Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping in touch with friends with repeating tasks

Keeping in touch with friends feels like one of those things that should happen automatically, but we all know it doesn’t always work that way. This week’s tip comes from kurtvan, who suggests tasks that repeat on a random interval so you don’t become too predictable. :)

I know this seems a little odd to write – if you have friends, you should always be in touch with them, right? – but after a Christmas of filling out cards and saying, “man, I haven’t talked to this person in forever,” I’ve turned to RTM for help.

I’ve got a list of those friends, and a reminder to “Say hi to” or “Send an email to” each of them. To make sure it’s not a one-off, I’ve made it a recurring task for some random period of time: 57 days, 126 days, 245 days, etc. I sure expect to talk with them before that, but now I have a regular reminder if life gets busy… and they don’t get in the mind frame of, “It’s the 1st of the month, I should get another email today.”

Thanks for sharing this tip, kurtvan! You’re our Tips & Tricks Tuesday winner this week.

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