April’s Best Posts
April was a big month for Zen Habits — we turned three months old, and more than doubled our subscribers from 2,374 to over 5,000. Zen Habits also shot up in the Technorati rankings, from a ranking of about 31,000 to a ranking of under 7,000. Thank you, readers!
Here are the best posts in April:
- Turning Habits Into Goals
- Inbox Master: Get All Your Inboxes to Zero, and Have Fewer Inboxes
- Financial Zen: How to Get Financial Peace of Mind
- Edit Your Life Part 5: Your Wardrobe
- Calm as a Monk: How Equanimity Can Save Your Sanity
- Want to Gain Weight? Focus on Muscle-building, Not Calories
- The Secret Habit to Success
- Big Rocks First: Double Your Productivity This Week
- How to Get Your Credit Score Up, and How Not to Care
- Edit Your Life Part 6: a Media Fast
- Practical Tips to Being Present
- Top 50 Productivity Blogs (most of which you haven’t heard about)
- 50 Tips for Grocery Shopping
- Productivity Boost: Increase and Manage Your Energy
- Zen To Done (ZTD): The Ultimate Simple Productivity System
- Minimal ZTD: The Simplest System Possible
- How to Make Your Finances Automagical
- 6 Simple Steps to Make Mail & Paperwork Painless
- Cut Your Work Week to Get More Done
- Gradual Vegetarianism: the Easy Way to a Slim Waist
- Top 10 Ways to Reduce Your Work Week
- 10 Ways I Got 4,700 Subscribers in 3 Months
- Simple Way to Save $3,000 a Year: Brown Bag It
- How Complicating Your Life Makes Simplifying it Worthwhile
- 12 Ways to Decompress after High Stress
- Top 15 Diet Hacks
- How to Make Exercise a Daily Habit
Also, elsewhere, some guest posts I wrote in April:
- The Good Human: 12 Simple Habits to Help the Environment
- Consumerism Commentary: Gradual Frugality
- LifeDev: 5 Ways To Eliminate the Unnecessary and Focus On Your Dreams
- Scott H. Young: Do Less to Be More Productive
- Lifehack.org: Firefox OS: Why My Hard Drive and Software are Obsolete
- Lifehack.org: Getting Free of Google’s Grip: the 10 Top Alternatives
- Lifehack.org: How to Make Gmail/Gcal Rock Your Tasks
- Lifehack.org: 10 Tips from Lincoln on Writing a Kick-Ass Speech
- Lifehack.org: The Gentle Art of Saying No
Also see:
Don’t forget to subscribe to the Zen Habits feed for more great stuff in May and beyond!
- Posted on 2 May 2007 in Aboutzenhabits, Links |
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Comments (6)
Tony Wright Says:
May 2nd, 2007, 15:08 pm
Wow– congratulations. A lot of people say that the blogosphere has gotten too mature to allow new bloggers to “break in”. This just shows that with a heckuva lot of persistence and some good writing can take you pretty darn far.
Mike Says:
May 2nd, 2007, 17:14 pm
Just echoing what Tony said. You’ve come a long way. I just hope you’re taking care of yourself and remembering to live life and not just write about it. Your content, Leo, is some of the best around. Keep up the good work!
Leo Says:
May 2nd, 2007, 18:07 pm
Thanks guys! I appreciate the positive feedback and encouragement, as always. Actually, feedback like this has been what’s motivated me to keep putting out my best stuff every day. It’s been a blast!
As for living my life and not just writing about it, you have a great point. I think that’s an issue we all grapple with. For myself, I’ve been working on limiting my time spent writing for this blog, responding to comments, and responding to emails. It’s still something I’m working on, but when I find a good solution, you can bet I’ll post about it. :)
Dario Says:
May 3rd, 2007, 7:35 am
Congrats on all your readers, Leo! I made an interesting post in mine yesterday. Please feel free to check it out here.
Just a bit of constructive criticism: I enjoyed the blog a bit more when you wrote more about one’s personal life and not so much the economical side of it. Just sharing my insight.
Keep up the good work!
Leo Says:
May 3rd, 2007, 7:38 am
Thanks, Dario! I appreciate the constructive criticism. Just so I’m clear: what do you mean by economical side?
Wibbler Says:
June 1st, 2007, 9:13 am
Another idea - you can give the “best posts” entries their own category - and then those of us that can’t keep up with all your posts can subscribe to that category’s RSS feed!
