Do you have a big family with a lot of uncles, aunts, and cousins stretched all across the country? Is it hard for you to remember birthdays and are you always apologizing to them the next day or down the line after multiple weeks when you find out? It goes without saying that being able to remember everyone’s birthday is a rather impossible task, we are so invested in our own life and work that we sometimes just let things slide, even the most important ones. We want a reminder every now and then and that is what this article is all about.
If you are always forgetting the birthdays of your friends and family members then you must do something about it. No one wants to look like a bum in front of people they love and when they expect so much of you it is kind of disappointing for them to know that you forgot about the most important day of their life. This ends now – below are some ideas that you can try out for getting around this honest mistake of yours so that you can remember birthdays going forward.
Make a List and Keep it Visible
It might sound a little too obvious but at the end of the day, it is something that actually works. People make a visible list of all the important birthdays for their family and friends and then tape it somewhere where they can see it. This regular exposure provides them with insight as to whose birthday is approaching and what they can do about it.
You can either slab the list onto your living room calendar and continue to visit it every day or find a more subtle spot. It can be your refrigerator door, inside the pantry, or even the washbasin of your bathroom as this is probably the place where you begin your day flossing your teeth and thinking of the happy memories.
Make a Perpetual Birthday Calendar
A perpetual calendar is something that doesn’t need to be changed and is developed for a specific purpose which in this case would be to remember the birthdays of your loved ones. A perpetual birthday calendar is a statement piece to highlight the important months and weeks in which the birthday of your loved ones is approaching. You can mark the important dates on these and hang them inside your bedroom or living room to get constant exposure.
You can even get them printed with photos of your family members or friends. This way it will have a more unique feel and show all your love and affection to your family members.
Using a Reminder App
You can use a plethora of reminder apps out there for the sake of keeping the important dates of your family members highlighted and under your quick attention. Many people use their smartphones and embed the birthdays of the people inside the calendar, this way their smartphone would provide them with constant updates on when the birthday of their loved one is approaching. You can even sign up for a reminder before a month or even a week before a specific birthday is coming up so you can clear your schedule and make preparations if you have to.
Engage with Social Media
Nowadays almost everyone is quite active on social media and it is a great place to know about the upcoming alerts and events regarding your friends and family members. These days people are finding out when the birthday of someone they know is approaching via Facebook than they can from a physical place. Another way around that is creating social groups that revolve around chatting and usual family gossip. This way someone out there might know about the birthday of someone else approaching and can tell others.
Place Standing Orders
This is a more intimate way of letting someone know just how much you care about them. You can get on with placing standing orders with merchants out there, maybe a florist or an online store to send your loved ones some flowers and other gift items. This way when they thank you it will become obvious to you that they have a birthday. You can let these merchants out there make you remember that the birthday of your loved one is approaching.
It is an honest mistake having to forget about someone’s birthday and make up for it later. But what if you just don’t forget about it and have the whole surprise thing planned for your loved ones? Can you imagine the smile on their faces and the sharpened love in their eyes for you? It is definitely worth seeing. For more helpful advice on how to keep all birthdays in mind, check out this guide.
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