LPT: Save friends’ birthdays as events in your phone’s calendar If you have trouble remembering your closest friends’ birthdays, just save the dates as reocurring events in the calendar of your phone. Maybe you’ll make somebody’s day better by “remembering” their birthday 🙂 submitted by /u/kren1x

LPT – Add 2 reminders for peoples Birthdays on your calendar I used to always forget birthdays of my friends. So one day I decided to check the friend list on facebook and add calendar reminders for all my friends there. Even some acquaintances. I created a reminder the day before at 3pm and another one on the day of their birthay so that I am aware that i gotta text them and I can send a thoughtful messa…

LPT: don’t give your friends Christmas stuff for their birthdays, unless they explicitly are ok with it I have quite some friends whose birthdays are around the holidays. They all complain about their birthday ‘snowing under’ in the Christmas sentiments. People wrap their birthday gifts in Christmas wrapping paper, give them Christmas related gifts (such as decoration for the tree) and send Christmas themed birthday cards. It annoys them to no end…

LPT: Start shopping for birthdays & holidays, such as Christmas, early or even as you see things throughout the year. It’s far less stressful and you don’t spend a huge chunk all at once. submitted by /u/brownsun

LPT: Don’t wait for others to plan your birthdays, make it a point to plan them yourself so it’s an event you and your friends can enjoy! Notice a lot of people seem to wait for others to plan their birthdays…and then are disappointed when it doesn’t happen. Why not plan them yourself? Doesn’t have to be big, or small, but it’s an excuse for your friends to join you and get together. Take it as an opportunity to give the people you care about a chance to have fun, get together e…

LPT: Set reminders for peoples birthdays who are important to you on your phone. Even if people don’t want much on their birthdays the act of remembering and wishing them it can make their day. I use this for most of my friends and it’s a nice way to start the day when that little notification pops up. submitted by /u/Jojoboy213