I do, however, set an alert to remind me to trim my nails. I HATE long fingernails. Once they approach the tips of my fingers, I start to freak out. I tell myself, "You need to cut those." Then I get home, and life happens, and I totally forget. Currently I have an alert set for 7 p.m. tonight that says, "Cut nails, water lawns, answer blog comments." I actually just had to look it up as I had forgotten the blog comment part since I wrote it in there a half hour ago. Seriously, my short term memory is for shit.
I set reminders to put my trash cans out, pack fruit for lunch, put yoga clothes in my work bag, hair and dental appointments, eyebrow appointments, etc. How did I even survive before I had all these reminders? Oh yeah, my house used to be a flurry of post it notes. I would find them randomly behind things months after they reminded me to pick up sunscreen at the store.
I need to start setting reminders for people's names. I am absolutely horrible remembering names. If I don't hang out with you or talk to you on a regular basis, odds are I have no idea what your name is. When people walk up so happy to see me with a "Hey Melanie! How are you?" I've given up being honest and asking, "What was your name again?" I just answer, "Super good, how are you?" and carry on. I don't find names all that important to put in to memory if you're not a regular part of my life. True story. So yeah, maybe I don't need to start setting reminders for that.
I finally started using my notes in my phone for grocery lists. For some reason I was hanging on to paper lists for dear life. I really like being able to pull a grocery list out of my pocket and look at it. I have no idea why. I'm like the old lady who refuses to believe she can use her ATM card everywhere, so she always has 300 dollars cash on her, and that's why thugs rob old ladies. If they robbed me, they'd get some change for pool and receipts, as well as a few credit cards that don't have much room on them.
So yeah, I know that reminders on a phone are a really great convenience and not a necessity, but I sure as hell am grateful for them.
Happy picture of the day: my friend Marcella and I last night out for a much needed girl night. I love that beezy.
I'm not really one for setting reminders, but I am a big believer in lists! Big "to do" lists with nice big boxes next to each task that I can tick when I finish something.
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DeleteI'm with Kellie on this one. I like writing lists and crossing things off. I think I'd feel too pressured with reminders binging at me every few minutes. With my lists, I know that if I procrastinate I can just add a note to my next day's To Do!
ReplyDeleteI am trying to cut down on my paper usage. My post it habit was almost rehab inducing.
DeleteIt cracks me up to think that your reminder beeps to do something and you get up and trot off to go trim you nails or whatever needs doing :). I do use a grocery lift on my iPod, though. I love that!
ReplyDeleteI'm bad at names, too. I can usually fake it, though, like you, so it doesn't normally bother me.
I know it cracks you up. This post was for you lady.
DeleteA reminder to cut your nails? Isn't that just looking at your hands? Or cutting yourself with your gnarled claws? That's funny. I too am terrible with names which is bad because part of my job is to remember people and make them feel special. So I've started writing down the name along with a nemonic trick: "Peggy is leggy and her husband Orrin is boring".
ReplyDeleteYeah, looking at my hands wasn't working, and I'm a problem solver!
DeleteI am good at faking not knowing names. It's a skill.
the notes feature on the phone is cool and fab. i don't use alerts so much.
ReplyDeletethe STUPID thing i do is not check my notes in an effort to test my memory and see how well (or not well) i remembered what i was supposed to do or buy. dork!
hope you have a great weekend!
The weekend was amazing. I have a great picture of me next to a Hitchcock statue. :)
DeleteThat's super-organised. But setting all those reminders sounds like hard work. I prefer to have an easy life and forget shit.
ReplyDeleteAlso, aren't you worried that your excessive reminder-making will suffer from recursion? What if you forget to make your reminders?? What if you forget to remind yourself to set a reminder to set your reminders??? Aaaagh!
Dude, you just made my head explode.
DeleteI used to be a lists addict. Same with Post-Its. It got a bit oppressive when my lists kept growing, despite my crossing things off like a deranged person, determined to get to the end of the list. And.it.never.happened.
ReplyDeleteSo I quit the lists. Some days I do feel a bit Alz-y - "Now what was I supposed to do today?" Yet, I keep telling myself that I am sharpening my mental ability by forcing myself to remember. Or maybe I am just making myself look like a loon, wandering around trying to remember why I walked in the room.
As for the nails - yeesh. You should see mine. They are driving me batty (typing right now??? ACK!) but I had intended on getting them all manicured and neat and CUT but here, they don't speak much English and didn't understand my 'Cut them OFF por favor!!!' So I have lovely daggers and no clippers. Dern.
I have about 4 alarms a week. Or I'd forget everything.
DeleteI think that's a great feature of smart phones and it sure seems to be working for you.
ReplyDeleteI'm a paper list person for sure - mostly because I'm an anti-phone person. I have a landline that is unplugged half the time (and that I usually just don't answer the other half of the time). I have a dumb phone that I use for work-related stuff and the occasional text, but tend to forget to even look at it over the weekend. I certainly don't take it grocery shopping. I need paper lists.
I am trying to get away from paper lists. It's not working all that well.
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