Prompts, Triggers, Reminders.
They’re all the same thing.
They’re all calls-to-action.
What I’ve realized over the years is that you generally only need prompts/triggers/reminders for things that you don’t really care about.
If you’re truly motivated to do something, you’ll remember it. It will pop into your head regularly.
However, if you don’t care about something (or actually dislike and/or dread it), you will need to be reminded.
For example, I have 3 places where I put all the things I need to do (but don’t care about or dread):
A white board (this is the one I have)
Apple Notes
A notepad on my desk (like this)
This way, I have three opportunities to see the things I absolutely *have* to do but am not excited by.
All of the things on this list are one-off (or infrequent).
I do not put things that I want to make a regular part of my life on this list.
Why?
Because if you’re not motivated to do something, you will NOT be able to do it regularly. It’s dead on arrival.
To do something regularly, you have to:
Be excited/motivated by it
Enjoy it
Be able to do it (given your life circumstances)
If the thing you want to do falls short in any of these areas, you need to pick something else.