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:

• Best Posts in March
• Best Posts in February

Don’t forget to subscribe to the Zen Habits feed for more great stuff in May and beyond!