Reminder notifications with cron

I like to make a lot of little nudges for myself. Usually, they go in my todo list, but that can’t pop up more than once a day. When I want something more frequent, I’ll make a notification using cron.

If you’re on macOS, here’s an example:

13 */2 * * * osascript -e 'display notification "Respond with curiosity" with title "Listen, idiot!"'

That’ll pop up on the 13th minute of every other hour. It looks like this:

In the past, I’ve done this for:

• “Be warm, not impressive“
• “Make mistakes of ambition“
• “Avoid avoiding“
• “It’s just soccer“

And some others I can’t remember.