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    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 [...]

    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 [...]

    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. [...]


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