[Remind-Fans] How do you manage your todo list(s) using Remind?

[Peter Eberl]

Hi Brian, 

I'd be Interesses in your Crow Entry too ..

Peb

Von meinem iPad gesendet

> Am 27.06.2016 um 19:44 schrieb Brian Carter <robotmachine at gmail.com>:
> 
> I have a cron job that takes due reminders and adds it to my Todo.txt file. Remind is something I check often, but it doesn't have a todo list function built in.
> 
> I am mobile now, but if you want I can post my cron line here when I get home.
>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 13:35, Abner Gershon <6731955 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have used remind off and on for the several years but never really got hooked on it because I was unable to effectively manage my todo lists.
>> 
>> For example: I want to remind myself to pay estimated taxes on 1-15, 4-15, 6-15, and 9-15.
>> 
>> I record in my reminders:
>> 
>> REM 15 Apr +14 MSG Pay your 1st qtr taxes
>> REM 15 Jun +14 MSG Pay your 2nd qtr taxes
>> REM 15 Sep +14 MSG Pay your 3rd qtr taxes
>> REM 15 Jan +14 MSG Pay your 4th qtr taxes
>> 
>> Two problems. One, I have with this is that if I pay my taxes 14 days before they are due then the reminder continues to show up for the next 13 days.
>> 
>> And two, if I forget to pay my taxes despite the reminders (perhaps I am away from my computer for a month) then the reminder goes away without the task being accomplished.
>> 
>> I am interested to know how other people have gotten around these issues.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -Abner
>> 
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