New Years Resolution #2 was to get better about remembering and acknowledging birthdays.
I attribute my inability to remember birthdays to my problem remembering numbers in general. Don't believe me? What if I told you that I know exactly two phone numbers. My childhood number from when I was a kid and my cell number. I don't even know my work number or my husband's cell phone number!
I can typically name what month somebody's birthday is in, but never the date. So, obviously I need some help. While I write everybody's birthday in my planner, by the time I get to the date its the BIRTHDAY - and I don't have time to send a card or get a gift. Totally lame. Hence my resolution.
In an effort to remedy this problem, I made a list of everybody's birthday. I then proceeded to put every single one of them into my google calender (which I never use but I am going to start) and then set email reminders a week out. I even figured out how to sync it to my blackberry, in an effort to delve into the 21st century and use my electronic calenders. I hope it works, as I know I always appreciate it when people remember my birthday so I want to return the favor.
Do you have any special way to remember birthdays?
6 comments:
I love Google Calendar! Even though I can go weeks without using it, it's always there for you keeping track of stuff like birthdays. I also have to admit that Facebook sometimes helps me in the birthday department... : /
I admit I rely on Facebook to let me know when most of my friends birthdays are. The close ones I add to my Google Calendar.
That's why I love facebook, it tells you, haha! Other than that I only know my family :)
How many birthdays are you trying to remember? I normally write them down in my planner!
I'm so bad about this too. I try to look at my calendar on Monday to see what birthdays are coming up, but I still fail miserably.
I totally use Google calendar for this very purpose! I set several reminders for important birthdays (parents, siblings, etc), so I get the first one a month out and then another one two weeks out. This gives me a chance to get a present or send a card or whatever.
I'm still terrible about actually DOING it, though. Especially buying gifts. I always second-guess myself out of doing it and then I end up getting them a gift late or not at all.
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