I replaced my reminders app with Google Messages — here’s why (and how to set it up)

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Reminders are something I’ve always struggled with, and it has nothing to do with the reminder apps themselves. They all work as advertised, so this isn’t really about that. My problem is they’re too polite and too easy to ignore. I’d swipe a reminder away, thinking I’ve got it covered, only to forget it ever existed.

Recently, though, I came across a Reddit thread suggesting scheduling texts to yourself as reminders. I gave it a shot for a couple of weeks, and yes, it clicked — so here we are.