OPTED Magazine

We all have dreams: the visions and lofty aspirations that we hope to achieve in our lifetimes.  It’s important that despite the everyday, mundane tasks that we are required to plod through that we don’t lose sight of these dreams, and in an ideal world, we aspire to dedicate time each day to work towards those visions.
As promised in our …

You may be the reminder guru, with your calendar outlining the important birthdays, anniversarys and holidays that you need to remember, but it’s all for nothing if you don’t have the supplies to facilitate a timely acknowledgement of those important dates!  After making sure I had text and email reminders of important birthdays, as well as documenting them on my …

So, you’ve purged your closets, cleaned off shelves, and paired down your belongings.  Many things have gone straight in the trash, some were recycled and others donated.  But decluttering can produce a number of products that are reusable and valuable enough to be resold.
The final step of decluttering  almost always includes selling some unwanted items, but we also need to …

Sometimes you just don’t feel like going to work, so you call in sick.  The feeling might be triggered in the morning as the day begins and you feel so overwhelmed that the thought of spending a day in the office when there are a million things on you personal to do list seems impossible.  But what if you planned …

For a few months, our household had a terrible track record of making a trip to the grocery store several days during the week, despite using a batch task system to combine this errand with others.  Even despite a weekly meal plan to plan for dinners and a leftovers schedule, we lacked a system to have everything we needed available …

Every day is a great day to get organized, but the month of August in particular has numerous opportunities and benefits to take advantage of.  With the summer coming to a close, our schedules and daily activities will change dramatically.  Here are 5 reasons to get organized this month:

Back to school — if you have kids, this is the month …

As someone who strives for building good life habits, and knowing that OPTED Magazine readers are interested as well, it made sense to review a “habits and goals” iPhone app to provide insight into a possible application that can help with tracking goals.  While pen and paper is becoming a less attractive option in the age of fun programs that …

The Economic Times published an article explaining why a narcissistic boss can stifle both morale and productivity in the workplace.  The study included 1200 people, with the results showing the following:
31 per cent reported that their boss is prone to exaggerate his or her accomplishments to look good in front of others; 27 per cent reported that their boss brags …