Over the years I have been blessed with a lot of friends, and they have been cursed with me. The reason I say that is because I am a horrible friend. I do not call, I do not text, I do not make small talk. That is Elma’s PR section.

Most people would like that, no one harassing them for a while or making small talk. I am one of those people who cannot do small talk, talk to me about life after death / aliens / how to take over the world or even solving world hunger. Now that is what I like to talk about, but most people are not like me.

Covid taught me that, friends are important. Even though I did not reach out to them some of them would like to get a simple text saying “hey, whats up” or “hey, how are you doing?”.

Now my intentions have always been there t reach out to them, however when I get to it. It’s either too late for them or I say that I will do it in 5minutes and then forget about it.

I needed a way for my automations to remind me and notify me that I need to reach out to them, so I went hunting. I started looking for an app that would let me schedule my messages to the people I wanted, but do not send them automatically and just notify me so that I can decide whether I want to send the message or not.

Enter SKEDit, an app that was free, allowed me to schedule my messages in Email, WhatsApp, SMS or even schedule calls to go out. So this way I can reach out to the people I want to, and not feel like I am a horrible friend for not reaching out.

Now that I have typed out this blog, it doe make me think that I should really care about reaching out to them and not have a system in place to remind me. But knowing myself and how I do not remember my “important” dates with my wife, who is one of the people I care most for. I will forget sending the message.

If this sounds like you, feel free to create your own system. Your friends would apperciate a “Hi” in times like these.