Dates - not the edible kind!

I used to forget birthdays, or at least I forgot to send the cards, then I started using Moonpig who do send a reminder email in time to send another card. Now I have set alarms on my calendar to remind me 1 week before each event and so I go buy the cards and post them on the same day,

I don't actually forget what day it is (mostly) but I do forget what I'm doing on that day. I religiously put appts in my Google Calendar - and set a reminder - and then forget to look at my laptop for a few days! Minimoon what a revelation! I can use Alexa. Of course! Thank you.

I have a perpetual calendar in the kitchen with all the birthdays. I get birthday cards, write them, address and write the date of the birthday where the stamp will be stuck. It seems to work - most of the time!

I laughed when I read this. Since I retired I have to check the TV for day and date. Each day runs into the next one. Friday seems to come around far too fast! I don't care though, I love not having to go to work.

I still use a calendar which hangs in my Lounge, useful for arranging appointments & carry a diary which I forget to update .

Date isn't a problem as I get a daily paper which gives day & date. Sunday is still a special day, usual habit of reading Sunday papers, crosswords & Sudoku. I rarely go out on a Sunday unless I'm out for Lunch with Meet Up group or going to my DD's, I try to keep Sunday as a real day of leisure even though I've been retired 13 years

My first 'challenge' of the morning is to work out which day it is. If failure occurs, I turn to trusty iPad.

Yes, for me this is definitely a retirement thing. I have got into the habit of checking my mobile every morning after breakfast so I know what day it is!

I have to rely on my Google Calendar. It's not on my phone though. But I am not very dependent on my phone, for some reason I don't use it much.

Ah yes - the phone calendar!! I do have a Samsung and have the Google calendar set up in it but since I retired and lost my work e-mail system all the diary dates I had set in there disappeared too so I'm having to slowly add them into it as the year goes on.

The paper block calendar wouldn't work for us - I used to have one with Thoughts for the Day on each page. At the end of the month as I was tearing off several weeks at a time the one thought that never cropped up was 'remove today's page'

Writing the posting date on the corner is a good idea however if you don't know what today's date is .............

I too miss the structure of the work week in some ways as at least the weekend broke it up but I certainly don't miss the month end which was the most stressful time. We'd no sooner got one out of the way than I had to start preparing for the next one - the months wizzed by!!

I am not alone, my problem isnt dates, its DAYS I am always either one day ahead or a day behind, I check the wall calendar every morning to check apointments etc.

Thank heaven its not just me then. My mum used to say "id forget my head if it were loose" and thats how it seems for me now! Yet when working I had a head full of addresses, phone numbers etc & kept my boss on the ball. Now I can't remember where my glasses are! I silently panic in case I forget pin numbers & codes. Cards I write ahead and sit up on the mantelpiece. And yes, I still think in terms of weekends. But I now say for appointments I can come anytime-im retired & its usually appreciated.

I don't know what I would do without my Samsung phone. Any important dates I put in and it gives me a reminder. If I have a card to post, I set a reminder for a couple of days before hand. Of course the screen always has the date and time so I can get on with the impotant things in my life.......watching the wildlife in my garden or reading.

Willow, we must be twins. Today is Friday and I thought it was Saturday and only know the date because my work pension went into my account yesterday. After today I will lose track of the dates and Mr B is the same, in fact he went out to buy the Saturday paper and it was him that discovered it was Friday. I think the reason is at our age we have so much stored in our brains, especially memories, that it is hard to drag out the most needed facts.

Also put send the card I bought for my niece.

I like to get birthday cards ahead of time. I write them then write in tiny letters where the stamp goes, the posting date. It hasn't failed me ...... yet......

Instead of only being marked "Today" at the top of these posts, perhaps I could suggest that Gransnet put eg "Today Friday". Probably a very techno idea!?

I have a large numbered calendar in the kitchen on which I always copy Birthday dates,etc from the old calendar, so that helps for starters. Then as each day/date ends I cross it out leaving me with the present day's date so I always remember.
It's my jumbo diary.

I hate retirement there’s no structure I knew where I was when sat and Sunday we my time, now every day is like Saturday or Sunday so there’s no looking forward to a break
Today Friday I was convince it was Saturday all week I ve been one day ahead and no idea why ??

I have always kept a physical diary for appointments and still always carry it in my handbag. I am self-employed and have no intention of ever retiring but there isn't that sharp difference between a workplace and home, because home is also my workplace.

Yes I often wonder what the date or day is, though I check my calendar near the kettle every morning so I don't miss birthdays.
When I write cards in advance I write the date in top right corner to remind me. Then it gets covered with the stamp .
Saw this yesterday-
'What do you call someone who doesn't care that it's Monday?

Retired!'

Thank goodness for Moonpig.com. All birthdays, anniversaries,etc are listed, I get reminders beforehand and no matter where I am in the world, I can send cards and gifts and know they will arrive on time.

I spent ages yesterday wondering when they had changed the GCSE results to Wednesday instead of Thursday. I'm now wondering what happened to Tuesday!

I found even when at work that when my job meant that I had to write the date on things I was fine - as soon as it was computerised, and done automatically it was strictly need to know basis!
Now I'm not working - even realising what day of the week it is sometimes is a struggle! But then I reckon that I no longer have to work to a routine if I don't want to, so why do I need to ???

My diary/calendar are now essential life-support - especially when I'm not sure what day/date it is!

Funny you should say that about Sundays Urmstongran. I have always hated Sundays and still do and I cannot think why. I love Fridays that is why it is so upsetting at the moment thinking every Friday is Saturday!!

We know when Thursday comes round as everyone puts their bins out and we follow suit.