The ReminderIt journal
Notes on remembering
Building routines that stick, beating forgetfulness, and why a call lands when a notification doesn't.

Sep 4, 2026 · 4 min read
How to Make Sure Your Reminder Call Actually Gets Answered
A reminder is only as good as the moment it lands. Here's how to make sure a ReminderIt call gets picked up — even from a number your phone doesn't recognise yet.
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Sep 4, 2026 · 4 min read
Reminder Calls for Snowbirds: Staying on Track Across Two Homes and Two Time Zones
Split the year between two homes? Here's how to keep medication, bills and appointments on schedule when your time zone changes but your routine shouldn't.
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Sep 4, 2026 · 4 min read
How to Tell a Real Reminder Call From a Scam Robocall
In a world full of spam calls, a service that phones you can sound risky. Here's how a genuine reminder call is fundamentally different from a scam robocall — by design.
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Sep 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Reminders for chemotherapy: managing the cycle at home
Chemotherapy isn't only what happens at the clinic — it's a demanding schedule at home between sessions. Here's how reminders help keep the anti-sickness meds, hydration and appointments on track.
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Sep 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Reminders for radiotherapy: the daily-appointment marathon
Radiotherapy is a marathon of daily appointments — often every weekday for weeks — plus skin care and building fatigue. Here's how reminders help you keep the schedule without missing a session.
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Sep 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Reminders for living with PTSD: steadying the day
Living with PTSD, an ordinary routine can feel anything but ordinary. Gentle reminder calls can help anchor the day — medication, therapy, small steadying habits — when memory and motivation are stretched.
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Sep 2, 2026 · 4 min read
Reminder calls vs a pill organiser: which actually keeps you on track?
A pill organiser answers 'which tablets?' A reminder answers 'is it time yet?' They solve different halves of the problem — here's how they compare, and why many people are best off with both.
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Sep 2, 2026 · 4 min read
Reminders for HRT: keeping menopause treatment on schedule
HRT isn't just 'a daily pill' — a patch to change on set days, gel each morning, tablets at the same time. Keeping the timing steady is what keeps it working. Here's how reminders help.
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Sep 2, 2026 · 4 min read
Managing medication during Ramadan: reminders that fit the fast
During Ramadan, meals and medication move to before dawn and after sunset — and the timing shifts a little each day. Here's how reminders help keep doses on track through the fast.
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Sep 1, 2026 · 4 min read
After a transplant: never miss an anti-rejection dose
After a transplant, your anti-rejection medication isn't just important — it's the thing keeping your new organ working, on a schedule that never bends. Here's how reminders help guard it.
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Sep 1, 2026 · 4 min read
Coming off a medication safely: reminders for a taper schedule
Stopping a medication is rarely as simple as stopping. A taper is a precise, step-down schedule that changes as you go — exactly the kind of thing that's easy to lose track of. Here's how reminders keep it right.
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Sep 1, 2026 · 4 min read
Recovering from concussion: reminders for rest, pacing and a safe return
Recovering from a concussion isn't about doing more — it's about pacing, rest and a careful, staged return. Ironically, the injury itself makes all of that hard to keep track of. Here's how reminders help.
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