Happy 2009! Hope you all had a great New Years Eve & an easy breezy New Years Day (I, for one, did not get out of my pjs, which means I had a great daty)!

As suspected, the blogs were nice and slow this week (just like me!). But what I didn’t suspect is that a lot of the blogs had Best of 2008 lists, so I got some stuff to share. Here ya go:

• What Jobseekers Can Learn From A Panhandler was an amazing story on Keppie Careers‘ blog. I’ve rode the subway for 12 years and have never seen anything like it, but I can believe it.
• I read The Year of Saying Yes! on the same day as another post just like it (the release of The Yes Man caused a slew of them) and thought it was an interesting idea. But as someone who says “Yes” too often I’d have to be much pickier than the author!
• Lateral Action is back again with another great post about organization for creatives, with 10 Creative Lessons from Bowie in Berlin. #5 is my current fave but I have a feeling it would change depending on my mood.
• Zen Habits is one of the blogs that posted their favorite/most popular posts of the year. As I’m currently in de-clutter/simplifying mode (call it New Years-itis), my faves are The Minimalist’s Guide to Fighting (& Beating) Clutter Entropy, The Ultimate Guide to Motivation – How to Achieve Any Goal, The Four Laws of Simplicity & How to Apply Them to Life, Living Simply: The Ultimate Guide to Conquering Your Clutter,  and 21 Easy Hacks to Simplify Your Life (although I don’t see myself just eating 7 foods or wearing only a few colors).
• I don’t think I’m the only one in 2009 whose resolution includes Launching My Dream Career, so I’m hoping that this post from The Simple Dollar will help others as well as myself!
• I love how Gretchen from The Happiness Project lives by her 12 Commandments. Take Gretchen’s advice on how to write your own commandments & live by your values every day. I have a feeling this will be a future blog post, as the more I read Gretchen’s tips the more my own brain starts a-buzzing.

I’m going to take a blogging break this weekend but will be back on Monday. Have a great start to 2009!

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