Over the holidays, I have done a lot of reading and soul-searching about the work I’m doing here at A Long Long Road.

To provide readers with more tips on career, relationships and money, and also to grow A Long Long Road, I have some of the upcoming initiatives that you can look forward to in 2008.

MORE SERIES AND LIFE BALANCING TIPS

We were halfway through the Career Lover series in 2007 and I will continue with where we left off - finding happiness by pursuing a career that you are passionate about. So look out for the next part of the series in the coming week.

To complete the 3 legged stool of balanced life, I will also do a series on Relationships shortly after the Career Lover series.

I have always believed the way to strike a balance in life is through practical measures. Such measures includes productivity tips to help you save time and get more things done in a lesser time. Lately, I have been trying out David Allen’s GTD methods and I have been getting some positive results. As such, from time to time, I will be shifting gears to include productivity hacks like the recent How To Use MS OutLook And MS Excel To Track Your Resolutions.

NEW FEATURE - WHICH WAY?

Sometimes we arrive at a juncture in our life where we seem to be stuck and don’t know where to go. At times like this, it’s really helpful to have some friend around who listens and give you a pointer or two to help you move on.

In the past 6 months I have received several emails from readers with questions that they have about challenges. Some questions are for themselves and some are asking for advice on behalf of family/friends. Some simply wanted another point of view for a common issue. In all cases, I will make it a point to understand their problems and give some pointers to start them off in the right direction. It’s heartening to see someone walking away from our conversation with a bigger perspective and getting a hang around their challenges.

But I also believe that there may be other readers who can benefit from these conversations as some of these challenges are common to many people. As such, I am greatly motivated to start a new feature - Which Way?. It’s a feature where you can submit your questions and I will post them along with my replies into the blog. This not only shares the knowledge with other readers, it also allows other readers to share their experiences and two cents worth on your questions. This is surely a win-win for all.

You can find out more details on this page about Which Way?.

Depending on the actual response rate, I will be posting questions as and when there are queries from readers; with a maximum of one Which Way? post per week.

NEW FEATURE - RECOMMENDED READS

As you may already noticed, I have started Recommended Reads, a weekly digest of articles related to career, money or relationships. While I like offer great tips for balance and happiness, there is a limit to how much time I can commit without losing my own life balance. As such, the best way is to leverage on others’ works. In my research, there are many great resources out there about improving career, money and relationships.

I will be filtering and aggregating the best articles in this weekly digest to save readers’ time to search for quality reads.

If you are a blogger and you have good, relevant articles to recommend, feel free to send me a link to take a look.

GUEST POSTINGS

Besides writing at A Long Long Road, I will be sharing my thoughts and writings on other blogs as well.

Thanks to supportive friends who have given a vote of confidence in my writing abilities, I will be doing more guest posts in 2008. For a start, I will be doing regular guest posting at LifeHack.org, an established blog which focus on lifehacks and productivity. I have also posted some guest posts on PickTheBrain, another very established blog on lifehacks and productivity. Lastly, I was also invited to be a regular writer for Fruitful Time, a new blog also focusing on productivity and lifehacks.

Guest blogging on these blogs is not only a great affirmation of my writing skills and beliefs; it also exposes me to a bigger audience and range of life issues which I promise to contribute back to A Long Long Road.

I will be posting links to these guest posts so that readers of A Long Long Road can benefit from these articles as well.

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It is my goal to grow A Long Long Road into a stronger and more established blog in 2008. With these upcoming initiatives, I hope more readers will benefit - a life long journey of happiness with meaningful career, great relationships and good money. If this sounds like something that’ll be beneficial to you, remember to support these initiatives by subscribing.

How has A Long Long Road fared in 2007 and what other initiatives would you like to see in 2008? Please share your feedbacks or suggestions in the comments.

Have a great 2008 ahead!

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