College comes with a hefty pricetag. And why would it not? A university degree is invaluable, and students get a lot for their money. However, certain things aren’t part of the enrollment package: insight, wisdom, maturity, humor, patience, humility, perspective. So get them for free, here:

Perspectives

Life’s usually not as bad as it seems, or at least it doesn’t have to be. These great blogs are filled with secrets to happy living.

1. F-MyLife : A hilarious blog where readers post their most embarrassing, shameful, and "OMG" stories.
2. Marc and Angel Hack Life : Two practical thinkers give an interesting angle to life’s toughest situations.
3. Life Without Pants: This blogger reminds his readers to live life "unrestricted and without regrets."
4. Live Your Best Life: Strive for excellence in life and work.
5. Life Hack: Life advice every student (and adult) should take to heart.
6. The Happiness Project: Author Gretchen Rubin’s collection of life lessons and theories, both her own and those of famous philosophers. The Happiness Project will be published and hit the shelves in January 2010.
7. Zen Habits: From waking up early to frugal living, this blog will challenge you to develop a disciplined lifestyle.
8. How to Live: Best practices, inspiring quotes, facing tragedy. This blog is full of facts to help you make good decisions.
9. Reel Life Wisdom: Get your daily fix of wisdom from this site, which houses inspirational quotes from thousands of movies.
10. Life Lessons: This owner’s manual is brimming with sound life guidance. Some days posts are funny, some days they are serious, but they are always worth the read.

Current Events and Politics

College talk often involves parties, sports, and weekend plans, so visit the following blogs to expand your conversational horizons.

11. Swamp Politics: The Washington bureau of The Chicago Tribune posts to this blog around the clock, and readers can find news and editorials on every political topic.
12. Politico: Political commentary and news from America’s most brilliant political minds.
13. CNN Political Ticker: As the blog’s description says, "all politics, all the time."
14. Washington Whispers: U.S. News and World Report delivers everything in its magazine to this blog, which is updated constantly and filled with important events.
15. PR Newswire: This blog is streaming with news, and new posts are added nearly every five minutes.
16. The Lede: A New York Times blog that follows daily news and updates stories as they progress.
17. Urban Conservative: A good site for young Republicans.
18. Democratic Daily: A liberal dose of Democratic news and opinions.
19. USA Today Blogs: The national newspaper’s online blog index includes current events, sports, politics, editorials and more.
20. Fox News: Similar to USA Today bloggers, Fox bloggers write to cover an array of topics, and even have live blogs, which are constantly streaming.

Food and Wellness

Cook like a professional and work out like an athlete. Food and fitness are essential to living well, so let the experts here help you find your best life.

21. CHOW: Delicious recipes from top chefs and readers alike.
22. Cocktail Nerd: Great drink recipes for unwinding and entertaining friends.
23. Healthy Eating Blog: Without asking readers to sacrifice taste, health.com provides tips for ultra-healthy eating.
24. Rachel Ray: Famous for her 30-minute meals, Rachel Ray teaches how to cook well and do it quickly.
25. Eat Like a Rabbit: This vegetarian’s blog is full of recipes and snack ideas for animal-friendly eaters.
26. Yoga Link: Online guide to yoga that is both beginner- and expert-friendly.
27. Live Well HD: This blog encompasses a variety of topics for healthy living.
28. Whole Health Source: Neurobiologist Stephan Guyenet blogs about health, food, and wholesome living.
29. Shape: Although Shape is traditionally a women’s magazine, its blog caters to the health and fitness needs of both genders.
30. Well Blog: New York Times contributor Tara Parker-Pope researches and shares expert advice about total well-being.

Finance

These blogs offer financial guidance and debt solutions students should keep in mind long after graduation.

