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Show HN - A side project I built to help with my laziness/procrastination

1 pointsby polyvisualabout 1 year ago

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polyvisualabout 1 year ago
I thought I&#x27;d share a side project I&#x27;ve been work on recently.<p>I&#x27;ve always struggled with procrastination. The final straw came last year when I forgot to book an MOT for my campervan, resulting in a cancelled weekend away, grief from my wife and kids and a realisation that I needed to address my procrastination problem.<p>So, I did what all good software engineers do: I spent a weekend hacking together a small reminder service.<p>The service emails me 12 weeks before, 8 weeks before, 5 weeks before, 3 weeks before, 2 weeks before, and 1 week before an important deadline. I can also choose daily reminders on the same 12, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1 schedule.<p>I have found that this increasingly frequent nagging helps me focus on important tasks and I haven&#x27;t missed any renewals or deadlines since.<p>Following feedback from people I have shared the idea with, I put some more effort into the service and built remindify.co<p>Thanks! Matt