Lyved was officially launched on this day one year ago. It sure has come a long way but it still has a long way to go.

I just wanted to thank you all so much for being a part of the first year. I hope you continue to visit for many years to come. There’s plenty more in store.

Here is a selection of some of the most popular articles on the site as well as some notable links and press.

Body & Soul

- 75 questions to ask yourself

- 25 Simple Tips to Improve Your Health and Fitness

- How to just do it

- 5 easy pieces to piecing together your purpose in life

- 50 things to say before you die

Business & Money

- 9 Simple Strategies to Getting Things Done At Work

- 9 ways you can take advantage of this terrible economy

- The advantages of being poor

Entertainment

- What The Simpsons Can Teach You About Life

- 5 lessons from Indiana Jones

Family

- How to thrive in a single parent household

Fun & Travel

- 50 unconventional things to do in your lifetime

Green

- Seven, stupid, simple ways to be green and save green

Home

- Downsizing your home - 10 ways it will increase the quality of your life

Misc

- 15 questions I want to ask you and the world

- Dream big or go home

- 20 Websites That Can Change Your Life

News

- Why Obama being a celebrity is the greatest thing going for him and America

- How to bail out yourself

- Congrats Mr. Obama! But don’t forget your promises

- What YOU can do for your country

People

- 20 Ways to Change the World

- 7 lessons to learn from President Bush

- 11 beliefs I’ve found untrue

- 5 rags to riches stories

- 7 habits of really happy people

- 9 ways to battle poverty when you’re “poor” yourself

- 20 biographies that are must reads and must sees

Success

- 8 steps to life change and success

- How to be like Google

- Dealing with negativity: 8 ways to beat the naysayers

- How to turn failure into success

- How to graduate the School of Hard Knocks with a 4.0

- The art of getting off your ass

- Freaking Out: 5 Career Success Myths

Press & links

- Entrepreneur.com interview

- Top 20 Young Internet Entrepreneurs Under 21

- BNET.com

- Esquire.com

- NJ.com interview

- Portfolio.com

- ReadersDigest.com’s “The Daily Five” (no link available)

Do you have a personal favorite Lyved article? If so, please share in the comments below.

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Steve Pavlina is one of the biggest bloggers in the personal development community. His blog, named after himself, attracts more than two million visitors a month. His articles are always well thought out and extremely informative.

Steve has now jumped from the web publishing world to the book publishing world.His book is called Personal Development for Smart People; it is being published by Hay House.

The title may seem strange but when you read the book it makes complete sense. Steve doesn’t write about gimmicks that will change your life with little effort. Mr. Pavlina makes it very clear that change in your life will take significant effort and some time.

If you’re interested in a very informative book on personal development then I recommend you check out Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth.

Google has changed the world drastically in its 10 years of existence. Now they want your help to change the world even more. They launched a project called Project 10 to the 100th and they want ideas that will positively impact as many people as possible and ultimately change the world.

Google has set aside $10 million to fund up to five world-changing ideas. I’m sure that you can come up with a least one idea. Some of the most powerful ideas are the simplest.

Check out this quirky little video and visit their website here: Project 10¹⁰⁰

Here are some various links from around that internet that you should check out.

Slow-Motion Lighting Video

It’s a short clip but spectacular nonetheless.

Ridiculous Keyboard Napkin Crumb-Proofs Your Laptop

This simple invention might not be the most cutting-edge and might be wasteful, but it goes to show that there are still plenty of opportunities to innovate everywhere.

Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad

At least she can make fun of herself.

How to Use Clarity to Get Things Done

Read the article at the Huffington Post.

Google launches 2008 Olympics page

http://www.google.com/landing/summergames2008/index.html

Amazing waterfall display

The video is not the highest quality but the display is simply amazing.

How to Save Money - Common Money Mistakes

Read the article at Good Housekeeping.

How to Get In Lean Shape with Little or No Equipment

Read the article at Zen Habits.

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