Unburden Your Brain With Recurring Reminders

We all have tasks that need to be done month after month or year after year. Don’t risk having something important slip through the cracks — and don’t waste precious brain power trying to remember everything yourself by scheduling recurring reminders just one time. Recurring reminders can help help you stay healthier, improve your personal relationship and enhance your financial wellness.  Program reminders into your digital calendar for all the tasks you need and want to do on a repeat basis, things like:

  • Doctor appointments
  • Tuneups and oil changes
  • Veterinarian/pet grooming
  • Home inspections and maintenance
  • Lawn and yard care
  • School events
  • Job performance reviews
  • Monthly bills
  • Membership expirations
  • Insurance review and renewals
  • Business licenses
  • Birthdays and anniversaries
  • Tax preparation and filing
  • Vacation and business travel
  • Holiday events
  • Community and social activities
  • Charitable donations
  • Budget, spending and investment reviews

Setting all of these reminders is incredibly useful, but the real benefit occurs when you take the extra step and set them up to repeat automatically and indefinitely. That means, for many tasks, you’ll only need to ever set this up once. With automated recurring reminders, it’s one and done.

While it can be time-intensive to enter everything the first time, it’s usually just an extra click or two to ensure that you’ll never have to do it again. And it’s such a convenience and load off your mind once it’s completed. Recurring reminders can really save your skin during busy times, when you’re overloaded and easily distracted. And it’s a great feeling to have almost all your reminders for the entire year already in your calendar on January 1.

The nagging sense that there are things you probably should be remembering to do for your health, home or finances is a weight you carry with you every day. It can zap your energy, hinder focus and prevent full engagement in other areas of your life. Get all of those things out of your head an into your calendar once and for all and free your mind so you can do everything else with greater ease, clarity, focus and intensity.

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Source

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/compassion-matters/201511/the-healing-power-gratitude