Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping a list of birthdays

Social media does a good job reminding you of some people’s birthdays, but you may miss others. With this week’s tip, shared by radmoose, you’ll never forget another birthday, and you’ll even see them coming up so you can plan accordingly.

Most people seem to rely on social media to remind them of birthdays. However, with people updating privacy levels or removing accounts, a lot of this information gets lost.

When I first know of someone’s birthday, I enter their information into a Birthdays list that reminds me every year of their birthday so I don’t miss one, plus I create a Smart List of “Upcoming Birthdays”: this shows me all birthdays in the next 10 days so I can remember to get a gift or send a card in time.

list:Birthdays AND dueWithin:"10 days of today"

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

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