how to send myself a daily message?
December 1, 2012 7:20 AM Subscribe
what's the best way to send an automatic random reminder to myself every day?
In my bid to maintain a habitual awareness about my mental and spiritual wellbeing, I'd like to have an iPhone prompt or email appear every morning, which draws randomly from a large bank of inspiring quotes of my own choosing. Ideally I can add to the bank over time. I would also prefer an iPhone prompt e.g. an alarm-like function with a message I can acknowledge, rather than an email, as I get more than enough email. But I'd settle if there were no other option. Is there an app for this?
In my bid to maintain a habitual awareness about my mental and spiritual wellbeing, I'd like to have an iPhone prompt or email appear every morning, which draws randomly from a large bank of inspiring quotes of my own choosing. Ideally I can add to the bank over time. I would also prefer an iPhone prompt e.g. an alarm-like function with a message I can acknowledge, rather than an email, as I get more than enough email. But I'd settle if there were no other option. Is there an app for this?
Response by poster: Oh, wonderful! As an added bonus, on a hunch I did some investigation and it seems you can send text messages via email to most US phones for free. So there's my hack right there. Thanks so much!
posted by starcrust at 8:18 AM on December 1, 2012
posted by starcrust at 8:18 AM on December 1, 2012
If you have Google calendar set up on your phone, you can make a recurring event, and include an alarm each time.
posted by oceanjesse at 8:38 AM on December 1, 2012
posted by oceanjesse at 8:38 AM on December 1, 2012
You might be interested in http://www.lettermelater.com/
posted by sdt33 at 8:59 AM on December 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by sdt33 at 8:59 AM on December 1, 2012 [1 favorite]
Seems like you got your fix, but just in case, I recently started using Iftt.com to replace a different service I was using, and it's pretty fun.
posted by upatree at 10:18 AM on December 1, 2012
posted by upatree at 10:18 AM on December 1, 2012
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posted by 168 at 7:55 AM on December 1, 2012 [1 favorite]