Need a Change of Pace? 6 Interesting Blogs to Take You Out of the Norm

Every once in awhile we may get a lit­tle tired of our cur­rent affairs. If you are con­stantly work­ing with the same sub­ject your brain is going to get bored. It will get stale and try­ing to con­tinue your work is going to make it that much harder to do.

I find it’s impor­tant to do some­thing a lit­tle dif­fer­ent every once in awhile to keep your brain from going stale. I know that a quick walk out­side or a brisk wres­tle with the youn­gins gets my brain going again. The point is to do some­thing dif­fer­ent to jolt your brain awake, then come back to your work refreshed.

Any kind of stim­u­la­tion will work. All you need is a change of pace to wake up a bit. These are 7 blogs, that I fol­low and that I found, that are just a lit­tle dif­fer­ent. And if you’re like me and mostly fol­low blogs per­tain­ing to busi­ness, then this just might do the trick.

They are all blogs that are inter­est­ing in some form or another. Some are bizarre and fas­ci­nat­ing. Oth­ers are just plain enterti­naing. So if you find your­self hav­ing trou­ble work­ing on that project that’s due soon, take some time and have a gan­der at these. Just make sure to set a timer, it’s easy to get lost.

Dark Roasted Blend

Just as the sub­ti­tle sug­gests, “Weird & Won­der­ful Things” it’s full of inter­est­ing things from around the world. It has been around for a long time but I’ve only just recently started fol­low­ing it. In that short time I’ve learned of place in the world that I had no idea that existed. Very fas­ci­nat­ing and enter­tain­ing. And appar­ently this is the site that John Malkovich wakes up to first thing in the morn­ing.

Neatorama

Sim­i­lar to the blog above, the posts on this blog have a lot of inter­est­ing and weird things from around the world. The cool thing about this blog they have a store that sells all kinds of neat knick­knacks that are enter­tain­ing and funny.

Pink Ten­ta­cle

This blog gives you good look at the art and other inter­est­ing things from Japan. This is great for those inter­ested in the Japan­ese cul­ture as well as the weird and dif­fer­ent. Some of it may pretty odd to the nor­mal fel­low or gal but it’s enter­tain­ing nonethe­less.

Nerd Approved

Just as the title sug­gests, this one posts a lot of con­tent that relates to the nerdy bunch. Any­thing to do with toys and gad­gets should be here and the enter­tain­ing. Nerd approved indeed.

Urlesque

The web is a big place and gets pretty dif­fi­cult to keep up with. Espe­cially when it comes the trends and viral sub­jects that pop up around the web. If some­thing goes viral in the online com­mu­nity, this is prob­a­bly a good place to find it.

The Cre­ative Junkie

This is one of the blogs that I fol­low sim­ply for the writ­ing itself. It’s full of witty and great writ­ing that is fun to read. The blog is more or less like a diary of sorts and has a lot that I’ve been able to relate to. Very entertaining.

I’m sure there are more sites out there that are prob­a­bly even more bizarre and weird but the point is to stim­u­late your brain to wake it up again. The brain is a fickle thing, enter­tain it for a bit and you’ll be good to go. And besides, who doesn’t like a good chuckle or learn some­thing new?

~Chris

Are there other sites you can think of to add to this list? What else do you do when you get a lit­tle bland or stale?

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