Is a tickler file really needed? Do you use one?

[Oogiem]

I don't like to put things in there any longer, because I know I will probably just forget about them. So I know I don't trust it.

Do you guys use a tickler file? Do you think we should have one, or should I just get rid of it?

What I was thinking of doing was if I say a flyer advertising a sale on TV's, and it was going to happen on a specific saturday, I would just put a notice of that in the "all day section" of the calendar on my iphone. Would that work?

But then where do I put the actual physical flyer?

What do you do to make sure your tickler system is running smoothly?

I do use a tickler file and I also had some issues with trusting it initially. My tactic was to add a note that came up on my morning checklist to check tickler file until it was a habit. After reading the power of habits book I realized that I was adding a step to an established routine so it wasn't that hard to do.

If you have a lot of stuff in your tickler file if it was working then stick with a full fledged version with a folder for each day and one for each month. If you don't have as much then you might go with just a monthly version and if you really have almost no paper stuff then perhaps just a single Tickler Folder is enough and you sort through it when you need a paper.

The phone reminder to at least check the tickler file is probably a good one until the habit is established.