If your phone has an "alarm" clock, use it to remind you to perform certain tasks or meet appts. Mine even lets me pick different sounds. For instance, to help me remember to drive my kids to piano lessons, I have a piano riff that goes off. I know the instant I hear it what I need to do.
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I am going to give this a try; especially when school starts and life gets really hectic again! I am even going to put a reminder to exercise and log my food! Thanks for the idea!
DRAMAQUEEN19137/14/2010 5:52:00 AM
That alarm feature has been a godsend. I usually set a 1 hour prior alarm on the appointment item just to make sure I don't miss them on the day of.
BFITBY487/13/2010 5:33:00 PM
I use this feature on my phone everyday. It is great.
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