I have an ordinary problem and I don't like my current solutions.
I need to remember to do a task in 2 weeks.
If I create a task with a due date in gnome evolution (which looks a lot like an old version outlook) and I set a reminder for it.My phone will go bing about midnight. (This also happened to contact birthdays)
This is because the reminder time is set relative to the start time and being a task with just a start date there is no time so it assumes the time is 00:00.
To avoid that problem I'd set reminders as a calendar appointment, which isn't great because it's not filed correctly and I have to pick a time for something that just kinda needs to be done sometime around then.
Today I tried setting a custom reminder 9 hours after the start time, as 9 am is a reasonable time to remind me to do some work.
I also have no faith in my ability to consistently remember to look at a todo list.
So anyone want to share their solutions for how to remember to do something in the future?
Diane /
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2025-04-25 01:05:30
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