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.

  • codapineEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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 😁

    • NationProtons@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      9 months ago

      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

      • codapineEnglish
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        9 months ago

        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

        • NationProtons@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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          9 months ago

          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!