Time Stamped Water Bottle - Day 1 of 30 - Things That Make My Life Easier

Jaren
Jan 20
2 min read

Updated: Feb 23

I'm Jaren, a neurodivergent Mom of neurodivergent kids going back to school in my 40's. In this series, I'll be posting about things that make my life easier.

Ready for this one? This makes calculating how much water I drink in a day easier. It also increases the chances I'll consume somewhere remotely close to the daily recommended amount because it gamifies water consumption. For me, at least.

What is it? A water bottle with time stamps on it.

Got an old water bottle lying around? Who doesn't. Got a marker? I prefer the acrylic paint markers, but if you're using a stainless steel water bottle, permanent marker is great, too.

Here's what I write down on my water bottle all spaced out. I aim for three bottles per day (mine's not a huge bottle).

For my MILITARY TIME friends:

7h/12h/17h

8h/13h/18h

9h/14h/19h

10h/15h/20h

11h/16h/21h

For my EVERYONE ELSE friends:

7am/12pm/5pm

8am/1pm/6pm

9am/2pm/7pm

10am/3pm/8pm

11am/4pm/9pm

Does this work? You betcha! But not in the way you think.

In my case, I am an overachiever. If I have been distracted on a project and noticed that I have missed a couple hours, I will drink those missed hours and two extra, to put myself ahead...and then forget two days in a row, which I will not make up for. But whatever, it mostly works.

Do fancy bottles with these numbers on them already exist?

Heck yeah. Loads of 'em on Amazon. But I've got school books to pay for. In French. All those extra letters mean extra pages, which means extra moolah. So I'm happy as a clam to stick with my nearly-yellow, used-to-be-clear-ten-years-ago water bottle for now. But when I graduate and start raking in the dough....well, I won't tell anyone, but there will be signs. Like a fancy, time stamped water bottle.