The sixty-sixth issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier (mistakenly called #67 in our e-mail edition) is now archived on our newsletter archives page.

Here is a brief summary of the contents:

1. A Note From Lance
Master of the daily vacation
2. Our Featured Quote
by Robert Orben
3. Article: Vacationing - Your inner masseuse vs. your inner drill sergeant
by PS Head Simplifier Shawn Tuttle
4. Your Simplification Tip
Plan for vacation decompression time
5. In the News
Getting organized for physical, mental wellness; Organizing the attic; and How to live with just 100 things
6. Featured at ProjectSimplify.com
A blogcation for Lance
7. Keep Smiling
Office Humor Blog

Read the full issue here.
Subscribe to The Simplifier here.
[posted by Lance]

Geez!! I’m finally at a wireless spot and have photos to upload showing the wonderful road trip we are on…and the battery on my phone is dead…. Oh shwell. You’ll have to wait a little longer to see the most stunning shrine to the shoe I’ve ever seen–out in the middle of nowhere.

We’re in Boulder, Colorado now and have just been to the Dushanbe Tea House,
a lovely place for tea and tasty food. Had the farmers eggs this morning–more like designer farmers eggs if you ask me. Delicious peppers, onions and seasoned potatoes with eggs. On the side was fresh melon, strawberries, and blackberries..yum.

Following Mark’s lead, I had the chai tea which was suuupppper delicious. Highly recommended.

It’s been a super busy couple of months in my community work role this spring. One of the most inspiring engagements was on the campaign team of Reinette Senum who ran for Nevada City. There were four candidates running for three seats. Our goal was for her to get “top votes” (the most votes of all four) which she did. After months of weekly meetings (which were a pleasure to attend because of the most absolutely awesome, dedicated, reliable team I could ever hope to work with): we finally reached the election on Tuesday the 3rd. That’s the cool thing about a campaign, ’tis very clear when you are done!

Here’s a shot from our election party when Reinette called us up for a big “thank you”:
That’s me on the left then Paul Matson (in back), Tania Carlone, Cathy Colvin, Kim Milligan, Reinette Senum speaking, and not shown is Kanui whose last name I don’t know.

What can I say but that I’m thrilled to have been on the team and am super thrilled not to be looking forward to hundreds of hours of city council meetings… Bad, I know, but it’s the truth.

On top of the campaign, I’m still vice-chair of the Nevada City Downtown Association (NCDA), the organization that launched the effort to begin a Nevada City Farmers Market. A couple of months into the process it became clear to us that it’d be better off for everyone if the market coordinators formed their own association to run the market–basically detaching from the NCDA.

Being the organizational structuralist, I got to find out about the different legal structures available. I was hoping we wouldn’t have to go through the lengthy process of incorporating. Turns out that there is an Unincorporated Nonprofit Association designation that suits our needs perfectly. We’ll still need to file with the state and the IRS and fill out the tax-exempt applications, as far as I can tell, though I’ll do a little more research (hoping I’m wrong).

This interview was originally published in The Simplifier #65.

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Interview: Suzie Daggett - publisher, Insight Directory

By Shawn Tuttle

One of the good things about having a slogan is that you read it all the time. I love being reminded to lighten up by our slogan, “let it be easy”. Suzie Daggett was one of the first business people I met when new to the area in 2004. One of the many things I’ve admired about her is that she seems to live the “let it be easy” mantra naturally, no reminder necessary. Suzie publishes the Insight Directory, a free guide to healing and energy workers in our greater Sierra Nevada Foothills area. Her promotion of alternative healing has also included a weekly article in our newspaper and a lecture series featuring both local and visiting guests. While she is now several years into this path, she went through many other possibilities before deciding to publish the directory.

Suzie Daggett

She very clearly has a strong dedication to her service in the world—a concept I’ve linked with sustainability of our personal energy level. How do we give to others and take care of ourselves? Who do we put first? There is a lot of conflicting advice floating around, so I was thrilled that our conversation illuminated this concept.

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ST: I’m very curious about how you were discerning the difference between what was right for you to do and what wasn’t. You had great ideas to lead workshops, be a speaker, package inspirational products—but those weren’t right for you. The Insight Directory was. How did you know the difference?

Daggett:  My belief is that when things are working right, spirit is behind you and they unfold. When things are not working right, you keep bumping. You’re not in the flow of the river, you’re in an eddy, you’re up against a rock, or you’re dry docked on the beach and you can’t even stick your toe in the water.

The whole idea is “row row row your boat” down the river, to go with the river of life. When you recognize you are going upstream–and every day there’s something to bump against–and you realize “I’m rowing up river, and I’m going nowhere because the flow wants to take me somewhere else. If I were to go with the flow, where would I go?”

ST: Let’s talk about service.

Daggett: Service instead of servitude…  

This is the red car that is the signal to me whether I’m in “servitude” or “loving service”. 

Servitude is when you get tired when you are doing things and you are doing them for the wrong reason. Loving service is you don’t do that.

ST: Tell me more about the red T-Bird, how does that work?