5 Fabulous posts from this week in the blogosphere. So many to choose from, so little time.

Stephanie encourages us to embrace a New Year theme rather than a list of resolutions. “A theme actually acts as an umbrella and can encompass ALL areas of your life. Whenever you have to make a decision about something, even something as small as what to eat for lunch, you can ask yourself, ‘Does this fall in line with my theme?’”

Values and money. Can the two live in harmony? Shonnie was brought to tears when she read her investment’s proposed policy for energy companies. It seems that you can indeed put your money where your mouth is.

Tax season is coming around the corner. Flexo passes on some valuable information on the income that we must declare on our taxes in his Do I Need to Report This Income series.

How do you respond to stumbling blocks? When you fail, do you blame everything and everyone around you or are you able to fail gracefully? Debbie shares here insights after watching her college football pick suffer the agony of defeat in When Champions Fall.

Midnight Raider shares a few concise tips to whittle your waistline. It’s my pick from the Personal Development Carnival.

Tell us about your fab 5 in the comments. Don’t be shy about including one of your own.

In Spirit,
Nneka