Circumstances surrounding the pandemic have pushed many of us closer and closer to despair. It is only human to stumble and lose momentum from time to time.
The never-ending rat race of life does not leave much room for us to recover or seek inspiration and motivation. However, we may forget that our most significant resources are simply a click away.
Here are our top five motivational sites and blogs to reignite the fire in your belly.
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Addicted 2 Success
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Next is Australian Entrepreneur and motivational speaker Joel Brown’s “Addicted 2 Success”. Starting in April 2011, the digital media and news company’s blog was initially created to share advice about success.
Over the years, it has become a platform of motivational content with over one hundred million views internationally. Over the last six years, the site has secured its spot as one of the most popular motivational blogs, and for a good reason.
With a mission to empower and inspire, “Addicted 2 Success” aims to spread self-development information and motivation through life-changing stories from around the world.
Joel has gathered inspirational individuals from across the globe to share their stories, tips, and tricks. This means the site has an extensive collection of motivational resources, from videos to interviews, articles, and audios featuring successful and well-known entrepreneurs, celebrities, and life coaches.
They even have a podcast available if you don’t have the time to sit down and scroll through the site for hours. Needless to say, this is the ultimate all-around package to buoy your spirits and motivate you to focus on your dreams, regardless of how unreachable they may seem.
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Not Another Millennial Blog
If you’re over traditional motivation blogs and crave something a little different, we have just the site for you! Not Another Millennial Blog strives to stand out and undo the typically negative millennial stereotypes that float around the internet.
Tired of hearing about millennials not being able to secure the jobs they want and reading all the depressing and demotivating stats about this generation, the creators started the blog to prove that the “generation crybaby” had far more to offer.
Sharing real-life stories and experiences, the blog offers real-world solutions, ideas, and examples to inspire you as you navigate life. It keeps it honest with glimpses into incredibly happy moments and painful, challenging experiences that brought the writers to their knees. Their site proudly boasts: “We’ve dealt with real life, we aren’t afraid of it, and we’ve learned from it.”
Finally, it promises to be for “adultier” adults, so you don’t need to panic. Using their specific expertise and experiences, the writers have filled the site with helpful tips to keep you motivated in the most practical sense of the word.
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The NieNie Dialogues
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If you aren’t after open-ended motivation but rather a realistic and personal story to inspire you, then Stephanie Nielson’s blog, The NieNie Dialogues, needs to be in your bookmarks.
Stephanie and her husband, Christian, survived a fiery plane crash over Arizona that saw their pilot die a day later. Left in a coma for three months, Stephanie underwent multiple operations, skin grafts, and physical therapy after acquiring burns on 80% of her body.
Years later, Stephanie is still sharing her journey to recovery and raising her family of five, despite her scars which cause constant physical pain some days. Her love of life will motivate readers to embrace her willpower and positive mindset that helps her push through her pain every day.
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AmoDays
Our number one pick for motivation is AmoDays. The site, which is an AmoMama project, is precisely what you need at the end of a long day. The multimedia platform is overflowing with easy-to-read, heartwarming motivational stories to renew your faith in humanity.
With a team of professional writers curating and retelling impactful stories and gathering quotes and resources, the site inspires readers to embrace small moments of kindness and positivity.
“AmoDays” aims to use its platform to make the “world a little better, day by day.” In our opinion, this makes Amodays the perfect site to browse whenever you’re having a tough day and need a reason to stay positive and keep going.
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Alden-Tan.com
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Another unique yet surprisingly inspiring blog is Singapore-born Alden Tan’s site which boasts the jarring tagline: “Only Real Sh*t”. The slogan should tell you everything you need to know about the young blogger’s approach to writing.
Alden lost his father to the rare disease ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, which also killed Stephen Hawking) as a child. He learned many life lessons the hard way.
Armed with these lessons, Alden realized he was in a position to teach others like him different social and personal skills so that they could live successfully. In response to why he chose to write, Alden explains:
“Why? Because I want to help. I know what it’s like to face death this close to you. You really do not need to go through what I did to realize that you get to be happy doing what you love.”
The writer, blogger, and online entrepreneur has curated his blog in such a uniquely open and honest manner that readers are immediately drawn into the interactive and engaging tone of each of the posts.
His site also offers a course that teaches how to find happiness in 100 days and a free guide to things that would not bother happy people.
Alden makes it a point to show that every day will not be happy and inspiring; however, he urges readers to look for the meaningfulness in their most challenging days and use it as fuel to keep them going.
Hopefully, one of these sites strikes the right chord in you and helps you get back on your feet. As many have proven before: tough times never last; only tough people do.
