On Sun, 26 May 2019, 16:12 Daryl Manning, <dwm+orgmode@wakatara.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to come up with a better way to give myself advanced notice on
> some peoples' birthdays coming up.
>
> Right now, I use the following in a `cal.org` file to give me notice in
> agenda that birthdays are coming up:
>
> ```
> * BDays
>       :bday:
> %%(org-contacts-anniversaries "BIRTHDAY")
> ```
>
> The generally feeds off a `contacts.org` entry of the nature:
>
> ```
> *** John Wick
> :PROPERTIES:
> :EMAIL: therealjdub@notthepuppy.com
> :BIRTHDAY: 1975-06-06
> :END:
> ```
>
> What I'd like is to get, on virtually all birthdays , a week's notice
> through due soon (which I'll sort out in org-super-agenda in the view).
> Alternatively, is there a nicer way to tag or otherwise note some birthdays
> in the `contacts.org` so that I could note special people (close friends,
> family, etc) where I could set a specific advanced notice period so that I
> have time to do something special for them etc?
>
> Would love to hear peoples' approaches to this. In general, if I'm not
> looking out 2 weeks ahead (I spend most time in the day view), I can get
> surprised.
>
> thanks!
> Daryl.
>

Hi Daryl,

I have a TODO item for each of my family's birthdays, with a deadline for
the birthday day and a repeater of +1y. Then Org Agenda automatically gives
me about two weeks' notice of that approaching.

There's no integration here with another contacts system, but I find that
this works well for me.

Best wishes,
    Neil