The internet - helping you be a better you

While January is typically a month filled with setting new goals, February often sees us return to our old ways. These websites will inspire you to be the best version of yourself physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Everybody Live to 100

Need a personal Warrant of Fitness? Liveto100.everybody.co.nz is a great source for finding lists of the mental, physical and medical tests you can do at every age, and is dedicated to general wellbeing.

Find out what kind of cancer you should be checking yourself for or what vaccines you need depending on your age and sex.

This website is an informative Kiwi-centric source for information, checklists and other tools to help you live a longer life.

Goop

Putting aside the fact that it's run by an A-list movie star, GOOP.com is a lifestyle advice website with a "be a better you" theme to every article.

Written by actress Gwyneth Paltrow and sent out weekly as an e-newsletter, GOOP is filled with wholesome recipes, exercise and diet tips, world travel guides and wellness-provoking things to do such as meditation and how to organise your home's junk for a clearer mind.

Meet-up

Are you always making plans to do something new, try something new, or meet someone new? Meetup.com is a worldwide site for organising group meet- ups. Dozens of New Zealand clubs are listed on this website, from book clubs to charity groups to poker teams.

Search for meet-ups within a certain distance of your location and by the topic or interest of your choice.

PostSecret

Postsecret.blogspot.com is a secret-sharing website. Once a week it is updated with homemade postcards sent into the PostSecret HQ, each revealing something intimate about a stranger's life.

From confessions of unrequited love to motivating stories of family bonding, this website is a great place to inspire yourself to anonymously let go of a secret you've been holding.

iTunes U

Further education is on many people's minds at this time of year, but if taking some real classes at university isn't in your future there is a new digital way of learning.

iTunes U is a digital classroom accessible through your iTunes, iPhone and iPod Touch. While many iTunes U sites are for students of designated universities, a lot of course material is available to all visitors - meaning you can get a grasp on a new subject of interest for free. From apple.com/education/mobile-learning.

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