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Looking for a new reminder system

Tips/Suggestions

Hi guys!

Like the title says; I'm looking for a new system to remind myself of, well, a lot. The past 2 years I have been using the alarms on my phone. This has worked great for me, except for one thing. I think my phone might be my biggest distractions of all and it's driving me crazy. I have tried so many things to cut down my phone time, but none of it works. The only solution is to have it out of my sight. So recently I have been trying to make my life less phone dependent. I try to leave it at the front door when I come home and keep it in my bag in other places, usually turned off. But now I don't have the reminders anymore..

I borrowed my moms garmin running watch for a while just for the alarms. I liked that I could turn on all the alarms on my phone, which connects with the watch through bluetooth. However it tends to disconnect + I work in an environment where a big showy watch is not done and when I come home I forget to put the other watch on. I don't feel like buying a 500,- smartwatch that's less bulky because I'd only be using it for the alarms.

I am out of ideas. Does anybody have a system that works for them? Maybe watch suggestions that only do the alarm part that don't cost so much money?

Thanks!

Posted Jul 29, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

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