There are 1,000s of uses for LifeHound
Here are just a few…
Categories
- Business
- Education/Professional Certifications
- Events, Holidays and Occasions
- Financial
- General
- Gifts & Donations
- Government
- Health, Fitness & Medical
- Home
- Identification & Cards
- Information Technology
- Insurance
- Legal
- Memberships
- Pets
- Possessions
- Promotions & Trials
- Real Estate & Property
- Transportation i.e. Car/Motorcycle/Boat
- Travel
- Work
Reminder ideas
Business
- Business Agreements
- Business/Professional Licenses
- Building Permits
- Autorenewing Business agreements
- Annual Corporate Filings
- Business License renewals
- Annual Stakeholder meetings and Meeting Minutes
- Store all state filings
- Communications to Shareholders
- Corporate Statement Filings to State Governments annually
- Store all local government documents including business licenses, permits, etc.
- Store all Business Taxes and statements
- Estimated Tax Payments
- Store all Business Bank statements, Loans, Credits Cards, etc
- Office Rental, Leases
- Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs)
- Agreements without companies
- HR Review time planning
- Patents and insuring dates are met for filing dates, renewals, etc.
- Trademarks and insuring dates are met for filing dates, renewals, etc.
- Scheduled building inspections
- Permit renewals including buildings, occupancy, elevators, signage, etc.
Education/Professional Certifications/Licenses
- Education – High School Diploma, College Diplomas, Certificates of completion of courses, Certifications.
- School signups
- Medical licenses (i.e. MD, RN, DEA) and recertification tests
- Trade Licenses (Beautician, Contractor, Pilots, Dental, etc)
- CPA, CFP, EA License, and recertification tests
- Contractors License
- Engineering License, PE, IEEE
- Information Technology Certifications and Course Tracking
- Certifications – CPR
- College admission process tracking, with signup and submission deadlines
- College Process – when should have done ACT, SAT, transcripts due, etc.
Events / Holidays /Occasions
- Reminders to buy Christmas presents or birthday presents, Religious Holidays, i.e. Easter or Jewish Holidays
- Prep for the Holidays, Christmas lights, buy a pumpkin, put out seasonal decorations or flags
- Plan birthday parties
- Send out Holiday Cards
- Anniversaries, birthdays, Weddings
- Reminders to send cards or gifts for occasions on a regular basis
- Upcoming concerts to buy tickets way in advance
- Cutoff dates and deadlines for events, RSVPs, etc.
- Mother’s day flowers (where the date changes every year)
- Wedding anniversaries
- Weddings planning
- Reminder for Clock changes for Daylight savings time and back.
- Thanksgiving dinners preparation shopping lists etc.
- Holiday Shopping Lists
- Mother’s day brunch reservations
- Birthday dinners, dinner reservations
- Anniversaries
- Charity giving
- Funerals
- Funeral Arrangements, Burial plots, etc
- Lots of task items under Funerals
- Easter, Religious Holidays
- Purchase Gifts i.e. Easter Baskets, Eggs for Color, Pumpkins
- Go to Church
- When to change the holiday flag. When to put out the country flag on particular holidays
Financial
- Get annual rebate check from Costco or others
- To do their taxes
- Save all 1099, W-2 Forms for proof of employment and for tax purposes
- Store Receipts that are for taxes
- Bank Accounts
- Checking accounts
- Savings accounts
- Money market accounts
- Certificates of deposit (CDs)
- Debit cards
- Credit Cards
- Property taxes
- Estimated Tax Payments
- Account and Card numbers with Expiration date
- Recent financial account statements
- Login and password information for online account management
- Home mortgages or loan
- Past Tax Returns
- Most recent W-2 forms or federal self-employment tax return
- Income tax returns for the current and previous year, including 1040 variations and 1099s, if applicable
- Tax related items like invoices and receipts
- Gift documentation for tax returns
- Pension Plans And Retirement Benefit Information
- 401(k) or 403(b) plans, IRAs, Roth IRAs, Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan
- Reminder to make tuition or other payments when required
- Sell off losses on stock before the end of the year
- Certificates of Deposit (CDs) that are at the end of there period, or 20-year savings bonds that are no longer receiving interest.
