Can you believe it’s 2009? Wow! 2008 sure went quick. I wanted to take today to share some of the great tools and tips on the web that can help us fulfill the expectations we’ve set for ourselves in 2009. Hope you enjoy!
Instructables - Learn how to do just about anything with this outstanding site
full of DIY and How-tos.e-How - Like Instructables, e-How shows you how to do anything you want to learn.
12 Universities Offering Free Business Courses Online – Feed your brain by taking these free business courses.
TeacherTrainerVideos – Learn RSS, podcasting, iTunes, Youtube and so much for with these excellent tutorial videos.
Free Tools to Track Your Fitness Progress – Lifehacker – Lifehacker lists all the best free tools, so no more excuses.
The Best Tech Tools & Fitness Plans to Get in Shape – Lifehacker provides several tools to help us get in shape and lose weight. I personally use the Nike iPod and love it.
Gyminee – Track all your workouts, set goals, meet new friends & monitor your diet.
CalorieLab – Find nutrition information from almost any restaurant chain and foods. They also have calorie-burning information for daily activities.
How Eating Slowly Will Help You Lose Weight – The slower we eat, the more time we give our stomach to tell our brain that we’re full. I personally need to work on this.
5 Essential Weight Loss Foods – Eating the right foods can help speed up your weight loss.
Budget Better
50 Free or Low Cost Budgeting Tools – An excellent listing from Achingdebts.
Consumerist’s 9-Step Beginners Guide to Budgeting – Some great tips to budget using Microsoft Excel.
Reduce Debt
73 Great Debt Elimination Tips – 73 tips sure to set you straight.
Reader Pays of $14,330 in 20 Months With Our Tips – The Consumerists shows us the tips one of their readers followed to eliminate a ton of debt.
CNN Money’s Debt Reduction Planner – They have some great calculators to use to see exactly how much you are in debt and how much interest you’ll be paying.
Connect with Family
Geni – Build your family tree, keep records of your family history, create your children’s profiles, share photos and videos wit your family, celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other important dates, etc.
Cozi – Create and share family calendars, make lists, send reminders and messages, keep a family journal and sync your family calendar up with Outlook.
DLTK’s Printable Crafts for Kids - Have fun with a variety of fun, printable crafts for your kids, coloring pages, holiday projects, educational themes & more.
Find Your Sole Mate
Engage - You can be a dater or a matchmaker as this site looks to matchup couples
OKCupid – Free online dating site that uses community forums, tests, activities & tests.
Stop Bad Habits
20 Tricks to Nuke a Bad Habit – Learn how to stop bad habits from on the of the best, Zenhabits.
50 Habits of Highly Successful People – Stepcase Lifehack shows you some positive habits that could lead to more success. Do as those who are successful do.
13 Things to Avoid When Changing Habits - More great tips from Zenhabits. Things that you don’t want to do when modifying your habits.
18 Tricks to Make New Habits Stick – So now you’ve started new habits. Stepcase Lifehack shows you how to make you keep them.
How to Squash Negative Thought Patterns – Steve Pavlina provides 5 tips to make us stop thinking so negatively.
Get a Better Job
USAJobs 3 Part Series – Learn how to land a federal government job.
21 Useful Job Hunting Tools – Job search engines, online resume sites, tips & more.
Glassdoor – Knowledge is power, so make sure you find a company that employees like to work at. You’ll get anonymous employee reviews and salary information.
PayScale – Make sure you’re getting paid what your worth by getting a salary comparison, based on location, position, experience, etc.
Volunteer & Help Others
Idealist – Idealist is a site dedicated to bringing people and organizations together. You can exchange ideas, resources and locate opportunities and supporters.
Get Organized
20 Great Tools to Keep Your Life Organized – Now that we have the tips, lets use some of the great tools Zen Habits gives us.
7 Secrets of the Super Organized – Dumb Little Man shows us some great tips to help us get our lives organized.
I wish everyone luck on keeping their New Year Resolutions! To me, it’s more about setting realistic goals. My goals are to eat better, get in shape, start back school and be more successful this year than last. Please share some of your New Years Resolutions. I’m curious to see what you’ll be working on this year.
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