Welcome to the August 18, 2008 edition of the Balanced Living Carnival.
Tip of the Hat
Productivity tips are everywhere. Anywhere from productivity videos to productivity blogs to productivity books. Everyone wants to be more productive yet I rarely ever hear this big productivity tip mentioned. AndrewB presents Biggest Productivity Tip posted at Personal Hack.
Green Living
Do you have unneeded items laying about your house? Don’t know what to do with them? Well, don’t throw them out – there are other ways you can get rid of them without contributing them to landfills. Tip Diva presents Tip Diva | Top Ten Tips – Getting Rid Of Things posted at Tip Diva.
Kathy Hester (GeekyPoet) presents How to start eating like a localvore posted at Chow Spice. I love the new term – “localvore!”
Health/Wellness
Mansi Desai presents What to Eat Before & After a Workout posted at Fun and Food. Desai discusses what food to eat before and affter a workout – a nice introductory read.
AndrewB presents Can’t Stop Eating? 3 Tips To Get Your Eating Under Control | Stop Binge Eating saying, “Ever feel helpless around food? Maybe it’s a certain food. Maybe You can’t stop eating your favorite junk food. Maybe you can’t stop eating your favorite fast food. Maybe you are just eating too much and want to get your eating under control. Either way these tips will help you get your eating under control.”
Jerome Ryan presents Personal Trainers Have Fitness Struggles Too, Part 1 posted at Dating Tips, Fitness Tips, Daily Blog of the TheFitnessPersonals.com.
Jerome Ryan also shares How to Start an Exercise Program posted at Dating Tips, Fitness Tips, Daily Blog of the TheFitnessPersonals.com.
Linda Riley presents 8 Best Free Weight Loss Tools on the Internet Today posted at Weight Loss Insider: Weight Loss Pills, Diets and Programs Reviewed.
Small changes to your lifestyle will benefit your overall health in the long term. Once you begin to feel the benefits of your lifestyle changes, you will want to include even more healthy habits. Here are 5 easy steps you can take towards leading a healthier lifestyle. Mediamonkey presents How to improve your Health: Healthy tips and tricks posted at How to: tips, tricks & recipes.
Avani presents How to Become an Early Sleeper posted at Avani-Mehta.
Motivation
Fiona King presents 100+ Motivational Techniques to Take Learning to the Next Level posted at Smart Teaching.
Bob and Melinda Blanchard present If it’s broken, fix it! posted at Live What You Love, saying, “DREAM it, then do it, that’s all it takes to get the life you want!”
The Shawshank Redemption, Braveheart, Rocky. Get motivated by these inspirational movies that will make you feel like you live you can take on the world. Ralph Jean-Paul presents 10 Inspirational Movies That Will Inspire You posted at Potential 2 Success.
Personal Development/Growth
Lola presents How to clear limiting beliefs: get curious (2/3) posted at Real World Spiritual and Personal Development.
Desire without attachment to outcome might sound like a paradox at first. How can you desire or want something and yet not care about whether you get it or not? AndrewB presents Desire Without Attachment To Outcome posted at Personal Hack. “While desire without attachment is an old personal development concept, I myself haven’t came across any great explanations of it, and therefore it took me a while to understand it.”
Toni presents Thank you for 31! posted at Wifely Steps, saying, “When I turned 31, I felt a bit depressed. I thought of all the things I failed to accomplish. This entry is my reflection on how I changed my thinking and saw that while there may have been things I didn’t do, there were far more many things that I DID accomplish. We shouldn’t be so hard on ourselves!”
Donald Latumahina presents What is Happiness? Definition of Happiness posted at Life Optimizer.
Peter presents Five Ways Keeping a Journal Can Change Your Life posted at The Change Blog.
Semi-Charmed Wife presents Find Your Passion (or at least A passion) posted at Semi-Charmed Wife.
Colin presents Developing A Positive Attitude posted at Positive Attitude Tips Blog, offering some good advice for those of us who need to shift our attitudes.
Jerome Ryan presents Why Giving Yourself Space Is So Important posted at Dating Tips, Fitness Tips, Daily Blog of the TheFitnessPersonals.com.
P.L. Frederick presents Taking A Stand On Lemonade Stands posted at Small and Big. This is a quick read about learning lessons from childhood.
Productivity
Myscha Theriault presents Assembly Cooking for Newbies | Wise Bread posted at Wise Bread.
Bill Kanapaux presents 6 Ways to Stay Sane While Working from Home posted at BlogRivet.com, based on his 10+ years of experience working full time from a home-based office.
Professional Development
Heather Johnson presents The Two Sides of Job Hopping posted at WorkBloom.net – Career, Employment, & Job Search Blog.
Relationships
What’s the secret to successful, long-lasting relationships? Carole Gold presents It’s All About Energy posted at McKay Today.
GP presents Cant We all Just git along? posted at Innside Montana-Your Home at the Range, saying, “Ah rules for being human… Getting in our high season here at the inn, can’t we all just get along?”
axel presents Basic Relationship Skills posted at axel g.
Simplicity
Daylle Deanna Schwartz presents Are You Into F & M? posted at Lessons from a Recovering DoorMat, saying, “It’s important to have a Balance between having fun and making money. That’s why I recommend getting into F & M.”
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Thanks for including me in your carnival Alaia! It’s a good group of articles.
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There are so many good articles posted in this carnival, I don’t know where to start.
Nice set of articles, Alaia. Thanks for adding mine to the list.