Top 10 Posts of 2008

What an incredible year it’s been! The birth of our beautiful daughter Malone, moving to Washington, celebrating 2 amazing years of marriage with my wife, starting out my career as a C-17 pilot and meeting some great new friends. Oh yeah, and then there’s this blog.

I started writing on a consistent basis just over a year ago with the sole purpose of passing on various lessons in skilled living to anyone that might be interested. I’m not going to lie, at times the daily grind of blogging can be a bit challenging, but overall, the experience has been wonderful. Connecting with readers, making new relationships, and learning to put ideas into words have all made blogging something I’d recommend to anyone.

Here’s a quick snapshot of Schaefer’s Blog in 2008:

• Total Visitors – 131,785

• Total Pageviews – 236,546

• Comments – 686

• Subscribers – 641 (started the year with 11)

• Google Page Rank – 4

Thank you to all of you who have subscribed, commented, told friends and been a part of the community. I’ll do my best to make sure 2009 is even better. And with that, here are the top 10 posts for Schaefer’s Blog in 2008 as voted by you and your pageviews:

1) 7 Ways to Remember What You Read – the immense benefits of reading are only as great as one’s ability to remember and process the information. Nothing is more frustrating than reading a great book and not being able to recall any of the major points a year or even a month later.

2)  The Lost Art of the Push-Up – As much as I hated it, the push-up helped mold me and keep me in incredible shape. In the process, it also found its way into my heart as an exercise that while not flashy, gets results.

3)  The Holy Trinity of Fitness – Keeping in theme with classic exercises that don’t require thousands of dollars of equipment or gym memberships I present 3 exercises that will give you an incredible workout and get you in great shape if done consistently.

4)  Whatever Happened to Personal Responsibility: A Rant – at the end of the day it’s about taking a coat when it looks like it’s chilly outside.  You can choose not to, it’s true, but don’t whine when you get cold.  Life’s about choices.

5)  Change is a Community Project – Change does not happen in isolation, change happens in the midst of quality human relationships.

6)  5 Things to Remember While Traveling the World – I have now been to 6 of the 7 continents, with hopes to travel to Antarctica in the next few years. Some of my trips have been short, others long, but all of them have combined to give me a much better idea of what it takes to be a skilled world traveler.

7)   7 Common First Time Home Buyer Mistakes – Now that we’ve finally found a home I wanted to look at some pitfalls for first-time home buyers. Some we narrowly avoided, others we fell right into, but they are valuable things to think about when facing this milestone.

8)  The Greatest Buying Opportunity of Our Time – When the market is going down in flames, seasoned investors see incredible buying opportunities where novices see only doom and gloom.

9)  How to Kill an Organization: 5 Barriers to Kaizen – The philosophy of kaizen is something that is of great benefit not only to businesses, but churches, non-profits and civic groups as well. It seems like a no-brainer, yet few organizations really practice it. Why? Here are some thoughts.

10)  20 Things to Do In Your 20′s – The twenties are also foundational years for us and should not be wasted or lived unintentionally. With the help of some friends and mentors, the following are some of the best things we could think of to do in order to make the most of your twenties.

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