Archive for 2006/07


The Weekly Simplifier #12 is Online

The twelfth 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
An exciting announcement, and a newsletter theme of Chaos & Stability
2. Quote of the Week
by Albert Einstein
3. Article: The Calm After The Storm
by The Weekly Simplifier […]

July 19 workshop recap

Yay! The organizing workshop yesterday, Parents, let it be easy. Simple solutions for staying organized, was quite an experience. Mom’s and kids had a good time as well as I.
I was thinking that 1 hour would be appropriate for attention span, and that’s how long my program was designed for. We went a little […]

Plan to Prevent Overwhelm

(This article was originally featured in The Weekly Simplifier #11.)
by Shawn Tuttle
The Ideal Planning System
Every Sunday evening you take a half an hour to identify your goals, assess priorities, review your schedule, determine the next steps towards your goals, and develop your prioritized ToDo list. You create your weekly roadmap. Then, […]

Reminder: Shawn to present organizing workshop for parents this Wednesday

Just a last reminder for folks in the Nevada County area– Shawn’s workshop “Parents: Let It Be Easy! Simple Solutions for Staying Organized” is tomorrow, July 19th.
The original announcement is here; you can find out more on our new Workshops and Speaking Appearances page.
Thanks to The Union, Yubanet, Sierra Nevada Children’s Services, Insight Directory, NCGold, […]

The FlyLady

The FlyLady introduced me to the term: CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Funny. I like that one. I think I’ll pass it on to the workshop on Wednesday.
She’s got quite an avalanche of information on her site for organizing all aspects of the house and family. On the home page alone, she offers quite […]

Manage that information via folksonomy

Yesterday I was reading Jeff Hester’s post on folksonomy tagging and its popularity on social sites by techie and not-so-techie users.
Fo those catching up to the Web 2.0 phenomenon, Wikipedia describes folksonomy tagging:
A “folksonomy” is a collaboratively generated, open-ended labeling system that enables Internet users to categorize content such as Web pages, online photographs, and […]

The Calm After the Storm

(This article originally appeared in The Weekly Simplifier #12.)
by Lance Brown
We’ve all heard of the so-called “calm before the storm”. Personally, I’ve had a lot more experience with the calm after the storm.
Perhaps you’ve had this happen to you.
Your life gets so hectic or overwhelming that things actually start to crack and fail. You miss […]