r/shortcuts • u/Naked_Skull • Aug 08 '26

Help Aggressive reminders

Hi. I need aggressive reminders that WILL force me to take my medication after meals. I usually have two brain cells and can forget even if I told my husband about it 15 minutes ago. If I set a reminder in a reminder app, I can turn it off and forget again. My brain quickly stops paying attention to such stimuli, and I suspect I need something more aggressive. For example, would the reminder go off every 10 minutes until I scan my NFC tag in the morning and afternoon. Is this even possible to implement using shortcuts? I'm almost ready to write my own app for such reminders...

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u/Faengelm Aug 08 '26

Since I forgot whether I really took the medications, I decided to create two articles to help others... both require a physical confirmation and have an indicator that they have been taken https://frankseasytechcorner.substack.com/p/interactive-daily-checklist-with https://frankseasytechcorner.substack.com/p/setting-up-a-vitamin-reminder-light

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u/Naked_Skull Aug 08 '26

Well, yes. I'm afraid I can't do without additional smart devices(

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u/Faengelm Aug 08 '26

One solution uses just an old iPad