I have graduated to even screwing up my timers. Now the timer doesn't get silenced until the thing it is timing gets accomplished. Unless I'm distracted and fail to use that rule, then it's back to square one of course.

Edit: whoops, two people already said basically this. Guess I'll leave it

[–] arandomthought@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I usually press the "+1 minute" button and then the "pause" button. That way it stays in the tray of my phone and I'm too OCD to not get rid of it as soon as possible. Then of course you have to adhere to the rule of only removing the timer once you did what you set the timer for...

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Use alarms and snooze them instead giving you 10 min until it rimgs again. Repeat until task is done

[–] Benjaben@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

But then don't you have to set it to a precise time on the clock each time you use it, rather than "30 min in the future", for example? The issue for me is timers that I set often, like while cooking. Seems like a minor annoyance maybe but I use them while cooking and entertaining especially, AKA having my attention severely split already lol, additional complexity is to be avoided

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 2 points 14 hours ago

Yes it doesn't really work for cooking or tasks where you need to be precise, but then snoozing wouldn't work anyway since 10 min would be too long for most occasions. However you can use your assistant on your phone to set precise alarms. Just say "Hey Google/Siri set an alarm for 12 minuts for the pizza" and it should set an alarm instead of a timer.

I just have a few generic alarms on my phone i keep changing for whenever i need them. They dont repeat weekly on Android automatically so they are like single use. I also do also have weekly repeating timers for remembering stuff like trash bins or groceries delivery.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love when my timer goes off and I have no memory of setting it. Which critically important thing am I forgetting now?

[–] stetech@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Rule 1: set timers Rule 2: name ‘em