A weekly habit that keeps you in touch without effort
Set one standing arrangement that keeps you in the family’s week without you having to remember anything.
Keeping in touch is not about having more to say. It is about having a time, so that nobody has to decide to call.
Families who speak every week rarely have more news than families who speak twice a year. They have Sunday at four. The arrangement does the work, and the conversation follows from it.
Key points
- Set one repeating reminder that arranges the week for you
- Put the family conversation one tap from the home screen
- Answer a missed call with twenty seconds recorded, and keep the rhythm
- Keep the arrangement small enough that you actually keep it
What to remember
- The word to look for is Repeat, or How often. It is the difference between one reminder and a habit.
- A missed call is not a missed week. Twenty seconds recorded keeps the rhythm going.
- Anything you do every week deserves to be on the first screen. This is true of exactly three or four things.
Try this
Set one repeating reminder tonight — a day, an hour, and one person’s name. Sunday at four is as good as any. Then leave it alone and let it do the remembering for you.
Practice: A weekly habit that keeps you in touch without effort. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.