Setting Reminders

This helps you to remember to complete tasks

This can be helpful for anyone who forgets important tasks, experiences time blindness, or has difficulty with task initiation and is looking for organisation strategies to stay on top of your responsibilities.

How to Set Effective Reminders

If there’s something you often forget to do, set a reminder or alarm on your phone to prompt you. This simple yet effective organisation strategy can help ensure you don’t miss important tasks. For instance, if you frequently forget to take your medication, set a recurring alarm or reminder on your phone to prompt you daily.

The key to success is acting on the task as soon as the reminder goes off. Postponing it can lead to forgetting it entirely once the reminder is dismissed.

What’s the Science?

There’s not necessarily much science behind this one, it’s just about actively setting up systems which help us to remember to do things we struggle with. By leveraging automation, such as reminders and alarms, you reduce the cognitive load of trying to remember everything manually, making task initiation and follow-through more manageable.

References

Gendron, A. (2023). The Mini ADHD Coach. Penguin Random House UK.