by Marla Ottenstein | April 2016 | NAPLES DAILY NEWS
Setting-up a simple three-file filing system to help you keep track of your paperwork and tax papers is the easiest way to keep on top of the paperwork year round. All you need are three files, one marked “taxes,” one marked “taxes/medical” and one marked “donations” and you’re on your way to being organized.
by Marla Ottenstein | March 2016 | NAPLES DAILY NEWS
If there’s one thing that makes me crazier than people who text while driving, it’s when people throw away their hard-earned money in order to store “stuff” in an off-site storage unit. And you thought Bernie Madoff was a crook? Trust me when I say putting your...
by Marla Ottenstein | February 2016 | NAPLES DAILY NEWS
Here’s an organizational conundrum sent to me by a friend: “Over the years I’ve spent more money on costume jewelry than most people spend on the real thing. I know I should probably try and get my shopping habit under control, for now the problem is not how much I...
by Marla Ottenstein | January 2016 | NAPLES DAILY NEWS
Time management is not so much about saving time as it is about maximizing what little time we have. In other words; so what if it takes you 20 minutes now to do something, such as setting up a year’s worth of hair or dentist appointments, as long as it saves time three, six or nine months from now?
by Marla Ottenstein | December 2015 | NAPLES DAILY NEWS
No matter if you’re young or old; single, divorced, widowed or married; a college or high school student; senior citizen, baby boomer, millennial; mother or father, businesswoman or businessman, every adult should carry an up-to-date ICE Card in his/her wallet at all times, which, God forbid there be an emergency, could make the difference between life and death.
by Marla Ottenstein | December 2015 | NAPLES DAILY NEWS
Am I the only person who thinks holiday gift giving has gotten out of control? It’s bad enough when stores force employees to work on Thanksgiving Day, but when customers risk their lives in pursuit of this year’s “hottest gifts” and get trampled to death even before...
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