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Many people have mentioned Monica, which is what I use for this. I live overseas from loved ones and old friends, meaning there are few natural cues to encoura
by lars512 5y ago
Many people have mentioned Monica, which is what I use for this.
I live overseas from loved ones and old friends, meaning there are few natural cues to encourage communication. Without very regular chats my memory doesn't let me be as in context with the major things happening in their lives as I need to be to have meaningful conversations with them. Monica helps with both of these things.
Getting reminders only really helps if the interactions themselves are also rewarding when you do them. If, say, calling an elderly family member feels more like a chore, it's easy to end up skipping the reminders more than you'd like.
- iamkroot 5y agoDo you have a link to this? Every search query I try produces results for the character Monica from Friends. Seems like exceptionally poor SEO, heh.
- banana_maker 5y agoChiming to say that I also use a self-hosted instance of Monica. I hop between a lot of projects and hobbies so I tend to be a bit scatterbrained. Having a central store of my contacts, past events, their likes/dislikes is extremely useful for me.