- Tuition payments
- Retirement of when to take Minimum 401k distribution
- Track when to apply for Medicare 3 months before age 65
- Reminders when to apply for Social Security for Retirement
- Credit card expiration dates or promotional rate expires
- Track all bills that are set up for AutoBill pay so that you know to change them before the credit card expires * Nice tracker
- Track all bills that are automatically paid from a checking account, so can send informational only reminders when they are due so have enough in checking account
- Investment Portfolios
- Stocks
- Bonds
- Mutual funds
- Trust Fund
- Accountant
General
- Organize all of the important documents
- Agreements that expire
- Signup for services that are on a free trial and need to cancel before then
- Fantasy football leagues
- Track special offer expiration dates such as a Groupon that will expire so must use by a certain date.
- Store a coupon or gift certificate that is expiring
- Safe Deposit Box
- Replace emergency supplies such as Water Jugs, Food, or other items that expire over time
- Class Action Lawsuit tracking for equipment and item recalls, vehicle warranties and recalls, and other items
Gifts & Donations
- Reminder to make annual charity gifts
- Annual Donations
Government
- Drivers License
- Non-drivers license or ID Card
- Department of Defense ID
- Passports
- Visa renewals
- Work permits or Work Visas, Work ID
- TSA and Global Entry Renewals
- Immigration and Citizenship documents and steps
- Track the last time you did Jury Duty and make sure you are not called too early to do it again
- Track Military Service, Branch, Rank, Years served, Discharge papers and date, and Deployments with dates, units
- Track Military accommodations, medals, uniform, weapons
- Track legal items, speeding tickets, parking tickets, etc.
- Keep Birth, Wedding, and Death Certificates
- Social Security Cards and associated information
- Armed Forces discharge papers
- Birth certificates
- Death certificate
- Marriage license and marriage certificates
- Divorce certificates
- Notify yourself when you are off probation for getting a ticket or other offense
- Reminder to make annual charity gifts
- Annual Donations
Health, Fitness & Medical
- Replace Toothbrush every 3 months
- Automatically Renewing Medications
- Names of medications
- Name of the pharmacy where medications are renewed
- Name of doctor who prescribed medication
- Changing razor blades
- Changing toothbrushes or electric toothbrush heads
- Tracking Blood donations
- Dental: When is the next dental appointment?
- Dental: When was my last Dental Appt, when did I have x-rays or an exam last
- Dental: When was particular dental work done, i.e. time since the last crown was put in
- Dental: Time had specific dental work or a procedure
- Dental: The time needed in advance to schedule the next dental appointment
- Medical: Track medical history and associated documents
- Medical: List of Food, Latex or other Allergies
- Medical: Annual Physicals
- Medical: Age-specific items (Prostate check, Mammograms, colonoscopy)
- Medical: Prescription refills
- Medical: Track Medicines and when started and taking
- Medical: Annual Flu shots
- Medical: When Cobra expires for a job
- Medical: Open Enrollment for Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
- Medical: Save Medical Forms and Bills
- Medical: When open enrollment is for medical insurance
- Medical: Expiration of Shots – time to get the next Tetanus shot
- Medical: School physicals for sports that have to happen before a certain day
- Medical: Annual Dermatology checks
- Medical: Medication Tracker and Reminder to take them
- Medical: Immunization Records, i.e. Yellow Immunization Card
- Medical: Children immunization shots
- Medical: Adult immunizations (Tetanus, shingles, etc)
- Medical: Track Hospitalizations, medical procedures, and medical history
- Vision: Track vision history and associated documents
- Vision: Annual checks, eye exam
- Vision: Last time got glasses, contacts, etc,
- Vision: Save your last prescription to determine changes in eyes
- Reminder to make annual charity gifts
- Annual Blood Donations
Home
- Furnace or AC filter replacement
- Furnace service every Fall
- AC Service every Spring
- Replacing Batteries, Smoke Alarms, safes, car,
- Servicing air conditioning
- Equipment and Appliances Records
- Warranty renewals related to Home
- Warranty Expiration tracking. – Also want to store the original warranty material online through a doc or screenshot
- Lease renewal
- Utilities
- Annual electric bills
- Electricity
- Gas
- Water
- Phone
- Cable
- Internet
- Track promotions received such as a discount to AT&T U-Verse for 1 year to some other discount do know when it expires.
- Clean dishwasher or other products annually
- Flush Tankless hot water heater with Vinegar annually
- Wash solar panels annually or annual billing true up to budget for.
