I use the Reminders app ALL the time. I depend on it. My own memory lets me down, but this app keeps me focused and spares me from making many “oops, I forgot” mistakes.
I often ask Siri to remind me to: write a note, pay a bill, pick something up at the store, etc etc etc …. And before I know it, my list is long. Really long. Silly long.
And it can get really messy if your personal reminders are woven among your work reminders. A quick look for your next crucial appointment time might be hard to find if it is wedged between ‘pick up milk’ and ‘stop at the post office’.
What to do?
Separate your reminders into lists.
Here is how you can make lists in your Reminders app:
Open Reminders and tap on the Menu in the upper left corner.
Tap on “Create New List” and give it a title. Once you have made your title, tap “done”.
You can make many lists. Perhaps a list specifically for your work, or a reminder list of books you plan to read. Whatever suits your life.
Just tap on the new title you created and begin to make your list.
Go back and forth between your lists by tapping the menu button.
Whew! So much easier than trying to store it all in my head. 
dadirri7
/ February 15, 2013i do wish i had a iphone, but we live in a little hollow by the sea with no reception, even if you stand on tables and jump …. one day i will live in town again and get with it!
sharechair
/ February 17, 2013Your hollow sounds like a wonderful place to live. No need to jump on a table when you can sit by your beautiful pond!
dadirri7
/ February 18, 2013yes you are right, plenty of time in the future for technology!
LBcruiseshipblogger
/ February 16, 2013Sounds a lot better than my pile of sticky notes.
sharechair
/ February 17, 2013When I write things on scraps of paper I always lose them.
LuAnn
/ February 16, 2013This is much better than my written lists. Thanks!
sharechair
/ February 17, 2013My written lists always got messy and then messier. Or lost. Or messy and lost.
jacquiefioramonti
/ February 17, 2013I’m such a list person myself – I even have lists of lists
and I rely so much on my phone to remember things and organise my life.
sharechair
/ February 17, 2013So do I! I don’t know what I’d do without it.