Dear Simplifiers,

I've heard and seen that 2011 was a year for much letting go. 

For many people, this was quite an uncomfortable process because we were pushed to declare what was important to us--how else can you know what to keep and what to let go of? 

Those who took seriously the urge to slim down on the irrelevant and minimize distractions, this final push in 2011 to "let go" of anything that didn't serve them came easier. Those who resisted and instead insisted on bumbled forward without discretion had a much harder time of it. 

Personally, my year was, well, kind of chunky. It didn't feel all that fluid, truth be known. However, once I 'fessed up to myself why that was in December, you might say the water started a-flowin' with a passion!  

You'll remember that I reported in the last newsletter that I was about to begin working with a coach. . .

All I can say is, "Oh My." Well, I have a little more to say, like, "Wow." 

There are a few changes afoot that you should know about because they affect you directly! 

After an impressive run of six + years, Project Simplify and the Simplifier newsletter are, as I write this, in their final days. In fact, this is the last issue of this fine publication. Zoinks!

Logical next question: Is this IT?? Am I done with my work? 

Logical next answer: Hell No!!! (Pardon my french.) 

Watch your email inbox tomorrow for the unrolling of the next phase... (Which, if you've been reading for a while, isn't all that surprising. Hint: 2 words. The first starts with a N and the second with a P, Yeehaw!!) 

Which means that this is an adieu to the completion of a phase of my life that has been so incredibly rewarding and so amazingly affirming. 

Even more importantly, it's a perfect opportunity to say, Thank You! You are the reason for exploring new ways to simplify and discover easier ways of working. I am so grateful for your interest in this work and these ideas--I hope to continue the journey with you for a long time. 

I also want to thank the ever-versatile Lance Brown, who has been a columnist for this newsletter, and had a presence in The Simplifier from the beginning. In fact, if it weren't for him prodding me toward the first newsletter all those years ago, I may have been too chicken-s#*t to ever get it going. From idea-man, to coder, to editor, to columnist, his digital fingerprints are on just about every part of the Project Simplify website and newsletter. 

So it's with a twinge of nostalgia and a lightening bolt of excitement that I'll wrap up this note to you. 

Well, almost. How about one more thing to touch back to what I wrote above about the energy flowing once I 'fessed up. 

There have been a ton of posts and newsletters flying around talking about goals, goal setting, and the one I prefer, a word (or three) for the upcoming year. 

However you decide to set the tone and intention for the year, my encouragement to you is to do it honestly. And the person to be most truly, deeply and radically honest with is yourself. 

Listen to the little hints and messages your spirit is sharing with you. Denying them the attention they deserve is a sure source of chunkiness, a fact I did my best to deny for a good part of the year. 

Listen, trust, fly! Booya!!