Have you ever forgotten your license plate number as your family checked into a hotel and had to run out to the parking lot and write it down just so you could get a room? When was the last time you went shopping for new colored pencils only to space out which brand or colors you were supposed to pick up? Frustrating, isn’t it?
Your iPhone’s built-in camera is a fantastic tool for capturing still shots and video of friends, family and events. It’s also an easy way to commit things to (digital) memory. You can use your smartphone’s camera to take quick shots of just about anything that you may need to reference later.
Here are 50 things we frequently take pictures of with our iPhone:
- Titles of books we want to buy or get from the library
- Prescription medication labels
- Student identification cards
- Our pets’ registration and rabies vaccination tags
- Unique sized light bulbs
- Insurance cards
- Clothing sizes
- Our vehicle’s location in a parking lot
- Bike registration numbers
- The car’s license plates
- Watch and toy battery sizes
- Restaurant takeout and delivery menus
- Printer cartridge refill model numbers
- Shoe sizes and styles
- Air filter sizes
- Recipes from magazines and books
- Registration number on children’s computers, tablets and phones
- Driver’s license
- Grocery lists
- Things that need to be memorized for school assignments
- Shopping rewards membership numbers and cards
- Library cards
- Mechanical pencil lead refill sizes
- Price tags for comparison shopping purposes
- Our favorite stores’ business hours signs
- Maps to use when no wifi or 4G is available
- Valuables in our homes for insurance purposes
- Toys and games children like so we can add them to wish lists
- Coat check ticket stubs
- Business cards for the plumber, electrician, music teacher, tutor, etc.
- Tire sizes for the household’s cars and bikes
- Pictures of school band instruments and registration numbers in case of theft
- Book page numbers that mark where we’ve left off reading bedtime stories
- Which Lego kits the family already owns, and which we’d like to purchase
- Homework assignments written on a chalkboard or whiteboard
- Membership cards for the gym
- Locker numbers and combinations
- Lunch boxes, backpacks and other items of value in case they get lost
- Water purifier filter cartridge
- Report cards
- Pen cartridge refill and model numbers
- Receipts that need to be saved for tax purposes or other reasons
- Things that are on sale in various newspaper flyers
- Paint colors or paint can labels
- Labels of foods or beverages we want to try or buy again
- Store loyalty cards
- Credit cards
- Travel itineraries, tickets, reservations and passports
- Birthday party invitations, wish lists and directions
- Dry cleaning tickets
Slip all these photos into a folder in iPhotos called “remember,” or whatever you like. That way, they’re right at your fingertips when needed, and you can delete when they’ve served their usefulness.