Imagine my surprise when I opened my RSS feeds to find a post at Lifehack about tickler files. Dustin goes into much more detail than I did, and you can read about how tickler files are used. If you’ve never used one and are curious, go and check it out.

(myorganizedbiz.com) – I suppose that a low-tech way of reminding yourself to do things is a bit out of fashion. How many people actually use tickler files anymore?
When I worked in the sales department of a hotel, we still used WP 5.1 (oh, how I miss you, reveal codes). Outlook? Meeting reminders? We didn’t have them. So to remind me to follow up on things I used a tickler file. And just like I now check my online calendar every day, I would check my tickler file every day for things I needed to do, items due that day, …read more