I stumbled to this idea first briefly in Twitter, but only after seeing the amazingly cool fellow blogger Joshua Noerr take the challenge at his blog at www.joshuanoerr.com, I decided to take the challenge as well.
This challenge has been started by Darren Rowse from Problogger and the idea is that anyone who takes the challenge should publish a post that is a list of 7 links to posts that you and others have written that respond to the following 7 categories.
Without any further jargon, here is my list:
1. Your first post
How to Find Your Life Purpose in 10 Minutes
OK, 10 minutes sounds a little optimistic (I guess I tried to make a catchy headline there), it will probably take a little bit more time, but if you just focus on the right things, you can find your passions and life purpose quite quickly. After all, no one else but you can really realize your purpose in life.
2. A post you enjoyed writing the most
7 Amazing Productivity Tips for Lazy People
Yes, it must be this one, because I remember I was just about to escape to the beach when I decided to write this post, but remembered how good I would feel on the beach after I would have done something productive first.
Also, I really think those tips are very useful for getting a lot of things done in a short period of time, which gives more spare time for people that enjoy freedom, just like me and you.
3. A post which had a great discussion
Henri Junttila – My Experiences with Moving to Spain
Henri Junttila is an amazing young guy whose relatively young blog has got a lot of attention all over the blogosphere. I really like his writings and this topic especially had a nice conversation in the comment section where people shared their thoughts about moving abroad and living in different countries.
4. A post on someone else’s blog that you wish you’d written
Dragos Roua – 50 Ways to Start Fresh
Dragos is another awesome blogger who knows what he writes about and is a really open and kind guy as well. I warmly recommend checking out his blog. His newest post became really popular in Twitter and I don’t wonder why. It’s a simple but longish post that shows 50 excellent ways to start fresh and take a new direction in your life. I really wish I had written that post, it’s that good.
5. Your most helpful post
5 Huge Time Management Mistakes You Should Avoid
I think it has to be this post. I hope it’s been helpful to other people as well, but at least for me following those ideas have made it possible for me to get more things done without too many distractions, and when I get a lot of important things done, the feeling is always amazing.
6. A post with a title that you are proud of
7 Amazing Productivity Tips for Lazy People
This is the same post that I enjoyed writing the most, but I have to put it here as well, because it’s got the title I can be even slightly proud of. I think it has all the elements that a good title has to make it appealing for the reader:
- It’s a list
- It has an appealing adjective in it (amazing)
- It appeals to most people (because most people are a little bit lazy… well, at least I am)
- It sounds simple and seems like it’s going to give an answer to a particular problem that people have
7. A post that you wish more people had read
This is just a simple quote from a book, but I feel that the message is really good and it makes me feel good every time I read it. I think that more people should read it, there’s a great lesson to learn in a short story.
Yes, now I’ve taken the challenge. It was a little bit harder than I thought for some reason… difficult to be satisfied with my own writings I guess. If you are a blogger too, this is a nice challenge and a great way to get some links flowing in and out your blog.
PS. This challenge reminds me of something I did in school when I was about 8 years old. You know those little books that everyone had to write to, and there were several questions, such as which girl/boy you like the most, what is your favorite color, who would you like to kiss, and stuff like that.
The only difference is that this 7 link challenge is a little bit lame compared to those questions. 
The idea of this whole challenge was to get a lot of exposure and retweeting all over the blogosphere, so I’d appreciate it a lot if you could retweet this. Thanks!
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Hi Petteri,
Looks like a fun 7-category link challenge! Of course, I read the one you’d wished more folks had read: The Power of Giving. Wonderful. Cute, uplifting story about the young boy.
I agree. It’s more powerful to give. (and freeing.) Why our elders teach us to hoard makes little sense to me. There’s a couple traveling around the world who just wrote a post on their definition of a home and it wasn’t the things — it was the familiarity. Got me thinking in a new direction about all the things we hoard and protect and barely use. Hey, let’s at least use them!
I also liked your lazy one! We need more up a lazy river time to enjoy our lives.
Up a lazy river by the old mill run
The lazy, lazy river in the noon day sun
Linger in the shade of a kind old tree
Throw away your troubles
Dream a dream with me
Have a lazy, fulfilling weekend! Giulietta
Great comment, Giulietta!
You are totally spot on with the definition of home being more about familiarity than the things we own. Being too attached to things leaves us less time and energy to be attached to people and give something to others instead of focusing on protecting what we have, and it’s more difficult to be happy that way.
I wish you an awesome weekend, too!
Petteri, glad you took the challenge too mate! I had a lot of fun with it, and I agree with you, my favorite of yours is 7 Amazing Productivity Tips for Lazy People.
Thanks for the heads up on the plug in the other day, I am working on design this weekend so I will get it in there. Cheers!
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Yeah, it really was a lot of fun, although it’s kind of difficult to evaluate own articles.
Have fun with the design work… I just spent two days working on my other blog’s design and it’s incredible how much you can spend time on fixing all the little things if you take it seriously.