31. The Lean Times: "Financial advice to my 20-year-old self."
32. Almost Frugal: This blog highlights different ways successful people live frugally without pinching pennies too hard.
33. Savings not Shoes: One woman’s struggle to end her shopping addiction and take charge of her savings account.
34. Shoestring Alley: Learn how to live on a tight budget and reach your savings goals.
35. My Pretty Pennies: The journal of a young girl trying to change her life, one penny at a time.
36. Penny Golightly: Bargain shopping never looked so good. "Who cares if everyone’s broke, let’s have fun anyway!"
37. The Motley Fool: An enriching UK blog about understanding the market, researching stock value, and safeguarding your investments.
38. Make It and Mend It: Do-it-yourself tips that help you repair and recycle objects you might otherwise throw away.
39. Budgets are Sexy: This young blogger takes readers along on his journey to becoming a millionaire.
40. Tip’d: Tip’d is a community for financial news, ideas, and tips.

Just for Women

Sometimes advice only works if it’s personalized. We each have different needs, issues, problems, and goals. Here are ten great blogs designed with today’s woman in mind.

41. Life Coaching for Women: Jan Scott’s "live your best life" blog for women of all ages.
42. Advice Goddess: Journalist and Blogger Amy Alkon gives practical life and relationship advice for women.
43. iFeminists: Current events about women, for women.
44. Living: A daily site about career, entertaining, style, health, travel, family and more.
45. On the Runway: New York Times writer Cathy Horyn writes about fashion and style, and the latest trends.
46. iVillage: For years, iVillage has been the go-to site for women around the world. The information in its blogs are often featured on shows like Good Morning America, so you don’t have to worry about it being too good to be true.
47. Women’s Health: Like the magazine, the blogs found on the Women’s Health Web site cover money, sex, exercise, career, and education.
48. Women’s Life Link: This successful blogger writes about current events that pertain to women, especially in science and technology.
49. Healthy Women: Blogs from the National Women’s Health Resource Center.
50. Gal’s Guide: A woman’s guide to living life in the big city after college.

Just for Men

Health, fitness, and lifehack blogs often seemed geared toward women, with pink backgrounds and bubbly typefaces. The following sites promise to deliver well-rounded information, without the frill.

51. All Men are Liars: Sam de Brito, an Australian journalist and novelist, digs deep into issues brought up by his readers. His blogs are so readable and hilarious, you might find yourself checking for new posts first thing in the morning.
52. Mr. Peacock:Style and grace in the everyday life of a modern gentleman.
53. Baxter Finley: A tribute to the father of the art of men’s grooming.
54. Men’s Journal: This blog encompasses what men need to know about travel, mind and body, dating and sports.
55. Men’s Health: The male counterpart to Women’s Health, this magazine is great for fitness fanatics who are striving to get or stay in shape.
56. Maxim: A guy’s ultimate guide, but with a heavy emphasis on women and sexuality.
57. GQ: Dress and live well with this quintessential blog.
58. Outside Magazine Online: Nature and travel lovers will love this site’s blogs and the useful how-to advice.
59. Playboy Forum: Unlike the magazine, Playboy’s blogs have little to do with nude women or sexuality. This site is a quality site for men who are interested in politics, sports, health, and global issues.
60. Forbes: Check out these blogs and learn how to think, act, and deal like a successful businessman.

Humor

Life is full of comedy waiting to be embraced. These writers embrace it, make it even funnier, and share it with the world.

61. The Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks: Even if you don’t consider yourself a grammarian, this site will have you rolling. Each day, a new picture is put up of signs, flyers, restaurant menus that contain unnecessary quotation marks, but the commentary below the pictures makes the blog what it is.
62. The Onion: The Onion is full of fake news and political satire that wit-lovers will enjoy.
63. The Problem with Young People: Stereotypes about young people by a "crabby old fart" who explores generational divides.
64. Best Week Ever: Each week, VH1 recaps the previous week’s most laughable moments.
65. The World’s (Not So) Funniest Blog: Political commentary, but mostly just making fun of current events.
66. When Pigs Fly: This site flaunts the humor in everyday life with its "musings on the mundane."
67. Laugh Lines: Laugh Lines compiles funny news, videos, and events from around the country.
68. Laurie Kendrick: Take a look at life through Kendrick’s eyes and relish the comedy.
69. Shamelessly Sassy: It might have a feminine title, but the humor in this blog can be appreciated by both genders.
70. Condi’s Hair: Read about life, love, family, (and pickles) on this classic blog.

