Photos by Star Lisa and Joiseyshowaa.
Welcome to the 15th Edition of my Personal Stories of Change Blog Carnival. For those unfamiliar with this carnival, basically I aim to present a collection of self improvement articles where the writer shares a personal experience. Enjoy

Al presents Why Bad Things Happen to Good People posted at [...]

This entry was posted on February 17, 2008 and is filed under: Blogging - 6 Comments »

Photos by Yvestown and Paul Watson.
I’ll admit it: I used to be a slob. Several years ago, I would have been lucky just getting my clothes in the right drawers. To-do lists, calendars and detailed systems for managing my energy and time would have seemed like a fantasy. Instead I had nothing written down or [...]

This entry was posted on February 15, 2008 and is filed under: Productivity - 18 Comments »

Photo: Darwin Bell.
Ahhh yes… love is in the air (or is that just the smell of my morning coffee?) Valentines Day – that day you either eagerly await, dread, or are just plain indifferent to – has rolled around again. Personally, I think it is nice to have a day where you do [...]

This entry was posted on February 13, 2008 and is filed under: Relationships - 14 Comments »

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While I don’t claim to be a blogging expert, I have picked up a few tips and tricks over the past 9 months that have helped me break into the Technorati Top 10,000, push past 2,000 RSS subscribers, and find myself a job as editor on PickTheBrain. In this article I will [...]

This entry was posted on February 11, 2008 and is filed under: Blogging - 58 Comments »

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“When my daughter was seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, ‘You mean they forget?’” – Howard Ikemoto (artist and art [...]

This entry was posted on February 8, 2008 and is filed under: Meaning & Purpose - 56 Comments »

Photos by Hugo*, Dean Forbes, and Thomas Hawk.
By David Bohl
My Workaholic Life
My most successful habit change, by far, has been to go from working 80-100 hours a week to working ‘normal’, human hours. Sometimes I take Fridays off and don’t even work 40 hours a week. Sometimes I work a little more. But the main [...]

This entry was posted on February 6, 2008 and is filed under: Career - 13 Comments »