OPTED Magazine

Welcome new readers and hello to our faithful supporters!
Thank you to all who have provided helpful feedback about the content and direction of the site, and in response we’ll be expanding the coverage of OPTED topics and focusing on the issues important to YOU, the reader!  As always, please use the content form to provide feedback and suggestions and comment …

This post is part of a series called “Fortune Fridays”, inspired by motivational fortune cookie slips. Read more.
Vacations are an adventure, and even a business trip can be energizing, despite the work purpose for which it is intended.  It’s easy to get stuck in a rut with a regimented routine, where visiting anywhere but your home, office and errand route …

Hello OPTED Magazine readers!
After conversing with many of you, I realized the wealth of knowledge and experience that OPTED Magazine readers have given me to support the growing archive of content on this site.  You may have a blog of your own, you may not, but the topics covered on OPTED Magazine are a part of everyone’s life — organizing, …

Getting a group of people to decide on a restaurant location can sometimes be overwhelming — there are dietary preferences, locations, times and a host of other variables that are frustrating to negotiate over email.  An application and website called Lunchn makes picking a location easy and fun.
Plug in your friends on different lists (for example: coworkers, family or book …

After moving into our current home, we are in love with a new Chinese food restaurant that we stumbled upon in our neighborhood.  Always a good thing to find a great local restaurant (that delivers too).  So, for the past year we’ve made healthy Chinese food a rotation on the meal plan and collected a number of great fortune cookie …

Welcome new OPTED Magazine readers!
After just over two months of blogging, OPTED Magazine has gained many new followers and enjoyed a lot of success, and I wanted to personally thank each and every one of you for participating and visiting the site!
For those who are new, OPTED Magazine is a blog and forum for Organization, Productivity, Tasking, Exceptionalism, and Decluttering solutions …

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 …