Archive for 2006/07


The Weekly Simplifier #14 is Online

The fourteenth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Weekly Simplifier is now archived on our newsletter archives page.
Here is a brief summary of the contents:
1. A Note From Shawn
Work smarter not harder, by concentrating on what’s essential to you
2. Quote of the Week
by Henri Frederic Amiel
3. Article: 13 Tips for Working Smarter, Not Harder
guest […]

Hamstrings, Silence, and North Stars

Fantastic yoga class this morning. Focus: hamstrings. Even after some 10 years of doing yoga, I don’t ever remember hearing that hamstrings correllate with control.
Rephrase: tight hamstrings can indicate control freak tendencies. hmmm, that hit home. I ask you this: what Organizer doesn’t have minor control tendencies? We go into other people’s spaces and […]

Appropriate solutions

We had a club Toastmasters Board Meeting this morning. (Brief update: my term as Area 64 Governor has peacefully come to an end. Wanting to stay in the leadership loop of my club AND keep more time open for Project Simplify growth, I volunteered for the Treasurer position–easiest officer position available in my opinion.)
One […]

Simplify by slowing down

I was talking with a friend last night at Stitch n Bitch (weekly women’s gathering where we drink red wine, laugh a lot, and occassionally knit). She told me the horror story of the evening. Her many-year-old Powerbook screen blitzed out, kaput, gone! …and…. she doesn’t have her stuff backed up, what’s she to do […]

Reinventing the wheel?

Reading 43 Folders July 24th post entitled, Back to GTD: Do a fast “mind-sweep” stopped me short. [GTD being David Allen’s Getting Things Done book.] Which I haven’t read. Haven’t actually seen one in person. Haven’t read a summary, just read a blogger’s post about it here and there.
Why the dramatics? Because I’m already […]

More adventures in yoga

Consideration #1
One of the aspects I love about yoga class is being able to let go. I get to trust that I’m “safe”, I get to trust that the yoga teacher is going to lead me through class safely - physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Consideration #2
I’m of the camp who believes “failure” is an illusion. There […]

The Weekly Simplifier #13 is Online

The thirteenth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Weekly Simplifier is now archived on our newsletter archives page.
Here is a brief summary of the contents:
1. A Note From Lance
A special multimedia Article, a personal Keep Smiling, and Lance points at various things
2. Quote of the Week
by Charles Wagner
3. Article: Key Elements of Being Organized
by […]