Welcome to my July 2025 blog roundup. As I mentioned in my 6-year “blogiversary” post, I’m planning to make a few small changes to some of my regular pieces. Today’s post will wrap up my June blog reading and writing activity. Watch for my monthly goals update in an upcoming post.

Along with a summary of my writing activity, my July 2025 blog roundup has terrific posts on motivation to keep writing, finding passion by feeding our curiosity, and the perils of focusing only on economic growth.

Happy summer reading!

What I wrote in July

In case you missed any of them, here are the new posts I published in July here on Boomer Eco Crusader.

• Keeping things positive in the face of bleak environmental news – A Climate Change Collective post
• The Sunday Spark – Greetings from our empty nest
• The Sunday Spark – Would you want to know your expiry date?
• Searching for motivation after 6 years of blogging
• The Sunday Spark – Mired in customer service sludge
• Hope by Pope Francis – Book Review
• The Sunday Spark – Choosing memories over photos
• August is National Immunization Awareness Month

Plus, I refreshed and republished these posts.

• How to stay young? Embrace your inner child!
• It’s Rain Day! How will you celebrate?

And on my retirement coaching site Second Life Vision, I published:

• Free webinar! Non-financial questions to ask before you retire
• Choose the right kind of busyness in retirement

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Cool things I read in July

Since publishing my first monthly roundup at the end of 2020, it has been an honour to introduce you to some of my favourite bloggers. I started the roundup to say thank you to the blogging community and bring attention to talented writers who create inspiring and informative content.

Here are 3 pieces that captured my attention in July.

Why Write Like No One’s Reading (Because They Probably Aren’t) – Aspiring Blog

I read this terrific post shortly after writing about how I was searching for motivation to keep writing. Ritish sums up how many of us feel about writing. It was just the reminder I needed.

You’re part of a strange, beautiful club – the writers who keep going even when the world isn’t clapping. The ones who know that the real reward isn’t in the views, but in the clarity that comes from putting your thoughts into words.

Ritish, Aspiring Blog – Why Write Like No One’s Reading (Because They Probably Aren’t)

Find Your Passion in How Things Work – Retired, and Now What?

In our daily lives, we use many things without understanding how they really work. Caroline’s post encourages us to take the time to learn and explore some of those everyday things.

In a time before the industrial revolution, most people understood how the tools and processes that they used worked. … They understood the processes used to create the things in their lives. They were more self-sufficient. Perhaps they had more satisfaction in their lives because they understood it better?

Caroline, Retired, and Now What? – Find Your Passion in How Things Work

More of everything forever? – Sustainable Minimalists on Substack

In this terrific piece, Stephanie discusses the unsustainable impact of a society that focuses only on economic growth. And she encourages us to refocus on things that really matter. Well worth the time to read and ponder!

When we’re so focused on accumulating more, we can’t see that we already have plenty.

Sustainable Minimalists on Substack – More of everything forever?

Thanks for dropping by to check out my July 2025 blog roundup. I’m always looking for great content. If you read anything inspiring in July, drop me a link in the comment box below.