This tip originally appeared in The Simplifier #6. Finding files easily comes down to filing cabinet organization and file folder labeling. Let’s review file folder labeling strategy to help you avoid unnecessary document searching. Frequent problems I run across in file system reorganization include: titles that are so broad, they could contain any number of [...]

This article originally appeared in The Simplifier #36. Let yourself have more fun working! By Shawn Tuttle “I have to …” Anything starting with this is bound to carry a weight of dread or displeasure with it. “I can’t go out right now, I have to work.” Images of carefree fun and laughter are snuffed [...]

This article originally appeared in The Simplifier #35. Problem Solving vs. Solution Creation By Shawn Tuttle Imagine, it’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon…the schedule looks clear and the river is calling. Yay! Where’s that tote bag? Oh. Right. It’s in the closet. THAT closet. The one that’s been on your list for months to clean out. [...]

This article originally appeared in The Simplifier #34. Healing Journeys Interview – Shawn Tuttle By Suzie Daggett Note from Shawn: This interview/article was intended to run last week in Suzie Daggett’s weekly column, Healing Journeys, which is published every Friday in The Union newspaper. The article is a co-creative effort of Suzie and myself, in [...]

This article originally appeared in The Simplifier #32. You Run The Show By Shawn Tuttle Imagine you are on a game show. The bright set lights are blinding you, the audience sounds like 300 of your closest friends and family wildly cheering you on, the bright game show colors are flashing and changing. You get [...]

This article originally appeared in The Simplifier #30. Relax! By Shawn Tuttle It’s early Wednesday afternoon and Karen feels drained. What a week. Monday started with two brutal Marketing Department meetings–berated by a control freak in one, bored to tears in another. Tuesday found her running around putting out fires all day with an ever-worsening [...]

This article originally appeared in The Simplifier #29. Measuring Your Gross Personal Happiness By Shawn Tuttle How do you value your time and energy? Do your indicators of success reflect those values? These are rhetorical questions; you probably don’t have easy answers. You get side-tracked by information that bombards you from all directions. You juggle [...]