A similar method works for what Apple or Google would call "location-based reminders" and get right about one time out of five in practice.
Want to remember something when you get home? Come up with a few words or some such concise thought that will remind you, then picture your front door - just as you'll see it when you do get home - and think those words or that thought. Repeat it to yourself while you imagine unlocking the door or whatever. Do that a few times - it only takes a moment - then forget about it and go back to what you were doing. When you get home, the association thus formed will trigger and remind you.
It only takes a moment, and I find that even with very little practice it works quite well. The method generalizes, too. It doesn't seem affected by aphantasia; I don't really find myself able to form vivid mental images and the "Ganzflicker" thing from the other day had no effect on me past a mild headache, but this technique works fine. Maybe it helps that the visual component is based on experiential memory, but whatever the reason, it works well enough even for me that I can comfortably recommend it.
Want to remember something when you get home? Come up with a few words or some such concise thought that will remind you, then picture your front door - just as you'll see it when you do get home - and think those words or that thought. Repeat it to yourself while you imagine unlocking the door or whatever. Do that a few times - it only takes a moment - then forget about it and go back to what you were doing. When you get home, the association thus formed will trigger and remind you.
It only takes a moment, and I find that even with very little practice it works quite well. The method generalizes, too. It doesn't seem affected by aphantasia; I don't really find myself able to form vivid mental images and the "Ganzflicker" thing from the other day had no effect on me past a mild headache, but this technique works fine. Maybe it helps that the visual component is based on experiential memory, but whatever the reason, it works well enough even for me that I can comfortably recommend it.