1. Eric Cressey – extrememly intelligent trainer, can fix your bum shoulder and add 200 lbs to your deadlift
2. Mike Robertson – very similar to Eric except with knees
3. Simple Dollar – most things he says make sense, I tend to think I’m a simple person
4. Whole Health Source – research based nutrition info, flies in the face a lot of mainstream stuff
5. Get Rich Slowly – good advice and I love the links to other blogs, opens doors to sites & information (just like this blog)

http://www.behaviorgap.com/

http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/

http://www.koit.com/pages/4111178.php

Lifehacker – It’s not all useful, but there are so many gems I can’t miss it
Early Retirement Extreme – unique content that I can’t get anywhere else
Get Rich Slowly – covers everything that needs to be covered in the PF world and JD is a really nice guy
Seth’s Blog – smart guy, shares useful business wisdom

My Year Without Spending http://myyearwithoutspending.blogspot.com/

Non-Consumer Advocate
http://thenonconsumeradvocate.wordpress.com/

Lords and Ladies of Leisure
http://lordsandladiesofleisure.wordpress.com/

I also read the CRON Diary. A very good look at health and nutrition. Her blog is; http://crdiary.blogspot.com/

PS I check Early Retirement Extreme every time I am on line. I find the view exciting and challenging.

…I believe I’m NOW going to publish this to my blog to inspire others to do the exercise.

The 5 that stick out to me the most are:

1. FreeMoneyFinance – I read this blog because it is such a well rounded finance blog, and is written from a Christian perspective.
2. GetRichSlowly – I read this site because JD Roth has such a large amount of resources available to him because of his popularity, yet still manages to keep his focus on helping people financially. “Don’t be fooled by the rock that he got!”
3. FiveCentNickel – I read Nickel’s blog because he has such a vast amount of experience. I am a strong believer in following mentors that have already achieved what I am setting out to achieve, and Nickel has done that. Not to mention the fact that he publishes an article by yours truly every Thursday morning!
4. EarlyRetirementExtreme – The newest addition to my frequent reads is your blog. The reason I read it now is because you think outside the box greater than 95% of any other personal finance blogger I have read to date, and I appreciate that SO MUCH! I am also a nontraditional thinker and am moving toward a highly sacrificial lifestyle to pay down my debt as soon as possible. Just the other day my wife agreed to put the house up for sale & move into a $500/month condo, saving us $900/month!
5. ChristianPersonalFinance – Bob’s writing is very thorough and from the heart, not to mention useful. The combination keeps bringing me back.

Looking back over the list now, I see the common thread in all these blogs is the fact that each of the writers have already achieved something I am currently working to accomplish, and I want to surround myself with their success.

Thanks for making me go through this exercise, I believe I’m not going to publish this to my blog to inspire others to do the same.

ERE is the best though – gives me hope that I will get there!

Well, just because he publishes frequently probably means there’s a higher chance of repetitiveness.

I’d like a rec for a blog on diy bike repair/mechanics.

http://halshop.wordpress.com – for great reviews on novels and teaching

GRS (someone rec’d your blog in the comments section, which is how I found ERE)

Funny About Money – Why? She is hilarious in a blunt grandma way and has lots of good ideas.

Shopaholly – Why? She channels my need for a Bridget Jonesesque sort of silliness and dialogue and she seems to have alot of adventures.

Brunette on a Budget – Why? I am a brunette to and also on a budget and I like her takes on fashion and she is usually very informative in a non boring sort of way.

Dual Income No Kids – Why? These guys update their reader alot and I seriously love the educated spin they put on everything and in our own home we also have dual income with no kids.

I subscribe to several others but honestly the above I get excited to read each time they are posted. Honorable mentions inlude Budgets are Sexy, The Simple Dollar, Frugal Dad, and Get Rich Slowly….however these are HEAVILY skewed toward the male viewpoint, rightly so since they are written by men. The Simple Dollar tends to get a little preachy and repetitive in nature, and sometimes in Budgets are Sexy he is funny and sometimes bordering on juvenile, that is the beauty of a reader…skip it if he gets annoying.

Tim Ferris – Why? Makes you wonder why you are wasting your life…in a positive way. Variety and depth of coverage on the topics.

1) Yours – Why? You always have a different angle on everything, think logically (rare), and use real facts in your posts (again, rare).

2) The Big Picture (Barry Ritholtz) – Why? It is the BEST economic/financial/investing blog on the web for an overall view of the economy, bar none. Plus, he writes what he really thinks and is about as non-partisan as you can get.

3) Brip Blap – Why? He doesn’t stick to the boring old PF topics. Nor does he treat the boring old PF topics the same way.

4) Whatever – Why? Great writer who hits a lot of topics. Plus, there is usually a good discussion in the comments section for interesting posts.

5) Naked Capitalism – Why? In depth analysis of current economic events. Seems to be as unbiased as a human can be.

6) The Cunning Realist (I know you only asked for 5) – Why? Amusing, and usually depressing, comments about current events (mostly economic).

I know you asked for what we read, but I wanted to include one I don’t read because so many commenters said they read it:

The Simple Dollar – Why not? Same old boring PF advice that will make you a wage slave all your life. Plus, I have seen far too many inaccurate posts on finance, including ones with bad math. I pointed out the bad math once and all I got was argument about his belief…never changed the math.

Dilbert blog
ERE
Crawlingroad
GRS & TSD
Cool tools

Not blogs, but their rss-feeds eat much of my time: Bogleheads forum & Reddit