I love a good blog. Take any topic, throw in some musings and personal experience and polish it up with good marketing, and I'll probably read it. Twice, if it's good. As an avid reader, I have always enjoyed the more informal style of blogs and how they deliver information with a dash of the writer's personal views. Why just read about the next great recipe for a fish fry if I can read a great story about your family's yearly fishing trip and a recipe?!

As a female writer, I love gathering inspiration from women who are doing what I want to do. Here's a few of my favorite blogs by women—on varying and unrelated topics—so surely there's something that will pique your interest.

1. The Financial Diet

"A blog about personal finance and living better (without being boring)."

TFD tackles all sorts of financial topics, from personal confessions about bad financial choices, to a blog series about how to live abroad in different countries without going broke, and how to improve your main career or side hustle. It started as a personal blog for Chelsea Fagan, and has grown into a site with multiple contributors, without losing the matter-of-fact frankness or cheeky sass that first drew me in.

2. Words with Lisbeth

“Lisbeth Darsh is funny, searingly honest, and says all the things we wish we could find the words to say.”

Lisbeth Darsh is an author of three books, former VIP at Crossfit, Inc., and mostly just a badass person in general. She writes about fitness, life, and inspiration, with blog posts that usually make me want to cry, kick a hole in the wall, or both. Her views on working out, being a human being, and figuring out a way in this world let me know that I'm not alone in my musings, and I often feel as though she's taken thoughts straight out of my head and said them better than I ever could.

3. Fit For a Femme

"A lifestyle blog by and for LGBTQ femmes."

FFAF is a blog devoted to and inspired by queer femme fashion, focusing on the personal style of the blogger. While I'm not always the kind of girl who wakes up in the morning ready for lipstick, FFAF's looks make me feel like I could be. Her posts often combine beautiful travel destinations with gorgeous style ideas, all while supporting visibility for femme identity and queer fashion.

4. Superlatively Rude

"Because none of us is f*cking up like we think we are, is what I'm trying to say."

Laura writes about love, sex, heartbreak, femininity, traveling and her life as a writer with wit, humor, a note of self-deprecation and "liberal use of the word f*ck." She has a book coming out in summer of 2016 about figuring out life after her ex-dumped her for her best friend, giving you some idea of the life experiences she has to draw from. Whether she's blogging about living life in Bali or home in the U.K., Laura's honest insights on life and self always give me great inspiration to live my best life and not take myself too seriously.

5. Raising My Rainbow

"Adventures in raising a fabulous, gender creative son."

Lori Duron's son, CJ, lives his life, according to the blog, gender-nonconforming. In his words, he's a boy who likes girl stuff and wants to be treated like a girl. In a world where we are increasingly caught between binaries of male or female, or even cisgender or transgender, "Raising My Rainbow" is a lesson in acceptance and taking life as it comes. Whether I'm reading about CJ's obsession with the Monster High dolls or how his older brother reacted when his football coach made a homophobic comment, I am always amazed at how she handles motherhood with grace. As a young female, her ability to manage so many different things is an inspiration.

All of these blogs are on very different topics, but the message is clear: women have some amazing, interesting, clever things to say, and I will definitely be one to read them. Do you have any blogs you love to read?