http://www.achievingsimplicity.com Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:10:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My husband and I recently moved to California which we knew would not be the best financial decision. The decision to move was based on more emotional reasons and my own rather questionable health coupled with a really rough pregnancy, we knew that despite the fact that our income ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2009/01/05/making-goals-more-concrete/ It's the beginning of our busy season at work and so I found myself at work on Saturday trying to get a few things done so I wouldn't be as stressed during the week. I was amazed how much I accomplished in three hours. It was probably the ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2009/01/04/joys-of-working-on-a-saturday/ A Fan of New Year's Resolutions Though it may be a seemingly unpopular thing to say these days. I'll admit it - I'm a fan of the New Year's Resolution. It seems that I've read a lot of blogs lately about how New Year's resolutions don't work and ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2009/01/03/im-a-fan-of-the-new-years-resolution/ I've found the following questions can clear up much of the confusion and misunderstanding that happen at the workplace. When supervising recent college grads, I always give them this list of questions to ask for any new project. As a manager, I try to make sure to cover ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2009/01/02/simplifying-project-requests/ Everyone has moments of negativity, but these are a few ideas to change your attitude, or start working on a poor attitude quickly. 1. Find something easy on your to do list and get it done. Give yourself a sense of accomplishment. This also has the added benefit of ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2009/01/01/30-seconds-to-a-better-attitude/ Image by the trial I started this blog with the intention of writing 5 days a week and using it as a way of getting my life in order and cataloging the things I learned along the way. Then life threw me for a loop (several actually) and I couldn’t ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2008/05/02/how-to-start-writing-again/ Photo by *Sally M* Few days inspire more self reflection than New Year’s Day. It’s a day filled with wishes for the next year and flashing back on the past year to see what things went well (and those that failed miserably.) It’s a good time to take stock ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2008/01/01/new-years-goals/ Decluttering Photo by Basail Until recently, I would proudly declare, whenever the subject came up, that clutter wasn’t a problem for me. It didn’t bother me. It made no difference to me whether the clothes were put away in the closet or strewn about the floor. I scoffed at ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2007/12/10/decluttering/ Photo by Trinity. Today I removed the StumbleUpon toolbar from my computer. I shouldn’t even say that I removed it – I simply disabled it. Not that removal of a free firefox add-on is any more permanent than simply disabling it – but still I couldn’t bring myself to ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2007/12/07/getting-rid-of-time-wasters/ Photo by michaelnewport I think that my husband and I have a pretty clear idea of what we want out of life. We both would like to end up on the West Coast (when California house prices are in our price range). He wants to run his own business, ... http://www.achievingsimplicity.com/2007/12/06/taking-stock/