SumDay
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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It dawned on me that much of our routine life just happens - because we've orchestrated it to do so. As we get older, we've become a little more prone to let stuff slip, so have the following in place to help us out:
1. All bills are on auto pay - utilities, credit cards, insurance, etc. I know many don't like this, but I've done this for well over a decade and never had a problem.
2. I found I was forgetting to vacuum the floor of the finished basement. Roomba to the rescue - it runs daily.
3. We noticed some of our even more elderly neighbors driving away, leaving their garage doors open. We bought a Chamberlain Garage Door kit, installed the app on our phones and attached a little box to our router. We can now check to make sure it's open, or let someone in even if we're not home via this app. AND, we have it set to automatically close in 10 minutes anyway, which can easily be overridden. It's saved our bacon more than once.
4. Amazon delivers "stuff" monthly, via Subscribe & Save : body wash, vitamins, makeup, toiletries, dog stuff, tea bags. When we downsized, we discovered we were toiletry hoarders - now we just get it as needed. Some stuff we need monthly, and you can adjust anywhere from that frequency to every 6 months.
5. We have a Ring doorbell, which doesn't do much automatically, but it's nice to see (via the phone app) who's there when someone rings late at night. And we can converse with them, and if it's a neighbor we could give them the entry code for the front door to let them in. (can't think of why we'd have to, but hey, it could happen.)
6. Our local grocery store delivers, and when I sign in I'm presented with a list of "staples" - stuff you need weekly. I just check the boxes of the things I need, then search for everything else. Grocery shopping was never my favorite pastime, so I really love this one.
I guess we're trying to make it easier for us to age in place, and I'm anxious to see what else they'll come out with to help us do that. Anyone else experiencing this or have more tricks?
1. All bills are on auto pay - utilities, credit cards, insurance, etc. I know many don't like this, but I've done this for well over a decade and never had a problem.
2. I found I was forgetting to vacuum the floor of the finished basement. Roomba to the rescue - it runs daily.
3. We noticed some of our even more elderly neighbors driving away, leaving their garage doors open. We bought a Chamberlain Garage Door kit, installed the app on our phones and attached a little box to our router. We can now check to make sure it's open, or let someone in even if we're not home via this app. AND, we have it set to automatically close in 10 minutes anyway, which can easily be overridden. It's saved our bacon more than once.
4. Amazon delivers "stuff" monthly, via Subscribe & Save : body wash, vitamins, makeup, toiletries, dog stuff, tea bags. When we downsized, we discovered we were toiletry hoarders - now we just get it as needed. Some stuff we need monthly, and you can adjust anywhere from that frequency to every 6 months.
5. We have a Ring doorbell, which doesn't do much automatically, but it's nice to see (via the phone app) who's there when someone rings late at night. And we can converse with them, and if it's a neighbor we could give them the entry code for the front door to let them in. (can't think of why we'd have to, but hey, it could happen.)
6. Our local grocery store delivers, and when I sign in I'm presented with a list of "staples" - stuff you need weekly. I just check the boxes of the things I need, then search for everything else. Grocery shopping was never my favorite pastime, so I really love this one.
I guess we're trying to make it easier for us to age in place, and I'm anxious to see what else they'll come out with to help us do that. Anyone else experiencing this or have more tricks?