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I love me some timers. One of the secrets to how I manage my day is that I set timers for everything.
I set them for appointments, sure. But I also set them to remind me when to get started on a phase of work. I set them to remind me when to eat a meal. I set them to remind me when to take my medicine. I set them to wake me up from naps. I even set them to limit how much time I dig around on Facebook or doom scroll on the Drudge Report as a break from work.
Sometimes I use Alexa to set alarms on one of my Amazon devices, but those can (and do) disturb my wife. So instead of using Alexa, I've taken to using the Timers and Alarms apps on my Apple Watch.
Also: I tested the Apple Watch Series 11 for a week - here's my buying advice now
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