If I leave the house through the back door instead of my usual front door routine, I sometimes forget my coffee. My wife installed hook thingy where we now hang our keys so they don’t get misplaced. The first morning I walked right out the door and locked myself out of the house without my keys. Brilliant. I forget stuff all the time. Without lists and stupid human tricks like a launch pad, I don’t know what I’d do. I am such a creature of habit that one slight change in my routine and I’m totally thrown off course.
I depend heavily on lists and reminders to help me navigate life’s details. I often remember my to-do items while driving. It’s hard to write while driving, and I may not recall a detail once I’ve reached my destination. My solution lately is Jott. You call Jott, speak a message, addressed to whomever you’ve setup in your account, and it will email or text your cell phone. It can also setup a reminder message. Best of all, it’s free.
In the past 24 hours, Jott has successfully triggered me to drop off a rent check for a friend while he’s out of town and it reminded me to alter a song’s stop time on my iPod playlist so I don’t broadcast a crappy part of a song during the Christmas parade. These are both important items, yet I’m certain without a reminder system, I would have screwed them up. Jott is a trusted system that can help clear your head of these tedious details so you can have mind like water.
– steve