Spirituality

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude." -Denis Waitley

71. Beliefnet: Myriad topics examined from different spiritual angles, with plenty of room for reader input.
72. Spirituality and Practice: Resources for spiritual journeys.
73. Dallas Morning News Religion: Stay up-to-date with religion news by reading this blog.
74. The Revealer: This blog reviews how religion is portrayed in the media.
75. Religion Dispatches: Collects religion and spirituality news from around the world and showcases articles from various publications.
76. Moral of the Story: An ethicist’s take on the news.
77. Happy Days: The pursuit of spiritual happiness.
78. Religious Forums: Discuss, compare and debate religions at this online community.
79. Science and Religion Today: Explore the juncture between religion and science at this informative site.
80. Godspace: With daily updates, Godspace blogger Christine Sine delves into spiritual life without adhering to one particular religion. Check out the links on her site for further reading and insight.

Relationships

With everything else a college student has on his or her to-do list, courtship can quickly become a hassle. Follow the blogs below to make dating less daunting.

81. Life Tips: Visit this site to read answers to a lover’s most pressing questions.
82. Go As Alice: This blog, from the Columbia University Health Center, allows readers to participate in Q&A sessions online with real health care professionals and psychologists.
83. The Story of Brad and Sara: A blog unlike any you’ve seen before. Two bloggers in a committed relationship share their feelings about love and dating. One of the two will post a blog and the other will respond to it, making their relationship nearly transparent.
84. 20-Forty: A dating advice blog that offers an ageless perspective on love and relationships.
85. Onely: Single and Happy: The writers here blog about the practice of being "onely," single in a couple-oriented world.
86. Marriage Counseling: For students who are married, engaged, or considering marriage, this blog deals with marriage issues and relationship self-help.
87. Sex, Love, Dating Blog: Brought to you by the writers and readers of Cosmopolitan magazine to help you master the art of togetherness.
88. Queer Sighted: Here’s a helpful blogs for members of the LGBT community, full of news, gossip, sex, and relationship must-reads. After you have exhausted your resources here, check out their blogroll for great links to similar sites.
89. The Friendship Society: A free social network for building new friendships and enhancing old ones.
90. The Friendship Blog: Author and clinical psychologist Irene Levine answers reader questions about what it means to be a friend. The site is updated daily and provides contact information for visitors who seek personalized advice.

Finance

Here are some valuable lessons in financial management you will likely never learn in class.

91. Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis: Mike Shedlock digs through layers of economic news and data to deliver his analysis of market trends.
92. Infectious Greed: This site offers commentary on the global and national markets by Paul Kedrosky, a former venture capitalist and technology analyst.
93. Angry Bear: This daily blog is as unique as the team that created it. Economists, historians, and financial professionals donate individual perspectives of the market based on their experience.
94. The Money Blogger: Market analysis and satire for the kind of real-world news you won’t find on television.
95. Market Beat: The Wall Street Journal’s inside look at the markets.
96. Seeking Alpha: Stock market news, opinion, analysis and investing tips.
97. Footnoted.org: This long-standing blog (founded in 2003) shows readers how to look at the fine print in government filings.
98. The Financial Woman: Great investment education for women who are ready to dominate the market.
99. Millionaire Now: The blog before the book. This helpful space will help you organize your financial life.
100. Get Rich Slowly: "Personal finance that makes cents." Here, you will learn how to increase your account balance by practicing smart spending. The site’s tip of the day is always practical and helpful.