The one-hundred-twenty-seventh issue of the Project Simplify newsletter The Simplifier, titled “An Unsuspecting Word Wreaks Havoc”, is now archived on our newsletter archives page. Read the full issue here. Listen to the audio version here. Subscribe to The Simplifier here.

Here is the audio edition of our newsletter The Simplifier Issue #6.7 – “An Unsuspecting Word Wreaks Havoc” NOTE: The links that are mentioned throughout this recording can be found in the web version of this newsletter. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (If you don’t see an audio player or link above, you [...]

by Lance Brown Hardship and loss have a way of adjusting one’s focus when it comes to what really matters. Sometimes life presents you with challenges that require all that you have to give—and sometimes way more than that. At least it can sure seem that way. If you’ve ever faced a true housing or [...]

[I'm doing some digital house-cleaning and found this column hadn't been posted on the blog. It was originally published in the October 2009 publication of the Nevada City Advocate.] Consider this: your cluttered mind isn’t a by-product of the external stuff, it’s the cause of the craziness. When we say that we want things to [...]

Words. Between word play, unintentional multiple meanings, and different languages, successful communication can easily be seen as a downright miracle. Just as when we are young and don’t understand irony and sarcasm, your subconscious mind takes words at face value. What this means is that you can be undermined by a single word. The good [...]

David “GTD-dude” Allen‘s most recent “Productive Living” newsletter includes an article called WHY “LIST” IS A DIRTY WORD. He writes of the three most common reasons you might be repelled by your lists and some suggestions on how to make your relationship with them more positive. I’ll add one more suggestions since I’m a Lover [...]

[I'm doing some digital house-cleaning and found this column hadn't been posted on the blog. It was originally published in the September 2009 publication of the Nevada City Advocate.] You don’t have to surrender to an increasingly complicated world. One of the most common conversations I hear around town hinges on a variation of simplifying: [...]