12mo ago

How to keep track of events and reminders without being sucked into distractions

Hi all.

I've been having trouble remembering events and tasks because I often don't notice the notifications of my smartphone or computer when focused on something.

How do you all deal with this without continuously checking your phone and laptop?

And when I check my laptop or phone, I often stop doing anything else because I know something is coming up. And I often also start browsing or doing other things which was not my intention.

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I set actual alarms, with names, rather than reminders. I time them so I have time to finish what I am doing, and then get ready.
- I have one of those cheap fitbit clones that let's me set named alarms and timers. When I have an important event coming up, i out it on my app and when it's time my watch will buzz and say 'event name" and remind me. No distraction necessary by picking up the phone to silence it and getting bogged down in notifications and games, scrolling, forgetting what I was doing, etc.
- That's what I try to do. But sometimes I forget setting the alarms and then I start double guessing myself. Checking my calendar anyway even though I already have alarms set.
  I was looking for a way to automatically set alarms based on calendar events, but seems like I'm out of luck...
  
  Try alarm calendar plus in the play store (android). I've used it for years. The developer is called 'Moyou'.
  I have it go off x minutes before the work shifts that I enter into my Google calendar, and I also use it for "time signals" - little beeps throughout the day to remind me 'hey, it's 12 o'clock now, better get some lunch', or more typically - time to get up and take a 5 minute break.
  Of course I have to have th corresponding time signal to go back to work or my ADHD brain would get distracted and forget 😁
  
  Thanks for the suggestion. I will try it out. Too bad I use an iPhone as my daily phone at the moment, I don't think there is something equivalent to this for iOS
  
  I found this on a reddit post via Google. I don't want to send anyone to that site so to save time here's the post. Hopefully this can work for you. The post is 1 year old, and I haven't checked these links still work. Good luck!
  This is just how I, a person with ADHD, keep track of my events. This shortcut just sets alarms for 30 minutes before each calendar event to remind you about it. I have it automated to run every morning. Only downside is you end up with a whole lot of alarms.
  https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/c997e06e177e42dda12d298a8ad39434
  For those who prefer reminders over alarms, here’s one for reminders: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/12711e7e1556457f927f4f91969527fc
  
  Thanks, that's a good option! I didn't know you could run it automatically in the morning.
  And by filtering it for a specific calendar that I use for important events, it can be for just those events I need it for. Thanks!

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