- Track all past addresses
- TV contracts to cancel before service is up so they offer a better deal than autorenewal
- Propane tank expiration
- Scuba Tank expiration
- Service term expirations
- Storage Facilities. Storage Lockers
- Recipes
IDs, Cards & Passes
- Sports, Fishing & Hunting Licenses
- Gift Card tracker and also when the Gift cards will expire so remind to go and use them
- Renewal or expiration of annual passes likes Seaworld or Disneyland
- Social Security card
- Medicare, Medi-Cal, or other Cards
Information Technology (IT)
- SSL certificate tracking. Also, store the Certificates and the Keys in the repository
- Domain renewals
- Equipment Warranty
- Equipment Manuals
- Vendor Contracts
- Office Utility contracts
- Software Renewals and Agreements that are recurring
- Norton Antivirus – don’t let your virus protection auto-renew, turn off autorenewal, and you will get presented with a better offer
Insurance
- Life insurance Policies (Whole Life and Term)
- Track payment of annual renewal items (Life insurance, annual bills)
- Waive health insurance every year for a College Student
- Insurance Policies
- Life Insurance
- Health Insurance
- Short Term and Long term Disability Insurance
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
- Car Insurance
- Long Term Care Insurance
- Hospitalization Insurance
- Home Insurance
- Earthquake, Flood, Fire insurance
- Trailer Insurance
- Other Insurance policies (theft, fire, earthquake, etc.)
- Artwork and Jewelry Valuations
- Valuations, photos, and videos of home & possessions, receipts, etc for insurance purposes
- Insurance agent
Legal
- Reminders of when to update your will or trust
- Legal Contract expirations
- Will
- Copy of the Will
- Copies of previous versions of the Will
- Name of attorney or law firm that helped create the Will, if applicable
- Trusts
- Declarations of trust or Trust agreements
- Name of attorney or law firm that helped create the Trust, if applicable
- Bank accounts associated with the Trust
- Power Of Attorney
- Name of the person appointed to Power Of Attorney
- Power Of Attorney documentation
- Name of attorney or law firm that helped create the POA, if applicable
- Any Professionals Who Have Helped
- Lawyer
- Advance Directive
- Living Will
- Health Care Proxy
- Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)
- Proof Of Identity And Relationships
Prenuptial agreements - Divorce settlements, Divorce Decree
Memberships
- Annual memberships to organizations, Stores (i.e. Costco), programs, etc.
- Gym or other fitness memberships
- Country Club Memberships
- Track Clubs, organizations, or other memberships
- Veterans associations Memberships
- Annual memberships and prompt if not fully using then suggest to add an item to cancel before they expire. Remind them 1-2 weeks in advance.
Pets
- Pet Microchips
- Annual Physicals for pets or immunization
Posessions
- Track valuables including jewelry and associated receipts, specs of diamonds, etc., and inventory for insurance purposes.
- Track User Manuals, reminders to change the batteries in smoke detectors to safes to other appliances, etc.
- Remember passcodes, safe combinations, or track items that are in your safe deposit box, along with the reminder to pay the annual fee.
- Track wedding china, crystal, silverware patterns along with information about them in case you break one and purchase more or even sell them.
- Track anything with a serial number and a receipt including household appliances, electronics, guns, farm equipment, and associated documentation.
- Track collections, coins, silver, gold, or cryptocurrency
Promotions & Trials
- Track Promotional offers received such as discounted pricing plan
- Track Free Trials such as a free trial membership
- Track temporary discounts or promotions
- Track the Free trial of a software product
Real Estate & Property
- Mortgages Or Loans including a copy of the mortgage or loan agreement
- Multi-year licenses of equipment
- Titles Or Deeds To Any Property
- Home improvement records on owned property
- Home improvement records on rental property
- Real estate
Transportation | Car, Motorcycle, Boat
- Contracts like Sirus XML annual renewal to call ahead
- Car: Leases that expire (Car & Home)
- Car: Car Loan Agreement and Payments
- Car: Copy of Car Title
- Car: Reminder when to renew your driver’s license or Car registration
- Car: Car Warranties run out
- Car: Mileage or Date to get my Oil changes in the future, keep track of when all of the service that has been done to my car
- Car: Create a profile for a Car and when to get service
- Car Make
- Car model
- Car year
- Car License Plate #
- Car Vin Number
- Car: Where it was services
- Car: Mileage service
- Car: Work date
- Car: Attached docs
- Car: Memberships due, i.e. Auto Clubs, etc,
- Car: Auto insurance renewal
- Car: Auto registration renewal
- Car leases expiring
- Motor vehicles
- Boats
Travel
- Trip Planning and associated information, plane tickets, hotel reservations, receipts
- Frequent Travel Numbers including Frequent Flier Numbers, Car rentals, hotel rewards, etc.
- Track Countries visited and when for history
- Track Immunizations and shots/immunizations taken for travel
- Booking plane tickets or hotel for summer vacation
- Track TSA Pre or Global Entry documents and associated expiration dates